UCT’s identity is underpinned by a commitment to stimulating international linkages of researchers and research groupings. The FWI furthers research excellence through strategic partnerships, such as those listed below. Though please note, this is not an exhaustive list.

 

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  • Department of Water and Sanitation
  • Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Western Cape Government
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  • City of Cape Town Municipality
  • Stellenbosch Municipality
  • eThekwini Municipality
  • Tshwane Municipality
  • Johannesburg Municipality
  • Smaller local authorities throughout SA
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  • SASOL
  • Sibanye Gold
  • Eskom
  • TruSense Engineering
  • Consulting/contracting firms
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  • Water@Leeds
  • European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology (WETSUS)
  • EAWAG Aquatic Research at ETH, Zurich
  • Delft Technical University, Netherlands
  • UNESCO IHE, Delft, Netherlands
  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sol (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • University of California Berkeley
  • IDG Toronto University
  • Morgan State University
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Coventry
  • Imperial College
  • The Gabriel Foundation, UK

We sincerely appreciate the Gabriel Foundation's support which has led to staffing capactity of a Senior Technical Office and Research Admin Officer; new collaborations and research growth through supporting postdoctoral fellows. 

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  • Pollution Research Group, UKZN
  • Industrial and Mining Water Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand
  • Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University 
  • Green Autonomy Ambassadors, NGO
  • Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation
  • Nature Connect
  • City of Cape Town River Warden Program and Liveable Urban Waterways Program
  • Table Mountain Water Source Partnership
  • Friends of the Liesbeek
  • Mosselbank River Conservation Trust
  • South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

A partnership agreement with the Environment and Health Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council around water and wastewater testing, has led to the donation of analytical equipment (spectrophotometer, auto-samplers, multi-probe meters etc.)

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  • African Climate Development Initiative (ACDI)
  • African Centre for Cities (ACC)
  • Minerals to Metals (MtM)
  • Biogeochemistry Research Infrastructure Platform (BIOGRIP)

Through a partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)-funded BIOGRIP we are able to expand our analytical abilities in two key areas:

1. Analysis of organics using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and

2. Setting up basic microbial analysis workplace, and additional equipment is currently underway

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