IMESA CONFERENCE
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IMESA President Address
A huge thank you is extended to the sponsors and exhibitors who are supporting our conference this year. We would not be able to host such a big event without your contributions and we are very grateful for the relationships that we have forged with all of you. We sincerely hope that the content and opportunities here will be beneficial to your companies and the industry as a whole….read more
IMESA would like to thank all their sponsors that were onboard for our 2025 Conference held at the The ICC, East London.
IMESA would like to thank those that exhibited at our 2025 Conference.
OPENING FUNCTION:
President’s Address: Sibusiso Mjwara
Evening incorporated the Inauguration of the New IMESA President.
CONFERENCE PLENARY:
Welcome Address: IMESA President Geoff Tooley
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
GOLF DAY
SOCIAL EVENING
2025 IMESA CONFERENCE PAPERS
| Paper # | Title | Presenter/Author(s) | Click to Download |
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| Paper 1 | Lessons from a review of rural water and sanitation services in South Africa: 2003-2022 | David Still | Download |
| Paper 2 | A case study analysis on municipal water pipe failures | Prof JA du Plessis | Download |
| Paper 3 | How sound are the municipal foundations laid in 1998, and why is this important to local service delivery? | Dr Kevin Wall | Download |
| Paper 4 | Water Reuse and Energy Optimization at the East Bank WWTP in Buffalo City – Insights into the South African-German R&D-Project 'ecReUse' | Dr.-Ing. Manuel Krauss & Mkhuseli Nongogo | Download |
| Paper 5 | Flowing Forward: Sustainable Engineering Solutions Through Strategic MIG-Funded Refurbishments | Giselle Pillay & Thembekile Mdiya | Download |
| Paper 6 | Sustainability of Flood Studies: From Inundation Mapping to Holistic Risk Management in Prospecton, Durban | Mike Wiese & Karen King | Download |
| Paper 7 | Sustainable Engineering Solutions need an effective Public Procurement system - will the new Public Procurement Act have a positive effect on municipal procurement? | Chris Wilcock | Download |
| Paper 8 | Regionalisation of Waste Disposal: The Weskus District Case Study | Jan Palm & Chris Koch | Download |
| Paper 9 | Access to Clean Water: Lessons from the Hammanskraal Emergency Water Treatment Project | Graeme Taylor | Download |
| Paper 10 | Turn Around strategy of eThekwini Water & Sanitation Unit (as per National requirements) and Implementation Action Plan | Bhavna Soni & Truman Hardon | Download |
| Paper 11 | Transforming Waste: Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management in George Municipality | Melanie Geyer | Download |
| Paper 12 | Sustainable engineering sanitation innovations for improving municipal sanitation service delivery | Phillip Majeke | Download |
| Paper 13 | Advancing Sustainable Water Management through Smart Metering, AC Pipeline Replacement, and Infrastructure Catalysts in UMDM | Andria Munien & Noelene Rangasamy | Download |
| Paper 14 | Improving Culvert Capacity through Inlet Modifications for Sustainable Adaptation to Increasing Flood Risks | Maria Dorothea Giliomee & Ione Loots | Download |
| Paper 15 | Water Monitoring System for Data-Driven Operations in Barrydale | Frankie A'Bear | Download |
| Paper 16 | Improved municipal stormwater and flood management in changing climatic conditions | Matt Braune & Munyaradzi Rupende | Download |
| Paper 17 | Municipal readiness level for an ageing and deteriorating pavement network for maintenance prioritization | Ashiel Rampersad | Download |
Best papers presented at the 2025 IMESA conference:
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BEST PAPER PRESENTED : PAPER 11 – MELANIE GEYER IMESA Member
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BEST PAPER PRESENTED : PAPER 4 MANUEL KRAUSS (NON IMESA MEMBER) & MKHUSELI NONGOGO (IMESA MEMBER)