further allows Aquatico to be compliant to Note 7 of the South African Mining Charter with regards to HDSA participation.

Zico offers a long list of successful investments that makes them leaders in the management of BEE transac-tions. They started in 2002 when the trade union invest-ment company, SARHWU Investment Holdings Limited, sought the management services of the group. Their ex-perience, resources and vision allows Aquatico to confi-dently explore new technology and products towards the improvement of services to our clients. Zico is actively involved in the higher level management of Aquatico and contributes significantly with the extensive business expertise that they offer. (www.zico.co.za)

Services Aquatico consists of various specialist and supporting divisions that can provide the following services in an integrated and cost-effective manner.

Field monitoringA team of trained field technicians performs sampling procedures in a variety of field conditions and geo-graphical locations. They are supported by our fleet of all-terrain vehicles that conforms to client safety require-ments.

We ensure continuity and credibility through the use of electronic hand-held devices that provide task lists to field technicians and records the date and time as well as the location of sampling actions performed. This information is synchronised via satellite with the Aqua-tico SQL Server database. Each sampling project has a

primary and secondary field technician assigned to the project for continuity.

Our ultimate objective is to provide clients with a person-alised service that will satisfy all their unique environmental monitoring requirements with results that are internatio-nally accountable.

The working environment and BEEAquatico offers a work environment where respect to opin-ion, innovation and job satisfaction is provided as basis for a successful career.

We value the various contributions we can make towards social upliftment and the training and empowerment of young black scientists in South Africa. As part of our vision and in support of the principles of BEE, we align our skills development programme of formal training and mentor-ship with national requirements thereby increasing the South African scientific resource pool.

Aquatico is proud to offer a BEE status that is aligned with the requirements of our client base. We have concluded a 25.1% BEE partnership with Zico, a BEE investment company, on 01 March 2014. This exiting partnership al-lows Aquatico to enhance its goals of maintaining its high contribution level in terms of the BEE codes of practice. It

• International trends and cutting-edge technology

• Highly trained scientific staff

• Continuous development of in-house software to integrate all our services, delivering up to the minute data and management information

• Employing principles underlain by honesty, innovation and dynamic growth

The companyAquatico is an established water laboratory and environ-mental monitoring company that has been in operation since 1996. The company has grown into a proud service provider that offers cutting-edge technology and innova-tion to our extensive customer base. A dream to become leaders in environmental monitoring and water testing has built a vehicle for future generations that will assist in the collective search for sustainable global development.

The approach The need to measure environmental management sys-tems as required by legislation as well as other market re-lated driving forces has led Aquatico to establish a service range that includes field monitoring, laboratory analysis, data management and scientific reporting, offered as in-dividual services or as a single integrated scientific prod-uct. We provide fast and accurate results at the added bonus of a very competitive price. This is achieved by an approach that invests in the following:

Field monitoring services include:

• Water quality sampling• Occupational hygiene sampling• Dust fall-out sampling• Source emission monitoring• Continuous ambient air quality monitoring

• Borehole yield tests for aquifer parameter determination

• Borehole purging• Hydrocensus surveys

• Water user surveys• River and open water body profiling

Data management and scientific reportingAquatico implements a secure MS SQL Server Data-base to ensure the safety and integrity of our clients’ environmental data. Each client’s data is maintained and verified against history to ensure a credible and continuous data timeline that enables us to re-analyse samples should it be required. Data can be im-ported or exported in any required format to allow integration with our client’s own database systems.

A team of skilled scientists, supported by Aquatico’s scien-tific reporting software, can produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports where environmental data is measured against the client’s unique environmental management system. Reporting can be customised to suit very specific requirements across all management levels.

Emphasis is placed on turning environmental data into management information that can assess risk as mea-sured against legislative criteria.

Services typically include:

Air quality monitoringField monitoring services to assess the operational impact on the environment in terms of air quality is done by means of trained technicians that follow specific sampling protocols and that use state of the art equipment. The sample chain of cus-tody is important and all field conditions are recorded as part of the sample collection process.

Dust fall-out monitoringSampling locations are selected according to client needs and/or the areas highlighted by the respective environmental stud-ies. The set-up of the system is in line with the ASTM methodol-ogy in terms of equipment specification and sample exposure times. Collected samples in buckets are transported under controlled conditions to our laboratory where the analysis and reporting is done under our SANAS ISO 17025 accreditation. Our service include reporting of the soluble and insoluble por-tion of the dust.

• Monitoring system design, implementation and management• Surface quality assessment• Groundwater quality assessment• Pollution source identification and investigation• License conditions assessments• Aquifer modelling• Groundwater flow prediction• Pollution plume modelling

After years of growth in expertise and investing in new technology, Aquatico now offers a wide range of accre-dited testing analyses through advanced science and highly qualified personnel hosted within modern labo-ratory facilities. Our state of the art technology delivers clients with fast and accurate results.

We have developed a software management system to ensure the integrity of laboratory results through a rig-

orous set of quality procedures. This reliance on upper-end technology greatly eliminates

human error and allows a design turn around time of maximum ten work-

ing days. We also cater for priority samples that can be produced

within an even faster time pe-riod.

Aquatico is a SANAS Ac-credited Testing Laboratory, No T0374 governed by ISO 17025. Disciplines include Hydrohemical, Microbiologi-cal and Environmental analy-

ses (accreditation schedule available at www.sanas.co.za).

The laboratory also has a sub-licence agreement with SANAS

to use the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) sym-

bol. The analytical laboratory takes part in the SANAS accredited SABS Proficiency

Testing Scheme (PTS0003) for hydro-chemical analyses as well as the

National Laboratory Association (NLA) Proficiency Testing Scheme for microbiological laboratories.

Our technical team visits inter-national laboratory expos on an annual basis to ensure that we invest in the most current

global technology. We are also constantly increasing our range

of analyses to cater for the diverse nature of our clients’ requirements.

Aquatico offers the following types of analyses:

T0685

Physico chemical analyses

Organic analysis

Inorganic analyses - major anions/cations

Environmental health analyses

Hydrocarbon analyses

Microbiological analyses

Waste water analyses

Drinking water analyses

Dust deposition analyses

Metal Scan

• A continuation and expansion of investment in people and technology • Creating a work environment that allows the development and empowerment of individuals as important contributors to the success of the company• Developing a highly-skilled and experienced team of multi-disciplined scientists who can form a link between monitoring the environment and the management and engineering of environmental solutions • Seeking a collective character in our team of young, innovative and gifted people who take pride in their work• Building relationships with other consulting firms in order to combine intellect and services that enhance our products in the best interest of our clients• Maintaining a personal relationship with clients and buying into their vision for the future by providing a fast, accurate and quality service • Implementing honest principles that accept revenue as an eventuality and focusing on service delivery and providing solutions• Measuring Aquatico’s success as position within the market place and the well-being of its personnel and only then its financial accomplishments• Maintaining a working environment which offers professionalism, respect, pride and mentorship that will enable Aquatico to continue building its vision for future generations

This company belongs to future generationsAquatico aims to fulfill the scientific component of our approach in tandem with the objective of being an established provider of a full range of quality environ-mental monitoring services of which clients as well as people involved in the company feel proud to be associated with. These ideals are actively sought through the follow-ing strategies:

A selection of our major clients include:

AEL Mining Services, AfriSam, AGES, Anglo Coal, Anglo Platinum, Anglo American, Anglo Gold, Aquarius Plati-num Limited, Aurecon, BEAL, City of Johannesburg, De Beers, Eskom, Exxaro, GCS, Golder Associates, Inter-national Ferro Metals Limited, Jones & Wagener, Kelvin Power, Lonmin, Murray & Roberts, Palabora Mining Com-pany Limited, Petra Diamonds, PPC, Rand Water, Sasol, Royal Bafokeng Platinum, Samancor, SRK Consulting, Xstrata Alloys, Xstrata Coal.

Our products are applicable within an extensive market. It ranges from specialist clients to general consumer type clients, as set out below.

MarketsAquatico serves all nine South African provinces. We have extended our services into Africa and are now serving a number of SADEC countries. Our head office that also hosts our modern laboratory facilities is situated in Pre-toria, Gauteng.

Contactaddress: 89 Regency Drive, R21 Corporate Park, Centurionoffice: 012 450 3800fax: 012 450 3851

Ryno Erdmann - MANAGING DIRECTORB.Sc (Hons), M.Sc., Pr.Sci.Nat

e-mail: ryno@aquatico.co.zacell: 082 493 7885

Paul Naude - DIRECTOR OPERATIONSB.Sc (Hons), M.Sc., Pr.Sci.Nat

e-mail: paul@aquatico.co.zacell: 079 491 4371

Hermie Holtzhausen - DIRECTOR LABORATORY SERVICESN.Dip.

e-mail: hermie@aquatico.co.zacell: 082 968 7590

Jaco de Klerk - DIRECTOR ITB.Sc (Hons), Pr.Sci.Nat

e-mail: jaco@aquatico.co.zacell: 082 469 2236