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The Commission offers a contact point for questions about the Econoleak tool, addressed to Kobus Van Zyl by email.
- Who it is for:
- anyone with questions about using the Econoleak tool
- How to act on it:
- Email kobusvz@uj.ac.za with questions about the Econoleak tool
The Water Research Commission makes its Econoleak e-tool available for download as a ZIP file of 40.7 KB. Econoleak is an economic model for leakage management for water suppliers in South Africa, so anyone working on water leakage can obtain the software from this page.
- Who it is for:
- water suppliers in South Africa and others who work on water leakage management
- How to act on it:
- Go to the Econoleak e-tool page on the Water Research Commission website and click the Download link next to the ZIP file EconoleakSoftware; queries about the tool can be sent to Kobus Van Zyl at kobusvz@uj.ac.za
A PDF numbered TT 169-021.PDF, a 2.4 MB file, is offered for download from the Econoleak e-tool page, presumably the supporting report for the economic model for leakage management.
- Who it is for:
- water suppliers in South Africa and others interested in leakage-management research
- How to act on it:
- Go to the Econoleak e-tool page on the Water Research Commission website and click the Download link next to the PDF file TT 169-021.PDF
A chatbot named Metsi is offered on the Water Research Commission website to assist visitors - 'Welcome to the Water Research Commission (WRC) AI Assistant'.
- Who it is for:
- website visitors
- How to act on it:
- Open the Water Research Commission website and use the Metsi chatbot.
The DesDaf e-tool itself - a design and analysis tool for packed saturators used in dissolved air flotation - offered as a free download from the Water Research Commission's e-tools page.
- Who it is for:
- anyone who needs to design or analyse packed saturators used in dissolved air flotation; no eligibility stated
- How to act on it:
- Download the DesDaf file (534.4 KB) from the DesDaf e-tool page on the Water Research Commission website; queries about the tool go to Kobus Van Zyl at kobusvz@uj.ac.za.
A downloadable ZIP file of the research report (report number TT108-99) behind the DesDaf tool for packed saturators used in dissolved air flotation. Anyone can download it from the WRC e-tool page.
- Who it is for:
- anyone interested in the research behind the DesDaf tool; no eligibility stated
- How to act on it:
- Go to the DesDaf page on the Water Research Commission website and download the file DesDaf-Rpt-TT108-99.zip (221.7 KB, Version 1). Queries can be sent to Kobus Van Zyl at kobusvz@uj.ac.za.
A downloadable Word document giving user information for the DesDaf tool, made available free on the WRC e-tool page.
- Who it is for:
- users of the DesDaf tool; no eligibility stated
- How to act on it:
- Download the file DESDAF-USER-INFORMATION.docx (14.1 KB, Version 1) from the DesDaf page on the Water Research Commission website.
A downloadable ZIP file of figures accompanying the DesDaf tool and its documentation, available free from the WRC e-tool page.
- Who it is for:
- users of the DesDaf tool and its report; no eligibility stated
- How to act on it:
- Download the file Figures.zip (24.0 KB, Version 1) from the DesDaf page on the Water Research Commission website.
The Water Research Commission makes its Benchleak e-tool available, described as benchmarking of leakage for water suppliers in South Africa. From the page a user can download the Benchleak software as a ZIP file, a PDF report numbered TT159-011, and a DOCX document called BENCHLEAK User Information.
- Who it is for:
- water suppliers in South Africa
- How to act on it:
- Go to the Benchleak e-tool page on the WRC website and use the Download links for the ZIP BenchleakSoftware, the PDF TT159-011 and the DOCX BENCHLEAK User Information; queries about the tool go to Ronnie McKenzie at ronniem@wrp.org.za
The PRESMAC software itself, offered as a ZIP download from the Water Research Commission's e-tool page, for water suppliers who want to manage and reduce their levels of unaccounted for water.
- Who it is for:
- water suppliers
- How to act on it:
- Go to the PRESMAC page on the WRC e-tools site and download the Presmac.zip file.
A downloadable PDF report (TT 152-01) on the PRESMAC tool, offered from the WRC e-tools page.
- Who it is for:
- anyone interested in the PRESMAC tool and unaccounted-for water
- How to act on it:
- Open the PRESMAC e-tool page and download the Presmac Rpt TT 152-01.PDF file.
A user information document that accompanies the PRESMAC tool, available as a DOCX download from the same page.
- Who it is for:
- users of the PRESMAC tool
- How to act on it:
- Open the PRESMAC e-tool page and download the PRESMAC User Information.docx file.