Deon has a MSc in Environmental Ecology with 28 years of experience in water related projects, which include water resource management, water quality management, water use registration and licencing of water users, including project management of multi-disciplinary studies. He has gained experience through his involvement in a number of water resources related projects, including ensuring the protection, development, conservation, management, use and control of the water resources in the Gauteng Region’s area of responsibility in a sustainable manner as well as co-ordinating the management of the quality of the water resources of a specific catchment on an ongoing basis to achieve water resource objectives during his employment at the Department of Water and Sanitation. Specific focus areas included: • Catchment Management Strategies & Plans• Water Quality Management Plans• Registration and Licensing of water users• Assessing water requirements for basic human needs and riverine ecology• Determining stream-flow assimilative capacity for pollution loads• Water quality guidelines • Industrial wastewater treatment and disposalHe has gained experience through environmental related projects as a consultant at ILISO Consulting (Pty) Ltd and BKS (Pty) Ltd in the fields listed below:• Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) in general• Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)• Environmental Management Plans (EMPs)• Environmental monitoring and auditingHe has been the project leader and coordinator on a number of large, strategically important and multi-disciplinary projects for various clients, including international (Africa) projects as well as fulfilling the role of an external reviewer for the Department of Water and Sanitation as well as other consulting firms.