INTERNET ARTICLE Western Cape Process Controllers awarded with certificates of excellence 04 December 2019 Process controllers of the Municipalities in the Western Cape were given recognition at an Awards Ceremony hosted by the Department of Water and Sanitation in partnership with Water Institute of Southern Africa recently. The annual Awards Ceremony is held to acknowledge the commendable work done by process controllers and their respective municipalities to ensure provision of safe drinking water and protection of water resources. During this year’s ceremony, 13 candidates from Waste Water Treatment Works in various municipalities were nominated based on the criterion that has been established by the DWS Water Services Regulation unit. The following 1st position winners were presented with awards in the following categories: 1. Best Water Care Works Laboratory (on-site operational monitoring)- Wellington laboratory, Drakenstein Municipality 2. Best Internal Laboratory (operational and compliance monitoring)- Breede Valley Laboratory, Breede Valley Municipality 3. Best Water Treatment Works <10ml/day- Friemersheim WWTW, Mossel Bay Municiplity 4. Best Water Treatment Works >10ml/day- Wemmershoek Water Scheme, City of Cape Town Municipality 5. Best Wastewater Pond System- Herolds Bay WWTW, George Municipality 6. Best Wastewater Treatment Works: < 5ml/day- Klapmuts WWTW, Stellenbosch Municipality 7. Best Wastewater Treatment Works: 5-10ml/day- Wesfleur WWTW, City of Cape Town Municipality 8. Best Wastewater treatment Works >10ml/day- Stellenbosh WWTW, Stellenbosch Municipality 9. Best Process Controller Water <10ml/day- Shaun Gallant, Grabouw WWTW, Theewaterskloof Municipality 10. Best Process Controller Water >10ml/day- Isaac Henecke, Preekstoel WWTW, Overstrand Municipality 11. Best Process Controller Wastewater Treatment Works <10ml/day- Ashlene Lewis, Wesfleur WWTW, City of Cape Town Municipality 12. Best Process Controller Wastewater Treatment Works >10ml/day- Ngelekanyo Munyadizwa, Bellville WWTW, City of Cape Town Municipality 13. Woman in Water Care Leadership Award- Saskia Langner, Breede Valley Municipality Department of Water and Sanitation South Africa DWS_ RSA Ms Mmakgang Enele, Director of Waste Water Services Regulation thanked everyone for their active participation in the event and encouraged the process controllers to keep doing their exceptional work for better service delivery to communities. Sekonyela Makgala Department of Water and Sanitation South Africa DWS_ RSA .