SEDGEFIELD NEWS - At their Annual General Meeting held in Wuhan, China in September 2022, the International Association of Hydrogeologists honoured Ritchie Morris of Morris Environmental & Groundwater Alliances for his work in developing and managing a groundwater supply near Sedgefield.
A Garden Route resident, Morris lives on a small farm just outside the lovely “slow town”.
The Applied Hydrogeology Award is presented annually to a person who is a groundwater professional and has made outstanding contributions to the application of hydrogeology, particularly in developing countries or in support of international development efforts.
The IAH was founded in 1956 and has a world-wide membership of more than 4 000 scientists, engineers, water managers and other professionals working in the fields of groundwater resource planning, management and protection.
Award winning project
Morris developed a wellfield to supply 4.5 ML/d of water needed to preserve timber damaged by the fire that swept through the Knysna area in June 2017.
The salvaged timber had to be stacked and kept saturated to preserve it until it could be processed in the local sawmills.
Read more and see a video on sister publication, Knysna-Plett Herald
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