Bloodless Dzwairo

Dr Bloodless Dzwairo, uses a suite of multi-disciplined environmental sustainability components of Integrated Water Resources Management in her Water Research Group, which comprises Masters and Doctoral students. Her research is anchored in the Vaal, uMngeni and Limpopo. Dr Dzwairo worked with Rand Water, Sedibeng Water and Midvaal Water during her Doctorate and for some of her Post-Doctoral research as these Utilities are strategically located for upstream-downstream pollution trading in the Vaal Basin. The Water Group is multi-disciplined as it comprises of postgraduate students from Community Health Studies (Environmental Health), Civil and Industrial Engineering Departments. One cross-institution M student is modelling the price of raw water in the Vaal Basin. In Ugu District Municipality and uMngeni basin, the group is focusing on; Optimising Inanda Dam’s operational rule curves, Modelling ecosystem-specific water quality indices, Predicting treatment chemical dosages and water usage analysis, and Accounting for water losses in Umdoni Local Municipality using a business model. Dr Dzwairo is also involved in a collaborative Water Research Commission project that is investigating various aspects of IWRM in uMngeni sub-Basin. At the Institute of Systems Science, she is involved in an inter-country collaborative crop yield mapping and modelling project. Current water related projects: • Remote sensing, environmental modelling and GIS in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay: C V Raman International Visiting Fellowship. Rietspruit and Lake Tana sub-basins Vaal and Nile basins Collaborative Research for Environmental Modelling and Remote Sensing (VNREM) • An integrative system thinking research cluster for the Vaal and Inkomazi basins, South Africa. • Pollution assessment and prioritisation model for the Upper and Middle Vaal sub-catchments of South Africa • Assessment of impacts of acid mine drainage on surface water quality of Tweelopiespruit, Limpopo Basin’s A21D quaternary catchment. • Multi-date Trends on Groundwater Pollution from Pit Latrines • Validity and Errors in Water Quality Data: A Review • A Review of Genetic Algorithms in Water Resources Systems • Determining the Treatability Water Quality Index for uMngeni Basin (South Africa)