SINRMAS

SINRMAS is dedicated to the provision of the right quantity and quality water to urban and rural communities. 

The company is a local water- and wastewater-technology solutions innovator, service provider and vendor outlet that specialises in water-quality monitoring through laboratory analytical services, retail of the latest global technology for water and wastewater treatment, specialised training in the water and energy sectors, and water- and wastewater-consultancy services.

Established in 2016 with its head office in Nelspruit, SINRMAS also focus on water and wastewater treatment plant optimisation; water-demand management; solid waste management; renewable energy and social facilitation.

Solid waste management services involve the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, and disposal of solid waste generated by households, businesses, industries, and institutions. The goal is to efficiently and responsibly handle solid waste to minimise its environmental impact, protect public health, and promote sustainability. Solid waste can include a wide range of materials, such as household waste, commercial waste, construction and demolition debris, and industrial waste.

Established in 2016 with its head office in Nelspruit, SINRMAS also focus on water and wastewater treatment plant optimisation; water-demand management; solid waste management; renewable energy and social facilitation.

Solid waste management services involve the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, and disposal of solid waste generated by households, businesses, industries, and institutions. The goal is to efficiently and responsibly handle solid waste to minimise its environmental impact, protect public health, and promote sustainability. Solid waste can include a wide range of materials, such as household waste, commercial waste, construction and demolition debris, and industrial waste.

Renewable energy in the water industry refers to the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sources to power various processes and operations within the water sector. This approach is aimed at reducing the carbon footprint, increasing energy efficiency, and promoting overall environmental sustainability in water-related activities.

Social facilitation, in the context of the water industry, refers to a service that focuses on engaging and involving communities, stakeholders, and the general public in water-related initiatives, projects, and decision-making processes. The goal is to foster positive social interactions, raise awareness, and promote collaboration for sustainable water management.

CEO Walter Segage says a major part of the work includes conducting hydrological studies, installing boreholes and water samples analysis to determine water quality from time-to-time.

“We work with big public and private sector clients in the water, energy and natural gas sectors giving them a wide canvas of alternatives and options that best respond to their specific challenges,” he says.

“We also work with households, farmers, hospitals and schools. We provide them with high-level water quality monitoring services and water purification products such as high-tech ultra-filtration membranes that offer non-chemical purification of potable water.”

He says he is very proud of the four-year water quality monitoring project SINRMAS implemented on behalf of one local government authority during the period 2018 to 2023.

“Throughout the project’s lifespan, more than 8 200 water and wastewater samples were collected and analysed every month. Laboratory analytical reports were made available within 24 hours of collecting samples for microbiology and seven days for physical tests.

“Through our work, over half a million residents of that local authority were assured of quality and safe drinking water free from fatalistic pathogens such as E. coli,” he says.

SINRMAS is also committed to the training and skills development of future custodians of water and wastewater management.

SINRMAS provides accredited training through its subsidiary, SINRMAS Training Institute (STI), where the focus is on building capacity to effectively deliver on the water mandate to the citizenry in a sustainable and quality-centred manner.

SINRMAS partners with development organisations locally and internationally to build a new generation of water sector practitioners such as managers, artisans and technicians.

STI is currently implementing a national learnership programme in water and wastewater reticulation services targeting unemployed youth in the rural municipality of Thaba Chweu. During the month of September 2024, 42 unemployed youth will be awarded NQF-aligned qualifications in Water & Wastewater Reticulation Services at an official graduation ceremony. This is a positive development for the water sector as it represents a deposit of critical skills that will go on to improve efficiency in the management of our precious water resource.

The programme had an uptake of 50 learners for the 2023/2024 implementation period and this is envisaged to escalate to 100 in 2024 as current learners progress to next level.

STI is also in the process of introducing the water laboratory analyst and the water treatment plant optimisation training courses to upskills current employees in the water sector – a well as unemployed youth who may be keen to join the sector.

SINRMAS also boasts its own water-bottling division, Aquieta that focuses on the treatment and bottling of drinking water for sales and distribution in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Aquieta uses hi-tech ultra-filtration technology to offer customers clean and safe drinking water in an elegant sleek bottle that adds the element of class and exclusivity to the brand, while keeping the water cost-competitive and affordable, also to the lower-LSM customer category.

“Our main market is big public and private sector events and mass activities, and, with better product differentiation, we hope to be able to stake a fair claim of the bottled-water market share in South Africa,” Segage says.