Nepid Consultants CC
Project Management in White River

Key areas of expertise include Environmental Project Management, baseline flora and fauna surveys, mitigation plans and environmental monitoring. The company focuses on the impacts of mining and dams on aquatic ecosystems.  Nepid has a large network of associates, and selects and coordinates multidisciplinary teams that are suited to the individual needs of each project, from small to large. Nepid provides professional services in water resource development projects throughout sub-saharan Africa.

Nepid provides a wide range of environmental management services, mostly related to biodiversity specialist inputs for development projects. Assignments undertaken have ranged from site-specific surveys (e.g. impacts of dams and mines); to large-scale river basin planning studies involving multidisciplinary teams of specialists. The company has a variety of aquatic survey equipment including current speed recorders, temperature data loggers, electrofishers, fyke nets etc. The company also provides training is SASS5 river health biomonitoring. Nepid provides specialist services in the assessment of culverts and causeways. Providing professional services in water resource planning and the management of environmental projects. Nepid Consultants CC is an independent environmental consultancy specialising in environmental project management and biodiversity assessments. The company has a proven track record of providing quality services, particularly to the mining and water resource sectors throughout Africa. Nepid has a core team of environmentalists and biodiversity specialists, and a large network of associate consultants that work with the company on a regular basis. He has over 20 years’ experience in aquatic systems and specialist knowledge of river regulation and river ecology. Since 2005 she has been specialising in diatom based water quality assessments of aquatic systems. She is a member of Koekemoer Aquatic Sciences (KAS), which is a closed corporation specialising in aquatic sciences, primarily aquatic health and fisheries sciences biomonitoring of river systems. He has worked in and been a director of various engineering companies and also practiced as a private consultant since graduating in He has been involved in various Environmental Impact Assessments, environmental evaluations, land rehabilitation planning and monitoring of surface water and groundwater quality. She has 12 years’ experience in the environmental field, working as an assistant and coordinator on a variety of environmental assessments for Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants in the Western Cape and Wandma Consulting Services in Mpumalanga. Shaune worked for Nepid Consultants for three years, and took up an associate position when she moved to Cape Town in He has 12 years’ experience as an environmental consultant in South and Central Africa, focussing on insect biodiversity assessments, rehabilitation monitoring and conservation planning. He is registered as a Professional Natural Scientist (Zoological Science) (No 400411/04), and is also a life member of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, the Botanical Society of South Africa, and a member of the International Association for Impact Assessment South Africa. He has 25 years’ experience in the water engineering field, most of which is in the field of water resources planning and modelling. Core competencies include the development of operating rules for dams, hydrological analysis, floodline determination, strategic water resource assessments, yield modelling, ecological water requirement assessments, and assessing fresh water flow requirements for estuaries. He is the founding member of IWR Water Resources, a company that specialises in water resources planning and modelling. Her primary experience is in the field of environmental water quality and toxicology, and assessing river health using biological indicators. She has over 15 years’ experience in water quality, and has been actively involved in water quality aspects of Ecological Water Requirements. He has extensive knowledge of the fishes of the Zambezi, Malawi/East Coast systems and southern Congo rivers, and has been the fish specialist in several environmental assessments in the southern African region.