Thursday November 18th

Hi People,

Today has been an interesting and productive day but also frustrating.  Christophe and Mark have fitted the cabinet and plc assemblies at Volksrust.  They have also tested the communications and they have signals being sent from the equipment they have chosen.  Their work there is complete.

 

Christophe has been teaching the local electricians how to do the work and they are really pleased with the way he has taught them, they said he is the best teacher they have ever had. 

Mark was busy most of the morning getting the cabinets ready for Amersfoort.  We are planning to go there tomorrow to get that system installed.  He was also out buying some more supplies so that we have enough wiring and cabling.

Marcel has had a very difficult day as he was supposed to travel to Newcastle to get some essential communication equipment.  This did not happen and his mood was not good!!!  (He has even less hair than yesterday). Luckily later in the day Stean came by with some guys who were able to help with the 3G connection.  They bought a router with them and are now going to set up the fixed IP address. This will take a few days though, time we do not have.

Nikki spent most of the day writing up parts of the business plan and getting an outline design done for a rebuild of Volksrust when Vukuzakhe is sent there.  She also went around the process at Volksrust and had a look at how things were running.  The percolating filters were still turning well and the stones were now nicely wetted.  Hopefully some bacteria will start to grow and their effluent will get better treatment.  She is now writing a short document to give them some ideas how they may improve the effluent quality.

Ilse left to go back to the Netherlands today, so now we are the Three Musketeers and D’Artagnon!!

“All for One and One for All”

We will update you on progress tomorrow.

Bye.