New reports and global news January 2012

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About the author Dr JE (Kobus) van Zyl holds Bachelor and Maste r’s degrees in Civil Engineering, and a Diploma in Scientific Computing from the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg). He obtained a PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Exeter in 2001. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the South African Society of Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers and the International Water Association, and a Fellow of the Water Institute of Southern Africa. He was Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering Science at the University of Johannesburg (2005-2007), and held the Rand Water Chair in Water Utilisation at the same institution. In 2008 Dr van Zyl chaired the 10 th Water Distribution System Analysis (WDSA) Conference , held in the Kruger National Park. This is one of the two leading international conference series on water distribution systems, and the first WDSA conference held outside the USA.

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