Mr. Johannes Jaime Sirunda holds a B.Sc., UNAM; B.Sc. (Hon), UWC; PGD in Business Administration, UCT, GSB, M.Sc., UWC, and Ph.D. (candidate in Environmental Microbiology) at the University of Stellenbosch. He is currently employed as the Head of Research and Development at the Namibia Water Corporation with more than 10 years of working experience in the water sector. As a result, Johannes has a wide knowledge of water quality resources-related issues in Namibia. His research has focussed on limnology, aquatic ecotoxicology, water quality, water treatment, and ecological risk assessment. In particular, he has spent a considerable proportion of his career assessing the water quality deterioration due to anthropogenic activities and testing the effectiveness of control measures and treatment of deteriorating water quality. He is currently leading research projects aimed at improving groundwater quality using membrane technology powered by renewable energy taking into consideration the impact of climate change and variability; affordability, and acceptability of desalinated water at community levels; and testing of filtration systems to improve the treatment of river water quality. He has published five publications and presented four conference papers. In addition, Johannes has completed numerous technical reports ranging from funding proposals, ephemeral rivers water quality assessment reports, environmental assessment reports.