IRIS | Integrated Regulatory Information System

DWS National Office Landlines active again
Good day, We are pleased to inform you that the Departmental landlines are now active again. The direct contact details for the Helpdesk are: IRIS for Drinking Water Maryna Niemand 012-3366794 IRIS for Wastewater Brian Maqula 012-3367154 and Ikageng Manana 012-3367371 Kind regards, The IRIS Team	Maryna Niemand 2019-04-02

The DWS National Office landlines are active again
Good day, We are pleased to inform you that the Departmental landlines are now active again. The direct contact details for the Helpdesk are: IRIS for Wastewater Brian Maqula 012-3367154 and Ikageng Manana 012-3367371 IRIS for Drinking Water Maryna Niemand 012-3366794 Kind regards, The IRIS Team	Maryna Niemand 2019-04-02

DWS National Office Landlines not active
Good day, Please be informed that the landlines of the Department of Water and Sanitation, National Office is currently not working. This affects the IRIS Helpdesk as well. You are welcome to submit all your queries via e-mail to: IRIS for Drinking Water: bluedrop@dws.gov.za and niemandm@dws.gov.za IRIS for Wastewater: greendrop@dws.gov.za, mananai@dws.gov.za, maqulas@dws.gov.za Once the landlines are active again, you will be informed. Kind regards, The IRIS Team	Maryna Niemand 2019-03-11

DWS National Office Landlines not active
Good day, Please be informed that the landlines of the Department of Water and Sanitation, National Office is currently not working. This affects the IRIS Helpdesk as well. You are welcome to submit all your queries via e-mail to: IRIS for Drinking Water: bluedrop@dws.gov.za and niemandm@dws.gov.za IRIS for Wastewater: greendrop@dws.gov.za, mananai@dws.gov.za, maqulas@dws.gov.za Once the landlines are active again, you will be informed. Kind regards, The IRIS Team	Ikageng Manana 2019-03-11

VENUE CHANGE : IRIS Wastewater Training 4 December
Dear Colleagues Kindly note that this training session is fully booked and no further officials can be accommodated. Please also note the change in venue Department of Water and Sanitation Waterbron Building, Pretoria 191 Francis Baard Street Conference Room: Waterbron 8th floor Kind regards, Lizelda Janse van Rensburg Event coordinator Landline: 012-3367074 E-mail: JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za	Ikageng Manana 2018-11-28

IRIS/Wastewater training sessions are fully booked
Dear Colleagues Kindly be notified that all IRIS/Wastewater training sessions are fully booked. Additional sessions will be scheduled early in 2019. These dates will be communicated in the new year. Kind Regards Greendrop Team	Ikageng Manana 2018-11-16

IRIS Wastewater Training Sessions Fully booked
Good day, Please be informed that all the training sessions for IRIS Wastewater are now fully booked. This includes the additional dates of 20 and 27 November and 4 December 2018. Additional Sessions will be scheduled in 2019 and these dates will be communicated in the new year. Kind regards, Lizelda Janse van Rensburg	Maryna Niemand 2018-11-16

IRIS Wastewater Additional Training Sessions
Good day, You are kindly informed of additional IRIS Wastewater Training Sessions on the following dates: 20 November 2018 27 November 2018 4 December 2018 These sessions will start at 09:00 and will end at 16:00. The Venue for all 3 dates are: Department of Water and Sanitation, Waterbron Building, 191 Francis Baard Street, Room 661. Please make provision for your own refreshments and lunch. Seats to these sessions are limited. To confirm your attendance, send an e-mail to JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za. Kind regards, Lizelda Janse van Rensburg Event coordinator Landline: 012-3367074 E-mail: JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za	Maryna Niemand 2018-11-05

IRIS Wastewater Additional Training Sessions
Good day, You are kindly informed of additional IRIS Wastewater Training Sessions on the following dates: 20 November 2018 27 November 2018 4 December 2018 These sessions will start at 09:00 and will end at 16:00. The Venue for all 3 dates are: Department of Water and Sanitation, Waterbron Building, 191 Francis Baard Street, Room 661. Please make provision for your own refreshments and lunch. Seats to these sessions are limited. To confirm your attendance, send an e-mail to JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za. Kind regards, Lizelda Janse van Rensburg Event coordinator Landline: 012-3367074 E-mail: JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za	Maryna Niemand 2018-11-05

IRIS Wastewater Training Sessions
Good day, Please be informed that all the scheduled IRIS Wastewater Training Sessions are fully booked and we can unfortunately not accommodate any additional officials at these sessions. However, due to the high demand for training, we are looking at scheduling additional sessions towards the end of November and early in 2019. These dates will be communicated shortly. Lizelda Janse van Rensburg Landline: 012 336 7074 Email: JansevanRensburgL@dws.gov.za	Wessel Steyn 2018-10-26

IRIS Training & Wastewater User Application Forms

You are hereby notified that the Greendrop System (GDS) is in the process of being migrated into the Integrated Regulatory Information System(IRIS/Wastewater).

The GDS will therefore be offline as from 16:00 on Wednesday, 26th September 2018 to accommodate the migration of data from GDS to IRIS.

This new module is set to launch on 1st of October 2018. To ensure a smooth transition from the existing GDS to IRIS/Wastewater, the Department of Water and Sanitation Head Office has scheduled system training to take place on:

Date: Wednesday, 26th September 2018
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Venue: DWS Head Office, 191 Francis Baard Street, Pretoria, Emanzini Building, Room G18

Kindly confirm your attendance via email with the Help Desk: Greendrop@dws.gov.za.

Catering: Kindly note, no catering will be provided for on the day. You are therefore encouraged to bring along lunch and refreshments to the session.

USER APPLICATION FORM:

All users are required to submit a new IRIS Wastewater User application form. Please select the below link to access this form:

http://www.dwa.gov.za/Dir_WS/GDS/Docs/UserControls/DownloadSiteFiles.aspx?id=83

Kindly complete the form and ensure that is has been signed and authorized by your immediate supervisor or manager in charge.

Completed forms can be submitted to either of the below:

Maqulas@dws.gov.za
Mananai@dws.gov.za
Greendrop@dws.gov.za

Maryna Niemand 2018-09-12

IRIS Wastewater User Application Form.pdf

IRIS Training & Wastewater User Application Forms

You are hereby notified that the Greendrop System (GDS) is in the process of being migrated into the Integrated Regulatory Information System(IRIS/Wastewater).

This new module is set to launch on 1st of October2018. To ensure a smooth transition from the existing GDS to IRIS/Wastewater, the Department of Water and Sanitation Head Office has scheduled system training to take place on:

Date: Wednesday, 26th September 2018
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Venue: DWS Head Office, 191 Francis Baard Street, Pretoria, Emanzini Building, Room G18

Kindly confirm your attendance via email with the Help Desk: Greendrop@dws.gov.za

USER APPLICATION FORM:

All users are required to submit a new IRIS Wastewater User application form. Please select the below link to access this form:

http://www.dwa.gov.za/Dir_WS/GDS/Docs/UserControls/DownloadSiteFiles.aspx?id=83

Kindly complete the form and ensure that is has been signed and authorized by your immediate supervisor or manager in charge.

Completed forms can be submitted to either of the below:

Maqulas@dws.gov.za
Mananai@dws.gov.za
Greendrop@dws.gov.za

Wessel Steyn 2018-09-12

IRIS Wastewater User Application Form.pdf

Important notification for IRIS Users

Please be informed that the BDS csv upload file format will be suspended as from 01 October 2018. The IRIS csv upload file format is attached for ease of reference. This will be the only acceptable format as from 01 October 2018 to upload data onto the IRIS. This format is applicable to both Drinking Water and Wastewater quality data.

Maryna Niemand 2018-08-21

IRIS_CSV Template_2018 08 21.xlsx

IRIS GDS Launch
We are happy to announce that IRIS for wastewater management will be launched on the 1st October 2018.	Wessel Steyn 2018-07-24

The Helpdesk is out of office
The Helpdesk will be out of office from 13 February - 15February 2018 to conduct IRIS training in the Northern Cape. Please forward all your queries to bluedrop@dws.gov.za and it will be attended to when we are back in office. Kind regards Nondumiso and Maryna	Maryna Niemand 2018-02-13

The Helpdesk is out of office
The Helpdesk will be out of office from 30 January - 02 February 2018 to conduct IRIS training in the Eastern Cape. Please forward all your queries to bluedrop@dws.gov.za and it will be attended to when we are back in office. Kind regards Nondumiso and Maryna	Maryna Niemand 2018-01-30

Helpdesk is out of office
The Helpdesk will be out of office on 22-23 January 2018. Please communicate all your queries to bluedrop@dws.gov.za for a response when we are back in office	Maryna Niemand 2018-01-19

IRIS/BDS Helpdesk out of Office
Please be informed that the IRIS/BDS Helpdesk will not be in office on 29-30 November 2017. Please forward all queries to bluedrop@dws.gov.za and your queries will be attended to when we are back in office	Nondumiso Mciteka 2017-11-28

IRIS Training to DWS Regional Representatives
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, The IRIS went LIVE on 2 October 2017 and a number of requests were received for IRIS training. A decision was made to schedule specific training sessions in different phases. The first phase of training will be for the DWS Regional Representatives and is scheduled to take place on 20-21 November 2017. For more information, please contact the Helpdesk on bluedrop@dws.gov.za. Kind regards, Team IRIS	Maryna Niemand 2017-10-19

The IRIS is Live!!

Good day Sector Colleagues,
After a time of anticipation and excitement, the IRIS is launched on 02 October 2017. All your information was transferred from the BDS and is now available on the IRIS. From this point forward, all your analysis and documentation should be uploaded on the IRIS.

The BDS Helpdesk is available to assist you should you experience challenges with the use of the IRIS. The preferred way to communicate your challenges is via e-mail to allow the Helpdesk to keep a reference trail of your query. The e-mail address to be used is bluedrop@dws.gov.za. Should you want to call us, the landline number is 012-3367262/6794. You can speak to Nondumiso or Maryna.

All the required documentation to be completed for various applications on the IRIS is loaded under Documents., such as the IRIS User Application form, etc. For ease of reference, these documents are uploaded below. The draft user manual is also uploaded now for ease of reference.

Kind regards,

Team IRIS

Maryna Niemand 2017-09-29

IRIS USER APPLICATION_Final.pdf

IRIS USER Roles_Groups.pdf

IRIS Lab Manager Application.docx

WTWRegistration_ApplicationForm.docx

Iris_template (6).xlsx

BDS_template.xlsx

IRIS_UserManual_Draft_V1.pdf

IRIS New Version Editable Process Controller Experience_2017 11_form_fix2.pdf

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