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Water Resource Assessment & Management

Water resource needs vary widely across businesses, geographies, regulatory frameworks, and stakeholder requirements. The challenge is finding responsible ways to economically source, secure, supply, utilise, and reuse water to balance the ever-growing demand in today’s world.

From ensuring potable water supply to supporting agricultural and industrial production or preserving ecological and environmental health, our highly experienced global team delivers solutions designed to meet your specific needs.

We’ve partnered with a diverse range of clients, including vineyards, dairy and crop farmers, orchardists, hobby farmers, and local councils. By assisting these clients with surface water and groundwater licensing, we’ve helped them achieve their water management goals.

Our strong relationships with major water authorities in Victoria (Southern Rural Water, Goulburn Murray Water, Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water) and New South Wales (WaterNSW) enable us to provide seamless support. Additionally, we specialise in designing management programs to achieve compliance with regulatory and licensing conditions.

A Dedicated Team with Proven Experience

EHS Support has a proven track record of working on a range of complex sites and regulatory environments. Our local scientists, engineers, geologists, and hydrogeologists have successfully completed a diverse range of projects across all states and territories of Australia. These include expert witness statements for regional water resource evaluations and applications, mine closures and rehabilitations (concept evaluation to field work implementation), hydrogeologic studies for resource development, mine and quarry dewatering, catchment-wide assessments of groundwater/surface water interactions and managed aquifer recharge projects.

No matter the challenge, EHS Support is committed to delivering innovative water management solutions that are backed by our decades of experience and our ongoing commitment to sustainability.

Our Project Experience

Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring – Anglesea Mine Rehabilitation 

Delivering ongoing groundwater and surface water monitoring services for Alcoa’s former Anglesea Coal Mine

Production Bore to Support Snow Making

EHS Support prepared a Drilling Report on a new groundwater bore installed at Dinner Plain, Victoria

Rehabilitation of Anglesea Coal Mine: one of Victoria’s most prominent former mine sites

Providing hydrogeological assessment, long-term monitoring, and strategic input into the Agelsea Cole Mine closure and water management planning.

Sustainable Groundwater Infiltration to Support Industrial Site Closure

EHS Support was engaged to support the safe and sustainable management of over 3 GL/yr of treated water

I am a Victorian who is passionate about water resource management and proud that Victoria is a leader in environmental and water management and policy implementation. I believe we can improve how the science is communicated and used to support policy development in the water resources sector. Given the increasing reliance on surface water and groundwater and the uncertainty of climate change, managing water resources sustainably is more important than ever. In my role, I have the opportunity to make a difference by working with other technical experts who are committed to making the Victorian environment and community better through equitable policy, legislation and guidelines. "

Ben Petrides

Principal Hydrogeologist, Ph.D.

Getting to work with the highly talented and creative people at EHS Support makes delivering challenging projects so much more rewarding. If a client asks for a specific person or skill, it doesn’t matter where they are , we are happy to assist. We have no company boundaries or profit centers to worry about, unlike other larger companies. "

Chris Smitt

Managing Director, Principal Hydrogeologist, CEnvP

The most interesting thing about my job is working on complex and challenging projects alongside a variety of technical experts from around the world."

Michael Reynolds

Hydrogeologist

Hydrogeological Investigations

EHS Support hydrogeologists and geochemists understand that our clients require reliable and sustainable water supplies, predictable inflow rates and confidence that the risks of impacts of their projects on groundwater and surface water quality, other groundwater users and groundwater-dependent ecosystems are minimised. Our hydrogeologists and geochemists provide specialised groundwater services for mining, civil, agriculture, water supply and wastewater management.

Water Sourcing, Supply & Security

Fundamental components of water resource projects, such as identifying resource quantity and quality, knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements, potential threats to the resource and real or perceived effects on stakeholder groups, can present challenges for any organisation. At EHS Support, we provide comprehensive water resource services to address the administrative, technical, security, compliance and communication challenges associated with implementing water sourcing and supply projects.

Water Quality & Restoration

EHS Support has significant experience regarding water-quality assessments and the implementation of practical strategies across watersheds, groundwater basins, rivers, wetlands and lake/reservoir systems. From baseline assessments to geochemical modelling and assimilative capacity demonstrations, our expertise in risk evaluations, environmental chemistry, ecology, governmental negotiations and regulations are focused on delivering a right-size solution for your organisational needs.

Ecosystem & Natural Resource Restoration

Understanding complex natural systems and the vital role water plays in supporting these systems is integral to the assessment and restoration of ecological functions. Leveraging our experience, technical skills and partnerships with industry and academic experts, we simplify and clearly communicate challenges, analyse and examine interdependencies and provide information necessary to inform decision making and to implement real-world solutions for both the human and natural environment.

Operational Studies

A key consideration across industries is minimising the potential for degradation through risk assessment and best management practices. Our extensive experience involving operational studies in water conservation, water supply alternatives and identification of beneficial uses for both produced and effluent waters has resulted in practical, implementable and cost-effective solutions for our customers that minimise waste, maximise operational efficiency and benefit our surrounding communities.

GIS & Data Management Services

Data and data management are core components of effective water management strategies. Whether it’s developing real-time data collection capabilities coupled with GIS, workflows that integrate information and data across teams, eliminating redundancies, streamlining and automating output and analyses (without compromising quality assurance and quality control), we provide the information you need to assess conditions and allow for rapid decision making across your organisational structure.

Approvals, Permitting & Compliance

Climate Change & Renewable Energy

Waste Management

Contaminated Land Assessment

Infrastructure & Planning

Energy & Natural Resource Management