Managing water resources effectively includes ensuring water sustainability, and maintaining water quality consistent with environmental requirements. This implies understanding, managing and monitoring water resources on a 'Whole-of-Catchment' basis. C&R Consulting have a complete and thorough understanding of the chemical composition of waters that allow them to assess a water body, design the best possible sampling programme for environmental characterisation, realistically interpret and model the results, and provide innovative remediation solutions. C&R have extensive experience in 'Whole-of-Catchment' Drainage and Stormwater Management Plans, and have been involved in numerous local projects in Townsville and Magnetic Island.
Whole-of-Catchment Management Services include:
- Water Resource Plans (WRPs) and Drainage and Stormwater Management Plans for site specific, Regional, State and National Planners
- River continuum and Whole-of-Catchment analysis to understand location and overall contaminant loadings, and determine drainage paths in whole and sub-catchments, and the localised and overall effects this may have on water quality
- Groundwater monitoring in purposely placed bore holes to assess contamination and groundwater hydrodynamics
- Water treatment trials and implementation to ensure water is suitable for release or specific use
- Stormwater and other drainage analysis to assess potential off-site effects from disturbances and spills from off-site during specific rainfall events, including first flush
- Marine / Estuarine impacts from coastal zone pollution and their effects on marine life
- Wastewater Analysis for marine and general water quality in the costal zone.
- Water Quality Analyses including natural, induced, spatial and temporal variations in natural and constructed systems. Specialist assessment and interpretation against standard and site specific Water Quality Guidelines.
C&R Consultants have a full appreciation of the measures used to assess water quality including;
- Economic design of baseline studies
- Collection and interpretation of chemical data relating to contaminants such as metals, pesticides and hydrocarbons
- Collection, analysis and interpretation of infield measures such as dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and temperature.
Examples of Past Projects include: Flow-related environmental assessment of key freshwater and related marine ecosystems to inform the development of Water Resource Plans (WRPs); Water quality and determination of the location and status of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs); Development of a local set of Water Quality Guidelines and Objectives (rather than defaulting to ANZECC Guidelines) for use within a Drainage Management Plan.
