Our team of biologists, environmental scientists, hydrologists, and hydrogeologists provide comprehensive solutions that address the full scope of municipal, industrial, and commercial water use, from resource assessment and management to environmental monitoring and data collection.
Water Resource Assessment and Management
Our water management specialists help clients to assess, develop and manage their water resources and mitigate risk. Some of our areas of expertise include:
- Water management planning and risk mitigation
- Corporate and asset-level water strategy development
- Hydrologic impact prediction and analysis
- Water supply and storage optimization
Our hydrogeology specialists help our clients develop sustainable water supply and disposal solutions for their oil and gas, mining, industrial, or public sector projects. Our geochemistry specialists use physical, chemical, stable isotope, and hydrometric data to identify sources and processes that influence the lifecycle of water. They also use aqueous geochemical mixing models to predict potential chemical reactions. Some of our areas of expertise include:
- Groundwater and surface water supply identification and evaluation (freshwater, saline and tertiary)
- Groundwater assessments and modelling
- Design services for groundwater well networks and river bank intakes
- Short- and long-term license applications
- Management and mitigation of water withdrawals
- Water balance modelling and analysis
- Cumulative effects analysis for long-term sustainability
- Deep aquifer supply and disposal
- Geochemical and isotopic studies, including modelling and aqueous mixing models
Hydrology and Hydrotechnical Evaluations
Our hydrology specialists and hydrotechnical engineers can help you deal with the complex interface between rivers and infrastructure, including: stormwater management, flood modelling, water intake design and channel restoration. Our specialists use mapping and data applications to gather and analyze information about streamflow, water quality and discharge to help clients better understand the water resources located at their project sites.
We provide solutions for a variety of multidisciplinary hydrology and hydrotechnical engineering including:
- Hydrometric monitoring
- Optimizing water supplies
- Preparation and ongoing support for temporary diversion licenses and long-term applications
- Support for applications under the Water Act, Navigable Water Protection Act, Environmental Protection Act and Enhancement Act, and Fisheries Act
- Analysis of instream flow needs and environmental protection limits
- Water intake site selection and evaluation
- Stormwater management plans and drainage features design including ponds, culverts and ditches
- Watercourse crossing design and impact assessment
- River surveying with 3D aerial mapping and bathymetry to support hydraulic modelling and design
- Flood modelling, mapping and risk mitigation
- Natural channel design and watercourse restoration
- Geomorphic assessment
- Surface water/groundwater interactions
Environmental Planning, Monitoring, and Management
We provide strategic advice and effective programs to support your environmental planning and management activities. We have brought together a unique team with experience in Canadian and international oil and gas operations and regulations. When a project begins, we have the latest information on current regulations and draw on our diverse backgrounds to develop and implement environmental programs and strategies. Some of our areas of expertise include:
- Environmental strategy through environmental constraints, technology selection, risk and opportunity identification
- Environmental monitoring and mitigation design and execution for soils, vegetation, wildlife, groundwater, and fisheries
- Asset integrity programs
- Environmental liability assessment
- Environmental compliance management
We have extensive experience designing and completing hydrological and hydrogeological assessment, and environmental drilling programs.
Some areas of monitoring expertise include:
- Compliance reporting of monitoring network performance and exceedances
- Installation of local and regional monitoring well networks
- Investigation of contaminated sites
- Water quality baseline and compliance monitoring programs
- Hydrometric monitoring
Environmental Assessment
We offer a full range of services to our clients in oil and gas, mining and the public sector. Our agrologists, biologists, geoscientists, hydrologists and hydrogeologists have experience in all phases of environmental project development for both brownfield and greenfield sites across Western Canada. During the design phase, our specialists provide insight and field assessments.
Some of our areas of expertise include:
- Wetlands expertise, including identification, delineation, valuation (ABWRET), permanency assessments, mitigation and reclamation plans, species surveys, Wetland Assessment and Impact Reports (WAIRS), Wetland Assessment and Impact Forms (WAIFS), Water Act Applications, and replacement options including wetland compensation agreements or wetland construction
- Site selection
- Environmental Field Reports (EFR)
- Environmental site assessments (Phase I, II, III)
- Soil management and classification
- Vegetation assessments
- Detailed site assessments (cultivated, forested and natural grassland)
- Groundwater assessments
- Fish and fish habitat assessments (QAES and QEP)
- Air dispersion modelling, emissions management and air monitoring programs
- Noise monitoring and assessment
- Pre-disturbance Assessments and Conservation and Reclamation Plans (PDA and C&R)
