What We Do

Services We Offer

You Need Your Project Completed Properly – On Time, On Scope, On Budget

Complement your team’s existing skill set with our aquatic expertise & experience.

Peer Review, Scientific Synthesis, Expert Testimony & Technical Facilitation

Clear, fair and accurate facilitation

Synthesize complex knowledge into guidance and plain language documents

Expert testimony for regulatory and approval bodies

Advice and support to government, industry, First Nations and legal counsel

Lake & Watershed Management

Nutrient processes, budgets and models

Lake development capacity

Nuisance algal growths and control options

Lake and river monitoring programs

Sediment and erosion control

Stormwater assessment and management

Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment

Problem formulation

Water quality and flow monitoring programs for rivers and creeks, lakes and ponds, stormwater and municipal effluent

Study design and statistical data analysis

Effective reporting

Wastewater Assimilation & Risk Assessment

Receiving water protection

Regulatory standards

Assimilative capacity studies

Toxicology

Mixing and assimilation models (CORMIX, Qual2K)

Water and effluent quality objective setting

Targets for restoration and maintenance

Mercury & Water Power

Impact assessment for new water power developments

Methyl mercury bioaccumulation assessment and management

Baseline construction and operations environmental monitoring

EA and permit approvals

Research and project funding

Contaminated Site Assessment

Focussed and detailed field studies

Experts in water, sediment, soil and groundwater contaminants

Aquatic and on-land remediation

Contaminant risk management

Source reduction

Environmental Assessment & Permitting

Baseline studies

EA, EIS and permit approvals for mines, municipal development projects, utilities and waste water discharges

Third party review of EA reports and permit applications

Drinking Water Source Protection

Assess surface water vulnerability to drinking water threats

Determine source, transport and fate of pathogens and contaminants

Management strategies for source water protection

Paleolimnology (Lake History)

Infer past lake health using sediment cores

Assess human impacts on lake water quality

Set realistic restoration targets

Provide baseline data for EA and EIS

Focused sediment sampling strategies

Algae in Lakes & Ponds

Investigate algal blooms

Provide advice for control and prevention

Investigate and mitigate nutrient loading from sediments

Urban Runoff Assessment

GIS modelling of urban land use and pollutant export

Stormwater management strategies

Erosion and sediment control

Invasive Species & Species at Risk

Best management and policy practices to address aquatic invasions

Conservation status and major threats to wildlife species

Protective measures for species at risk

“The science doesn’t change. But the approaches might and they’re really good at that.”

“And every project they take on, they make sure they tailor the solutions
around the nature and scope of the project. So it’s not cookie cutter.”

Gain the confidence you need to
move forward with your project.

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