Surface Water
Our team provides engineering and scientific services for groundwater and surface water in the environment.
We specialise in coastal processes and hazards, river engineering, irrigation schemes, water quality, hydrology as well as hydrogeology. We prioritise incorporating te ao Māori and mātauranga into our solutions to ensure practical and culturally sensitive outcomes.
Services that we provide:
- Drilling and hydrogeological investigations
- Groundwater monitoring and sampling
- Effects assessments to support resource consent applications
- Development and maintenance of Environmental Management Plans
- Computer modelling of groundwater flow and quality
- Water resource management and water allocation
- Central and local government policy guidance
- Groundwater supply bore siting, design, analysis, quality assessment and consenting
- Source Water Risk Management Areas and Source Water Management Plans for drinking water supplies
- Dewatering assessments and development of dewatering management plans
- Design and construction of waterway and wetland rehabilitation and enhancement
- Hydrological and hydraulic modelling
- Flooding and erosion assessments and design flood mitigation works
- Investigations, design and construction of aquifer recharge facilities and stream enhancement projects
- Expert assistance for consent hearings
Related projects
Tekapo Power Scheme reconnecting – Hydrology Assessment
Tekapo Power Scheme (TPS) is located at the head of the Waitaki Valley in the Mackenzie District and uses water from Lake Tekapo to generate electricity.
Irrigation and Hydropower Hydrological Modelling
PDP have undertaken numerous hydrological modelling projects on behalf of irrigation schemes and hydropower generators to model hydrological aspects of surface water abstraction for irrigation and hydropower generation.
Emergency Response
Cyclone Gabrielle was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated parts of the North Island of New Zealand in February 2023.
Auckland Anniversary Day Rainfall Analysis
PDP were engaged by Auckland Council to review all rainfall, flow and soil moisture data from their current and historic network to determine the return period of the Auckland Anniversary event (27 January 2023).
Waikato Regional Council: Lower Waikato Monitoring Project
The Whangamarino Wetland, spanning 7,000 hectares in the Lower Waikato River catchment is a diverse ecosystem of peat bogs, fens and lakes, making it the second largest wetland in Aotearoa.
Our Surface Water / Hydrology Experts
Hayden Easton
Alan Pattle
Bas Veendrick
Blair Thornburrow
Carl Steffens
Clare Maginness
Hilary Lough
