Enhancing nature's ability to replenish and restore
Working with the natural interactions between groundwater and surface water systems
Through our stakeholder consultation and leadership skills, we have developed ‘first of their kind’ catchment-scale water restoration projects in North America, Australasia and the Middle-east. Our team recognises that in a world of changing climate and increasing water scarcity, developing new solutions based on community knowledge and local leadership is the way forward.
In the Pacific Northwest (USA), we led the development of the first managed aquifer recharge (MAR) groundwater replenishment programme aimed at restoring aquifer levels and riverine base flows for the recovery of critically endangered salmonids. In 2006, our work was nationally recognised as a recipient of the Watershed Management Council’s national Walter C. Loudermilk Award (USA) for helping to restore riverine base flows using sustainable groundwater management techniques for one of American Rivers' top 10 most endangered rivers.
Our team has held internationally recognised leadership roles in the development of new approaches to solve pressing water management issues related to water scarcity and climate change. Activities included the development of government policies and regulations. These programmes have not only addressed systematic human pollution and over allocation issues but are also designed to directly prepare for the increasing challenges of climate change on coastal freshwater systems.
am also well connected internationally to a range of specialised technical experts and organisations which I call upon to help promote and facilitate my programme management progress.
Whilst most of the historic approaches to water management focus on managing how much humans take from the environment, our guiding principle focuses on developing physical tools that work to help and enhance the natural process to restore and replenish water.
Through sustainably managed groundwater supplies, this approach seeks to improve water quantity and in some cases water quality while working to restore, protect and preserve environmental, social and cultural values.
