Water

RPS covers all aspects of the water cycle, from rivers, creeks and groundwater to stormwater, water supply and wastewater.

We offer clients the entire spectrum of services from strategic planning to detailed design to provide sound, practical and cost-effective water assessment, development and management solutions.

Our skills base covers both surface water and groundwater. We combine expert skills in water quality, hydrology, hydrogeology, ecology land management and engineering. We use an array of analytical and design tools and are specialists in the application of a wide variety of models.

Projects range in size from catchment through to household scale. Our project highlights include shire-wide stormwater management plans, effluent reuse schemes, aquifer storage and recovery schemes, wastewater treatment systems, as well as integrated water cycle management plans to achieve sustainable water use for all types of developments including apartment buildings and commercial precincts.

Our specialist environment and water consultancy RPS Aquaterra also provides industry leading skills in hydrogeology, groundwater and surface water modelling, civil engineering and environmental sciences.

RPS water services include:

Integrated water management 

  • Integrated water cycle planning and climate change analysis
  • Water sensitive urban design
  • Mine water management and pond design
  • Water balance modelling 

 Catchments, flooding and hydrology

  • Catchment management plans
  • Hydrological and hydraulic modelling and analysis
  • Floodplain, storm surge and sea level rise mapping
  • Water pollution export modelling and salinity assessment
  • Land and soil management – rural, urban, forestry, mining 

Stormwater 

  • Stormwater quality infrastructure and management
  • Wetland design and management
  • Water quality modelling
  • Harvesting and re-use 

Wastewater

  • Water and wastewater treatment infrastructure
  • Wastewater servicing strategies
  • Wastewater trunk main and reticulation main design
  • Effluent management
  • Flooding and hydrology 

Water supply 

  • Innovative and alternative water supply schemes
  • Water resource and water supply planning
  • Water servicing strategies
  • Water trunk main and reticulation main designs

Waterways, lakes and wetlands

  • Waterway management plans and lake/channel design
  • Water quality monitoring and modelling - estuaries and freshwaters
  • Fluvial geomorphology, erosion control and rehabilitation
  • Aquatic and riparian ecology

Groundwater

  • Groundwater hydrology and sustainable yield estimation
  • Aquifer storage and recovery
  • Exploration for groundwater supplies and design, construction and monitoring of borefields
  • Ground and surface water interactions
  • Groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport modelling