Water Resource Management

Comprehensive Water Resource Services

Our multidisciplinary team of environmental scientists and hydrologists provides end-to-end support across a wide spectrum of water-related regulatory and technical requirements.

• Water Use Licence Applications (WULA): We manage the complete, highly complex WULA process for all Section 21 water uses, including abstraction, storage, discharge, and the alteration of watercourse beds, banks, or characteristics. We conduct all necessary scientific baseline studies, compile comprehensive technical reports, manage public participation, and liaise directly with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) via the e-WULAAS portal to secure your legal operational rights.
• General Authorisations (GA): For water uses that present a lower environmental impact and fall within specific regulatory thresholds, a full WULA may not be required. We assess your project against current DWS thresholds, efficiently process your registration under General Authorisations, and help fast-track your project timelines while ensuring absolute legal compliance.
• Integrated Water and Waste Management Plans (IWWMP): We develop robust IWWMPs that provide a strategic, consolidated framework for managing both water and waste on your site. This crucial documentation is often a prerequisite for complex WULAs, particularly in the mining and industrial sectors, ensuring that pollution prevention and resource optimization are structurally integrated into your daily operations.
• Water Resource Assessments & Geohydrology: Detailed scientific evaluations of both surface and groundwater resources. We conduct geohydrological drilling, aquifer testing, and yield assessments to determine water availability, quality, and sustainable extraction rates. This scientific foundation is critical for informing project feasibility, infrastructure design, and long-term water security.
• Hydrological and Environmental Support: We provide specialist integration of hydrological data into your broader environmental planning. This includes calculating 1:50 and 1:100 year floodlines, designing compliant stormwater management plans (SWMP), assessing catchment dynamics, and evaluating aquatic ecosystem health to protect vulnerable wetlands and rivers from operational runoff or contamination.
• Water Compliance Monitoring and Auditing: Securing a licence is only the first step; maintaining compliance is an ongoing operational requirement. We establish and execute rigorous water quality sampling programmes (surface and groundwater), flow monitoring protocols, and biomonitoring. We provide regular, transparent compliance audits and regulatory reporting to the DWS, ensuring that your operations remain strictly compliant with the specific conditions of your authorisations and preventing costly operational stoppages.