Achieving Groundwater Sustainability for Borehole Abstractions

January 21, 2022

Envireau Water founder, James Dodds’ 2022 New Year Missive covered many important factors about groundwater sustainability, the all-important balance of the water cycle, the roles we and the regulators can play in supporting positive change and how we must all look to sustain the critical resource of groundwater.


We have always understood the importance of ‘Balance within the water cycle’. For the last 25 years we have worked with one of our longstanding pharmaceutical clients to understand the impact of their abstraction and manage their supply in a sustainable way.

We have worked alongside the Environment Agency to challenge our understanding of the local hydrogeological controls on water resources, ensure that policies developed at a catchment scale are applicable at the local scale, and implement state-of-the-art monitoring schemes to gather the evidence base to demonstrate the balance between water demands for manufacturing operations and the needs of the local environment.


It is now 2022, the year of groundwater, and we are on a mission to support all of our clients to achieve sustainable groundwater abstraction. We will do this by utilising our expert hydrogeological knowledge and technical understanding of the natural water system and, where necessary, challenge the regulatory system to see clearly the technical and scientific biases in groundwater, much like we did to support our pharmaceutical client when concerns about abstraction sustainability were raised by the regulators.


Find out in the case study below how we can achieve balance by managing and protecting our critical groundwater resources for all our clients.

By working closely with our clients, we understand their requirements and design solutions that not only solve water supply issues, but also align with their sustainability goals. As hydrogeologists and hydrologists, with formal water stewardship training and a robust understanding of the resource, we deliver solutions that provide positive impacts, applying the latest developments and regulations from the water sector.

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