Case Studies

Case Studies

Case Studies

Minerals

Minerals

Agriculture

Industrial

Development

Minerals

Agriculture

Minerals

modelling

Innovative Modelling for Wetland Restoration

See how we helped our client achieve a cost effective and robust method of assessing the hydraulic interactions between inlet water and cells for a wetland restoration project.

Lanehead

Scheme of Monitoring: Hanson at Lanehead Quarry

See how we implemented improvements to a scheme of water monitoring to reduce costs and focus on the available resources.

Mitigating River Bank Erosion on the River Swale

Mitigating River Bank Erosion on the River Swale

Our client faced the imminent risk of a breached riverbank causing flooding and halting operations, along with complex regulatory challenges. Read how we provided a pragmatic solution, satisfying regulatory requirements. 

Industrial

Agriculture

Low Carbon Farming

Supporting Low Carbon Farming Innovation

With the use of new innovative technology for a glasshouse development located in a catchment closed to new groundwater abstractions, our team had the challenge of developing a sustainable solution. Read on to learn more.

Dam Breach Risk Assessment

Dam Breach Risk Assessment

Acquiring planning permission can be tough, especially when dealing with the Lead Local Flood Authority. See how we helped gain the necessary planning permission for winter storage reservoirs for one of our agricultural clients.

Abstraction Licence

Abstraction Licence Success: The Heronhill Case

See how we helped Heronhill modify a licence to allow them to abstract water at lower flows.

A Pragmatic Approach to Abstraction Licensing

A Pragmatic Approach to Abstraction Licensing

With licensing issues in the area and numerous local private water supplies, see how we successfully secured an abstraction licence for a spray irrigation system.

Unique Abstraction Licence

Unique Abstraction Licence

A client in an area closed to new groundwater abstraction licences required water for spray irrigation. The answer lay in a unique abstraction licence.

Abstraction Licence Secured for Irrigation

Abstraction Licence Secured for Irrigation

How did our team secure a licence for an irrigation system which is situated within a catchment deemed ‘stessed’?

Industrial

Borehole Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Borehole Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Our longstanding global pharmaceutical client faced regulatory challenges due to concerns over the local groundwater resource availability.  For 25 years we have continued to successfully support our client with their borehole water supply. Continue reading to find out more.

Achieving a Sustainable and Reliable Borehole Water Supply

Achieving a Sustainable and Reliable Borehole Water Supply

Our client, Wells and Co required a new borehole to provide consistent quality water for their new brewhouse in Bedford.  However, they are situated within an environmentally sensitive catchment and required our team's expert knowledge. 

Abstraction Licence Success for ABP

Abstraction Licence Success for ABP

Find out how we provided a cost-effective and successful solution for our client situated within a closed catchment.

Flood Warning Systems

Flood Warning Systems

One of our clients, a drinks manufacturer, had been left with disruptions and the temporary shutdown of their operations due to fluvial flooding. Continue reading to see how we solved their issue.

Discharge Wastewater

Discharge Permit Success

Our client required an environmental permit to discharge wastewater, however, they had been met with a wall of technical questions by the regulator. After failing to gain the permit, they contacted us for technical and regulatory support.

abstraction in a stressed catchment case study

Increased Abstraction in a Stressed Catchment

Our client required an increased volume on their abstraction licence, however, they were situated within a stressed catchment in the south of England, making for a complex project.

Development

Development

Channel Realignment

Channel Realignment Design

See how planning permission or discharge consents are achieved when there is a present flood risk.

FRAP

Flood Risk Activity Permits

See how our team carried out technical assessments at a complex site in London to attain a bespoke Flood Risk Activity Permit.

Flood Alleviation Channel Design

Flood Alleviation Channel Design

How did we satisfy planning conditions for a client, whilst protecting a new build housing development from heavy surface water flooding? 

Bellway

Bellway Homes

See how we secured planning permission for a housing development that had potential to be at risk from groundwater flooding. 

Boreholes

Borehole Monitoring

With reduced yields and water quality, see how Envireau water solved the borehole issues by carrying out a range of investigations. 

Water treatment case study

Sewage Source Exposed and Remediated

How did we determine the source of contamination and find a solution for a private stream with sewage pollution?

abstraction licence case study

Licence Secured in Closed Catchment

See how we achieved a successful outcome for our client who had previously received a rejected abstraction licence due to groundwater proximity.

A Licensing Solution for Hydroelectric Power

A Licensing Solution for Hydroelectric Power

When Natural Resources Wales visited our client regarding a surface water abstraction issue, we were called upon to find a new solution.

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