Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference
Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference
Water Technology is pleased to have four papers accepted for the Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference in Cairns June 2017. The Coasts...
From Little Things Big Things Grow
Water Technology is this month celebrating our 15th year since the birth of our little company. Back then it was just our Managing Director Andrew McCowan. 15 years on and we are a company...
Water Technology gives a warm welcome to 4 new staff members
Water Technology would like to extend a warm welcome to three new staff members that have started in the Brisbane office and one new staff member located in the Melbourne office. Blair Filer,...
A small step… and a giant leap
Water Technology in partnership with our Dutch colleagues HydroLogic, are proud to announce that we have begun the first phase of an exciting project part funded by the European Space Agency....
Water Technology employees raise $1,900 for Charity
Water Technology’s Giving initiative has raised $1,900 over the last 6 months for Water Aid, Beyond Blue and World Wide Fund for Nature. Water Technology purchases espresso coffee...
Congratulations to our Top Techer winners of 2014
Water Technology recently held our annual Christmas Party, which is always a great opportunity for our people from Melbourne, Brisbane and regional Victorian offices to come together in a...
West Gippsland Flood Studies
Water Technology has been commissioned by West Gippsland CMA in conjunction with Latrobe City Council and Wellington Shire Council to undertake three flood investigations at Traralgon, Rosedale...
Update: Bendigo Flood Study
Following on from our previous news article on the landmark Bendigo Flood Study, Our Floodplain consultants have put together this map (to scale), demonstrating the size of the study area...
Landmark flood study in Bendigo
Water Technology floodplain consultants has recently completed a major landmark flood study in Bendigo utilising an innovative leading approach. The flood risk posed by Bendigo Creek and...
Knox City Council Urban Mapping
Water Technology urban drainage engineers has recently been appointed by Knox City Council to undertake the flood mapping of four of its urban catchments. The hydrological and hydraulic modelling...
Warracknabeal and Brim Flood Investigation
Water Technology has recently been awarded the Warracknabeal and Brim Flood Investigation. Water Technology staff spent a full day on Yarriambiack Creek, with Wimmera CMA, Yarriambiack Shire...
Geoid Models – Industry Update
What are they?
Geoid models are used by land surveyors and airborne contractors to convert any GPS-derived elevations to AHD elevations Since 2011 Australia officially uses a new geoid...
RainWatchers Beta Testing
Water Technology is currently launching RainWatchers in collaboration with Glenelg Hopkins CMA and HydroLogic. We are currently forming a Beta Group with users registered in Victoria and Queensland.
RainWatchers...
Water Technology joins the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor
Earlier this year, Dr Richard Walton and Dr Michael Cheetham from Water Technology’s Brisbane office joined the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor...
Water Technology at the 7th Australian Stream Management Conference
Water Technology is proud to be sending 4 delegates at the 7th Australian Stream Management (7ASM) conference next week in Townsville. This years conference, with the theme ‘catchments...
Welcome Chris Charles
Chris is a spatial professional with more than 6 years experience in GIS, spatial data management, RDBMS, web-mapping, land surveying, cartography and ...
Storms Hit Victoria
Last week’s wintery change across Melbourne caused considerable damage and coastal flooding along the Victorian coastline.
The storm surge within Port Phillip Bay was close to a 100...
Muddy Creek Fishway
Water Technology has recently finalised the design and construction of the Muddy Creek fishway with GHCMA, VicRoads, Catchment Health Engineering, ARI, Kingfisher Research and Downryte Excavations.
Water...
Water Tech supports local primary school
In support of our local community, Water Technology helped Vermont Primary School obtain a grant from the Victorian Government for an integrated water management plan for the site. This...
HWRS 2014: Improving Rating Curves with 2D Hydrodynamic Modelling
Improving Rating Curves with 2D Hydrodynamic Modelling
Authors: Ben Tate; Kathy Russell
Abstract: The use of gauged flows for flood hydrology depends on rating curves, ...
HWRS 2014: Spatial Assessment of Estuary Shoreline Erosion Susceptibility
Spatial Assessment of Estuary Shoreline Erosion Susceptibility
Authors: Christine Arrowsmith; Georgina Race
Abstract: The Gippsland Lakes is a system of coastal lagoons sheltered behind sandy...
Mullum Creek sustainable development in Donvale (VIC)
Water Technology is a proud member of the project team working towards the Mullum Creek sustainable development in Donvale (VIC). The 20 hectare Mullum Creek residential development includes...
Supporting water managers making effective decisions by using HydroNET
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Water Technology Mapping Floods in the Toowoomba Region
Water Technology are currently undertaking flood studies in seven towns in the Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) area. The studies cover both riverine and overland flow-path flooding. Riverine...
HydroNET: HydroView
HydroView: One entrance to all the data you need!
The HydroView application gives single point access to all data which is connected via the HydroConnect service. Hydroview can provide access...
THE MAGICAL 72 HOURS – DOES IT EXIST IN PRACTICE?
This paper is being presented at the WSUD 2013 Conference The Magical 72 Hours – Does it Exist in Practice?
AUTHORS
Thomas Cousland, Water Technology, Melbourne, Australia
David Reginato,...
Love our Lakes Forum
A successful forum on the Gippsland Lakes intended to educate, inspire and empower stakeholders and the broader community was held last week. WT Managing Director, Dr Andrew McCowan presented...
Water Technology presenting at the VMG November Meeting
Water Technology presenting at the VMG November Meeting
The Water Technology Stormwater team will be presenting the design of a combined flood storage and wetland in the Gippsland Region during...
Water Technology at the 8th WSUD International Conference
Water Technology Presenting at the 2013 WSUD 8th International Conference.
Water Technology will be presenting two papers at the WSUD 2013 Conference held on the Gold Coast in the 25th to...
HydroLogic and Water Technology sign partnership to establish the HydroNET portal in Australia
13 October 2013 Andrew McCowan director of WaterTechnology and Arnold Lobbrecht director of HydroLogic are proud to announce that they have signed a partnership agreement to establish the HydroNET...
Implications of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Options in Western Port
Implications of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Options in Western Port
Tim Womersley is presenting at the CSIRO run Climate Adaptation Engineering for cities and...
Georgina presents Cartography and map design workshop
Georgina presents Cartography and map design workshop
In recognition of Water Technology’s commitment to high quality mapping to support our floodplain and coastal studies Georgina Race,...
Water Technology Welcomes Johanna Theilemann
Welcome to Johanna Theilemann
Water Technology strongly believes that our people are our greatest asset, and we are delighted to welcome Johanna Theilemann to the team. Jo has a long...
2013 Australian Coasts and Port Conference – 2 Papers Presented by Water Technology
2013 Australian Coasts and Port Conference – 2 Papers Presented by Water Technology
Members of Water Technology’s Coastal and Environment team are attending the 2013 Australian and New...
Bendigo City Council WSUD Documentation & Maintenance Advice
Bendigo City Council WSUD Documentation & Maintenance Advice
Client: City of Greater Bendigo
Location: Bendigo Region, Victoria
The City of Greater Bendigo (CoGB) engaged Water Technology...
Steve Clark, Director at Water Technology, volunteers for the Australian Civilian Corps
Water resources and engineering specialist, Stephen Clark, arrived in Samoa this month to continue the recovery and reconstruction work following...
Engineers Australia Presentation AR&R – Project 15: Two Dimensional Modelling in Urban and Rural Floodplains
Dr Andrew McCowan to present at Engineers Australia 27th June 2013.
Over the past 5 to 10 years, two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic models have increasingly become the standard approach...
Flooding in South East Queensland
All the staff at Water Technology would like to extend our sympathies to those impacted by the extreme weather conditions that occurred over the Australia day long weekend. Due to the large...
Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2012 (AR&R) Guidelines Launched
Dr Andrew McCowan and Warwick Bishop of Water Technology have been heavily involved in the development of Engineers Australia’s new guidelines on “Two Dimensional Modelling in Urban and...
Water Technology Welcomes Alison Miller
Water Technology would like to welcome Alison Miller to the Water Technology team, joining the Catchments and Floodplains group in our Melbourne office.
Alison has joined us from an...
East Gippsland Estuary Entrance Management
Water Technology is undertaking a project for the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority on the management of the estuary entrances. The work seeks to identify the key issues that influence...
Water Technology welcomes new starters to the Brisbane and Melbourne Offices
We would like to welcome two new starters to the Water Technology team.
Michael (Mick) Cheetham joins the Brisbane Office as a Project Scientist working in the Waterway Group. Mick...
Three new starters at Water Technology
Water Technology would like to welcome two new starters to the Melbourne office and one new starter to the Brisbane office.
Nuno Jeronimo has joined the Melbourne office as an Engineer...
Stormwater Design Tour
The Stormwater team in Melbourne specialise in urban flood mapping projects, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), development proposals and stormwater management plans for a range of clients...
Our team would like to welcome Megan Richardson to the Melbourne office
Megan joins Water Technology’s Spatial Team. The team aims to support the dual roles of integrating and value adding to current services and delivery of projects and leading direct spatial...
Senior Coastal Engineer Wanted
Water Technology seeks applications from senior coastal engineers for our Brisbane office. You will join a group with a strong commitment to delivering quality service and fostering ongoing...
Water Technology has another two exceptional staff starting this week
Our team would like to welcome Rianda and Ky.
Rianda Mills has been responsible for a range of projects in both the private and public sectors over the past seven years working in the...
Water Technology would like to welcome Alistair Daly
Alister has more than twelve (12) years professional experience in the Civil Engineering industry across Australia and has worked extensively within the water resources, flooding and drainage...
Water Technology Welcomes Lauren and Georgina
As Water Technology continues to grow we have been successful in recruiting a number of additional senior staff. As with previous years, our growth is founded upon the recruitment of exceptional...
Web-based flood mapping tools – from vision to reality
Australia has recently experienced extreme flood impacts due an extraordinarily wet spring-summer period, particularly in SE Australia. Over the September 2010 to January 2011 period Water...
New office in Horsham and expansion in Melbourne and Brisbane
We are pleased to announce the opening of the Water Technology Horsham office servicing western Victoria. As a company we have a commitment to the servicing of our clients in regional areas...
Dr Andrew McCowan appointed to Coasts and Climate Change Council
Dr Andrew McCowan, Managing Director and founder of Water Technology, has been appointed to the federal government’s Coasts and Climate Change Council by Greg Combet, the federal...
Serious flood situation developing in SE Qld
Serious flooding is currently being experienced in SE Queensland with the situation expected to worsen for much of the major metropolitan areas over the next 24 to 48 hours.
Flood warnings...
Flood Management in Queensland
Ensham Mine Flood Warning System, Emerald, Queensland
Water Technology has developed and calibrated a hydrologic flood forecasting model to provide Ensham Mine with in-house warning of floods...
Congratulations Richard!
Congratulations to Dr Richard Walton who has just been appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Impacts of sea level rise on flooding in an estuarine environment
Coastal communities are commonly located at the interface between river catchment, estuary and ocean. This location, while providing many of the values that make our coastal towns unique,...
Victorian Floods September 2010 – Assisting VICSES flood response
Heavy rainfall across Northern and Western Victoria over Friday (3/9/10) to Sunday (5/9/10), lead to major flooding in a number of Victorian river basins. Water Technology was invited by the...
Modelling brine dilution from the proposed Adelaide desalination plant
Water Technology has been engaged as part of the SMEC-Hatch Design Joint Venture who is designing Adelaide’s Desalination Plant to be built at Port Stanvac, South Australia. The $1.83...
Brisbane Office Update
Since our last newsletter the Brisbane office has grown significantly. We’ve welcomed 3 new staff members to the team, these being Dr Richard Walton, Sachi Canning and, most recently, Dan...
Contact Details
We have over 50 professional staff in six offices: Melbourne, Brisbane, Wangaratta, Bairnsdale, Geelong & Wimmera servicing clients throughout Australia and overseas.
Our Clients & Our Approach
Our clients represent the broad range of organisations concerned with management of river and coastal environments and the mitigation of risk. Our clients include the Natural Resource Management...
Our Skills
In order to deliver an integrated approach to water, coastal and natural resource management we have achieved a balanced skill base through the selective recruitment of specialist engineers and...