< Previous10 : WATERLINES : AWE Special Edition 2017Over the last 15 years, Water Technology has completed many important coastal projects in South Australia :including • Port of Adelaide hydrodynamic, dredge plume and spoil disposal modelling • Studies for Adelaide Aqua to design the Adelaide desalination plant outfall diffuser to ensure it achieves regulatory mixing and dispersion requirements. Coastal processes and practical design outcomesCOASTSWater Technology is not just known for the use of advanced computer models and completing complex coastal studies, but also for the application of our considerable theoretical and practical knowledge of the coastal environment to provide our clients with practical engineering solutions and designs. This is accomplished by understanding how each project will interact with the local environment; how that environment will impact on physical works; and how carefully crafted coastal management strategies can adapt to a changing climate. WATERLINES : AWE Special Edition 2017 : 11 • Technical studies and numerical modelling in support of Adelaide’s Living Beaches strategy for the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources;• Preparation of a long-term coastal management strategy for the Christies Beach region, along with detailed design and construction documentation of seawall defences for the City of Onkaparinga; and• Upgrading of the coastal levee system at Port Germein for the District Council of Mount Remarkable.Water Technology’s Coastal and Marine group offers a comprehensive range of specialist services to a wide range of industries. We have experience in all zones of the ocean, coastal and estuarine environment, with clients ranging from local to federal government agencies, private and public organisations and regulatory authorities. Our projects range from regional climate-change vulnerability and hazard assessments to effective foreshore protection strategies and sand management; from large scale marina developments to the provision of expert testimony to the Supreme Court. For more information, contact Christine Lauchlan-Arrowsmith (christine.arrowsmith@watertech.com.au) +61 3 8526 0800Geoff Fisher (geofffisher@austwaterenv.com.au) +61 8 8378 800021 : WATERLINES : AWE Special Edition 2017The South Australian Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure Program (SARFIIP) aims to develop floodplain infrastructure that will address the continuing decline in ecosystem health and deliver improved ecological outcomes for floodplains along the Lower River Murray in South Australia, in particular the Pike and Katarapko floodplains. South Australian Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure ProgramFor more information, contact +61 8 8378 8000 Andrew Telfer (andrewtelfer@austwaterenv.com.au) Alison Charles (alisoncharles@austwaterenv.com.au)Developing groundwater management infrastructure to manage salinity risks and improve ecological outcomesThe major focus of the proposed management actions for these sites is the construction of regulators and banks to facilitate floodplain inundation at low flows and to offset the reductions in natural flood frequency (Inundation Measures). It is an innovative project, seeking to increase the availability of low salinity water to improve ecosystem functions in a predominantly saline system. The SARFIIP program also includes Salinity Management Measures (SMM) to develop and construct groundwater infrastructure that manage the risks and enhance the benefits of inundation. AWE has been engaged as the Design Contractor to develop groundwater management infrastructure for SARFIIP. The practice of managing long-term salinity risks is well established, but the management of ecological risk and the enhancement of ecological benefit from a groundwater perspective is a relatively new concept. SARFIIP is the first instance where it has been actively considered for groundwater management along the River Murray.The primary outcome of the Concept Design phase of the project has been the development of a borefield and infrastructure option. This has been achieved through the analysis of data collected by various field programs including investigation drilling, bore construction, aquifer testing and groundwater monitoring. A numerical groundwater model was also developed as a design tool to inform the design of the borefield and pipeline. In addition to the development of a Concept Design option, the project team has developed the language and tools for the Client to communicate the concepts, and developed new methodologies and approaches for quantifying the outcomes of groundwater management. AWE is currently supervising the first stage of construction of the borefield, developed during the Concept Design phase of the project, with construction of the pipeline to follow shortly. 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