Environmental and Site Investigations
ACA Howe has expertise in environmental and engineering site investigations and environmental impact assessments. Our multidisciplinary background combining GIS, GPS surveying, geology, geophysics, hydrology and hydrogeology, and environmental science provides an integrated approach to managing or contributing to Environmental Impact Statements.
ACA Howe offers a range of environmental and engineering services, including:
- Groundwater mapping
- Catchment studies
- Overburden isopachyte maps
- Depth to bedrock
- Stream vulnerability and assimilative capacity assessments
- Waste Management Plans
- Wastewater management
- Stormwater attenuation and design of Strategic Urban Design Systems (SUDS) measures
- Constructed wetland design and installation
Our services are relevant to a range of environmental, engineering and resource development disciplines.
Recent projects include:
Wastewater and stormwater disposal management plan for a Hotel, Golf Course and tourism development.
An assessment of the potential impact of groundwater abstraction on a protected wetland and designated Special Area of Conservation.
An assessment of the potential impact of discharge from a fisheries to a Salmonid River.
Visual impact assessments for wind farms, landfills, quarries and sand pits.
Tonnage estimation, pit design and impact assessment for a sand pit.
Landfill design, volume estimation and impact assessment.