Integrated Water Resources
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Water Resource Management
Burnside has been delivering cost-effective and innovative solutions covering virtually every aspect of water resource management for over 35 years. Our reputation for excellence and integrity has allowed us to develop long-term relationships with our clients and the communities in which we work.
Our clients are facing more complex water resource needs in recent years. Increasing pressures on the environment, demand for radical use of water resources, and changing regulations in an atmosphere of scarce financial resources, make it increasingly difficult to strike a balance in managing this resource - a scarce resource that fluctuates both temporally and spatially to meet competing development interests, such as agriculture, tourism, recreation, rural and urban development, mineral developments, industrial development and energy development
The Benefits
Our approach to water resource management ensures that current and proposed development plans do not compromise the sustainability of the watershed unit. At the same time, consideration is given to flood protection, preservation of the environment and riparian rights.
Fundamental to our approach is the participation of informed stakeholders and community members in the decision-making process. This supports the appropriate allocation and use of water resource. We examine avenues that address our clients' needs, finding appropriate solutions that save time and money.
Our Services
Burnside Water Resource Specialists including engineers, hydrogeologists, geoscientists, environmental planners, biologists, and technologists can support your water resource project in the following areas.
- Environmental Monitoring
- Rainfall Gauging & Telemetry
- Snowfall & Accumulation Measurements
- Streamflow gauging
- Sewer Flow Monitoring
- Water Quality Sampling
- Hydrologic Investigations
- Rainfall Frequency Analysis
- Continuous and Event Based Modeling
- Post- and Pre-Development Modeling
- Water Balance Calculations
- Assessment under the Drainage Act
- Flood Protection
- Flood Frequency Analysis
- Backwater Surface Profiling
- Floodplain and Fill-line Mapping
- Cut-Fill Calculations
- Flood Forecasting System
- Flood Control and Proofing
- Dam Safety Evaluation
- Environmental Surveying & Mapping
- Topographical Surveying (Total Station and GPS)
- Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing
- Delineation of Areas of Interest and Hazard
- Environmental Resource Inventory
- Constraint Mapping
- GIS-based Applications
- Hydraulic Investigations
- Major & Minor System Design
- Hydraulic Gradeline Analysis
- Sewer Inflow & infiltration Investigations
- Bank Erosion and Stabilization
- Natural Channel Design
- Bridge and Culvert Design
- Highway Drainage
- Stormwater Management (SWM) and Best Management Practices (BMPs)
- Selection and Sizing of BMPs for Peak and Runoff Volume Control
- Evaluation and Selection of lot-level, conveyance and end-of-pipe BMPs for runoff quality control
- Design SWM Facility Retrofits for Quality Control
- SWM Facility Monitoring and Performance Evaluation
- SWM Facility O&M Investigations
- Erosion and Sediment Control Plans
- Water Quality Protection
- Nutrient Management Plans
- Soil Conservation Plans
- Water Quality Assessment
- Source Protection Studies and Plans
- Site Specific Pollution Control Plans
- Combined Sewer Overflow Reduction
- Hydrogeological Investigations
- Groundwater Exploration and Development
- Aquifer Characterization
- Groundwater and Soil Contamination Assessment
- Groundwater Protection and Remediation Plans
- Groundwater Flow Modeling and Solute Transport in Porous and Fractured Media
Wastewater Collection, Treatment and Disposal
The Burnside team can help you with wastewater conveyance and treatment issues. We focus on the optimum balance between capital expenditures, operating costs and effluent quality (usually established by the regulator). Successful projects weve carried out for both isolated communities in Northern Canada and for large urban municipalities include:
- Wastewater treatment pilot programs
- Municipal and Industrial treatment facilities
- Private, on-site systems
- Landfill leachate treatment
- Pumping stations and forcemains
- Surface and subsurface discharge of effluent
- Wastewater recycling and re-use
Water Supply and Treatment
Burnside water resource specialists have been helping clients find solutions to their water needs for more than 30 years. Working on projects in areas ranging from rural communities to peri-urban municipalities, our staff are providing all phases of project development including planning, feasibility, design and construction.
Class Environmental Assessment
Burnside has extensive experience with the Municipal Engineers Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process for Municipal Water and Wastewater projects and the preparation of Master Servicing Plans. Our professional staff are familiar with the Class EA process and the associated guidelines. We understand that constructive public participation has the potential to greatly enhance both the process and final product.
We are involved in guiding projects through all aspects of the EA process
Our deliverables typically include:
- Public and agency consultations
- Environmental Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Public consultation
- Peer Reviews
On-Site Communal, and Low Cost Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems
The on-site treatment and disposal team has extensive experience in the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of all types of on-site wastewater treatment and disposal technologies. Our systems have been designed to handle wastewater generated from facilities as small as a single home to large systems capable of serving small communities. Recently, technologies typically in the realm of domestic wastewater treatment have been applied with great success to the treatment of more specialized waste streams such as food processing waste and landfill leachate. Consideration has also been given to application of these technologies to other liquid wastes such as de-icing operations.
Services available:
- Evaluation of design concepts
- Evaluation of existing on-site wastewater treatment systems
- Satisfying the requirements of all required approvals
- Preparation of detailed drawings and specifications
- Pre-selection of equipment, if required
- Construction and installation supervision and system certification
Land Drainage Engineering Services
Burnsides Drainage Group has considerable experience in all aspects of land drainage, especially concerning work under The Drainage Act. We provide services to approximately 30 municipalities in the south-central and southwestern parts of Ontario.
Our team includes some of the most experienced and well-respected Drainage Engineers in the Province, as well as Technologists, Technicians and Junior Engineers. In addition, we have Drainage Superintendents who are approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
We know that proper drainage is an essential part of our infrastructure and that it makes good neighbours and good communities whether in rural or urban Ontario. Our Drainage Team can provide you with the most efficient solution to your drainage problem.
Our professionals have appeared before the Drainage Referee, at Appeal Tribunal Hearings and in court as expert witnesses in legal actions.
Services available:
- Fulfilling responsibilities of the engineer under The Drainage Act
- Fulfilling responsibilities of the drainage superintendent under The Drainage Act
- Designing rural and urban drainage systems
- Stormwater Management design
- Hydraulic Modeling
- Preparing Engineers Reports satisfying the requirements of The Drainage Act
- Meeting the requirements of all approval agencies
- Preparing detailed drawings and specifications
- Assisting with project tendering
- Contract administration and construction review
- Expert witness
- Advocate
Contact Burnside today and speak with one of our Water Resource Management Specialists.
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