Water

The ACEDP is a five-year AUD$25 million Australian Government, AusAID initiative, designed to improve environmental protection and natural resource management (in particular, water) to balance the needs of the environment and human development in China.

GHD was appointed managing contractor on 1 July 2007. The program promotes high-level government-to-government environmental policy dialogue and capacity building, and aims to deliver the following outcomes:

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GHD in collaboration with Butier Engineering Inc. (Butier) has been selected by Poseidon Resources to provide owner’s engineering services for the development, construction and commissioning of the USD$300 million Carlsbad Seawater Desalination project. 

The project consists of a 50 million gallons (approximately 200 megalitres) per day seawater desalination plant and associated water delivery pipelines. The facility will be a model for other desalination projects needed by the State of California in its search to diversify drinking water supplies.

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Cox Creek Water Reclamation Facility, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

The 15 million gallons per day Cox Creek Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) is the largest wastewater treatment facility in Anne Arundel County and is also the County’s largest single contributor of nitrogen to Chesapeake Bay. The County targeted the enhanced nutrient removal (ENR) upgrade of the Cox Creek WRF as the first step in a plan to upgrade all of their wastewater treatment facilities for ENR.

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GHD is playing a leading role in Dubai’s current and future water requirements.

Our team in the Middle East has completed preliminary engineering work on the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA) Utility project to provide water infrastructure to an area of 8500ha that includes the JAFZA Free Trade Zone, Technopark and downtown Jebel Ali. These precincts comprise both greenfield and existing development with industrial, commercial and residential land uses.

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GHD provided hydrogeological and groundwater modelling services to develop a numerical model of part of the Upper Macquarie alluvial aquifer, and evaluation of alternative groundwater extraction options for sustainable water supply to the city of Dubbo.

The Macquarie River at Dubbo, in central-west New South Wales, is a major source of recharge to groundwater in the underlying alluvial aquifers, and both the river and groundwater are vital sources of water to the city of Dubbo. GHD services will allow Dubbo City Council to choose the best pumping scenarios between various bore locations and the river to minimise and share these impacts in the most equitable way.

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GHD was initially engaged to identify alternative seawater desalination technologies as part of a scheme to meet the Gold Coast Council’s future water needs as outlined in its WaterFutures program.

Following this review, GHD undertook water quality analyses and developed preliminary concept designs for a 50Ml/d to 100Ml/d seawater desalination plant. The continuation of the drought had brought this project forward and GHD provided technical support to the procurement team to deliver the project. This project is now being delivered under an alliance contract.

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The Hamilton City Council in New Zealand wanted a world-class Water Treatment Station that met the city's water needs and exceeded or met New Zealand Drinking Water Standards at the lowest whole-of-life cost.

The original Hamilton Water Treatment Station (WTS) was a conventional clarification and filtration plant with a nominal capacity of 80 ML/d. The WTS drew water from the Waikato River and, in recent years, the water has shown increasing levels of unpleasant taste and odour as river algal levels increased. Cyanotoxins levels above detectable levels have also been found.

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GHD is providing support to the recently established Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) to develop a new strategy for managing the country’s water resources.

GHD will assist in conducting a comprehensive inventory of the country’s water resources and in developing a new national water resources policy and strategy. Our team will work with the WREA to review and analyse existing water related data, including hydrology and meteorology, water quality and groundwater information for all major river basins in Laos. The assessment will identify opportunities to improve data, information, systems and models, and will inform the development of an interim water resources policy for the period 2008-2010.

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Sime Darby Water Resources (Perak) Sdn. Bhd. engaged GHD to complete a pre-feasibility study and phase one of a feasibility study for the development of a groundwater resource in the state of Perak.

The studies were carried out to determine the potential for a sustainable groundwater resource of up to 5000Ml/d day from fractured rock and alluvial aquifer systems in the Batang Padang District. The first stage involved a detailed airborne and ground geophysical survey coupled with drilling of 49 groundwater investigation wells and aquifer testing at a number of these sites.

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GHD worked on a project to develop a range of water supply options to minimise the water demand and ecological footprint of the Pimpama Coomera region on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

The adopted master plan combines rainwater tanks, recycled water and potable water to meet house water demands and is currently being implemented by Gold Coast Water.

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Improving the environmental health of the Murray River is a concern for all Australians. The Murray Darling Basin Authority regulates the river system. It offered to pay landholders affected by the release of water from storages.

GHD worked with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, the community and technical experts to identify the impact of released water on floodplain properties, to develop consistent assessment principles and to register the impact on title via easements.

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GHD was commissioned to undertake water use audits of 50 council sites for Greater Shepparton City Council (GSCC).

Data was collected via site investigations, review of existing documents, billing information indicating water usage and relevant GSCC representatives under each water use category.

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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) appointed GHD to lead the provision of asset management services in support of master planning and enterprise resource planning initiatives.

WSSC is the eighth largest water and wastewater utility in the USA, owning USD$12 billion of infrastructure assets. While instituting a range of short-term measures to combat the increasing incidence of water main breaks and leaks, WSSC is also taking a long-range strategic approach to address the growing challenge of ageing infrastructure.

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GHD has been appointed by GWMWater to develop a modernisation plan for the Wimmera Irrigation Area in north-west Victoria.

The plan will consider the options available to increase the efficiency of the Wimmera’s irrigation system, taking into account issues such as climate change and the availability of water in the future.

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The AUD$2.5 billion Western Corridor Recycled Water Project is Australia’s largest water recycling scheme and the third-largest advanced water treatment project in the world.

It uses secondary wastewater from Brisbane and Ipswich, to produce 232Ml of purified recycled water a day. The project is the Queensland State Government’s response to unprecedented demand on its water supply due to population growth, climate change and the worst drought in recorded history.

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项目名称： TA No./ 37646 -中国洪水管理战略研究

客户名称:    亚洲开发银行

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项目名称：TA 7261干旱管理战略研究

客户名称：亚洲开发银行

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