Thinking by Market - Water

Ensuring the sustainable use of water resources to satisfy multi-lateral needs

Joint Maputo River Basin Water Resources Study, Mozambique

Andrew Tanner, Aurecon’s Specialist Consultant for Water Resources Management, discusses how developing Integrated Water and Resource Management (IWRM) strategies and plans are important building blocks towards achieving both national and multi-lateral objectives.

Markets: Water
Expertise: Water resources management

A critical analysis of the coastal management act

Cape Town, South Africa

With the promulgation and enactment of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, a paradigm shift in coastal management has occurred in South Africa.

Markets: Water, Government
Expertise: Ports and coastal, Environmental and community planning

Securing a reliable water source for Paarl’s increasing demands

Meulwater Water Treatment Works, South Africa

Brendon Theunissen, Project Manager at Aurecon, discusses how a novel treatment process has provided significant cost savings for Meulwater Water Treatment Works.

Markets: Water
Expertise: Water and waste water treatment, Bulk water and dams

Embracing urban sustainability

Community garden

Developing a systems thinking approach to sustainable cities.

Markets: Energy, Renewable energy, Water
Expertise: Building sciences

A new era of crucial focus on achieving increased sustainability

A new era of crucial focus on achieving increased sustainability

In this article, Jeff Robinson highlights a few of the emerging trends he believes have the potential to driver greener ways of going about our everyday lives.

Markets: Property, Transport, Energy, Water
Expertise: Building sciences, Transport systems and logistics, Rail

Comparing institutional forms for urban water supply

More than one billion people in the world today lack access to safe drinking water. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals’ initiative aims to cut this figure in half by 2015.

Markets: Water
Expertise: Water resources management, Water and waste water treatment

Tunnelling - delivering modern solutions with proven approaches

Tunnel excavation by roadheader on the Eastlink Project

Tunnels play a critical role in the ongoing delivery and maintenance of the infrastructure required in an urbanising world.

Markets: Transport, Water
Expertise: Ground engineering

Project drivers

Abbot Point Coal Terminal, Australia

Every major project is unique, encompassing different sponsor and stakeholder environments, different objectives and external influences.

Markets: Construction, Data & telecommunications, Defence, Energy, Government, Manufacturing, International development assistance, Resources , Property, Transport, Water
Expertise: Programme and project delivery

Working with manufacturers

Matt Vorrasi, Aurecon, visits pump manufacturer KSB IRUR Spain

For the Adelaide Desalination Project, SA Water requested that Aurecon's Matt Vorrasi and Michael Velissario relocate to Spain and provide client oversight for large complex procurement.

Markets: Manufacturing, Water
Expertise: Water and waste water treatment, Programme and project delivery

Jobs and water security

Mokolo Crocodile Water Augmentation Project, South Africa

In order to meet South Africa’s future energy needs, utilisation of the Waterberg coal fields in the Limpopo province, South Africa, is expected to increase tenfold over the next 20 years.

Markets: Energy, Water
Expertise: Power generation, Bulk water and dams

Water resource management on an urban planet

Water is a prerequisite for human and ecosystem health, as well as for the success of a wide range of industrial and agricultural enterprises.

Markets: Water
Expertise: Water resources management