Water Resources

The major connecting link in a watershed or river basin ecosystem is the flow of water. The flow pattern is part of the water balance. How and where the water flows determines the quality of the water, the shape and stability of stream banks, the health and diversity of the vegetation, and the availability of fish and wildlife habitat.

Since incorporation (in 1994), the GREENLAND^® approach to water resources projects is to ensure that the operational balance of surface water, groundwater and/or coastal water systems are maintained and that interventions are made with a perspective of the entire ecosystem. Our recognized credentials include these water resources and related environmental engineering analytical, design and construction administration services:

Subwatershed Management Plans;

Drinking Water Source Protection Plans;

Groundwater Management Plans;

Environmental Assessments;

Environmental Impact Statements;

Water Quality and Assimilative Capacity Analyses;

Municipal Infrastructure and Site Remediation Investigations;

Environmental Restoration and Resource Management Plans;

Stormwater Management Plans;

Municipal Drain Projects;

Sediment Control Plans;

Stormwater Drainage and Pond Retrofits;

Master Drainage Plans;

Master Servicing and Functional Servicing Plans;

Stream Rehabilitation / Remediation Plans;

Flood Risk Mapping, Flood Remediation Plans & Flood Control Designs;

Coastal Engineering and Shoreline Protection;

River Ice Engineering Control Works;

Stream Health (Biological / Water Chemistry / Flow) & Groundwater Monitoring;

Water Balance and Hydrogeologic Investigations;

Fish Passage Designs and Habitat Rehabilitation;

Hydropower Systems;

Municipal Official / Secondary Plan Reviews; and,

Expert Testimony.

NRC-IRAP

I am writing to acknowledge the completion of a successful R&D project funded by the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).

Your firm’s performance on the project was excellent, and your team was a pleasure to work with.

The CANWET product that you have commercialized since the end of the project represents a strong step forward in your field, and you should be proud.

We wish you well in the successful commercialization of the technology, and the continued growth of your firm which will contribute to the Canadian economy.

Doug Reed
Industrial Technology Advisor
NRC-IRAP
July 8, 2011

University of Guelph

The reappearance of excessive nutrient loading in Lake Erie and the subsequent algae blooms is an extremely complex issue and is quite different in nature than the previous phosphorous loadings in the 1970s. Unlike the issue in the 1970s, there are far more sources adding nutrients to the late and these sources are diverse in nature ranging from rural to urban. In order to understand the nutrient loading, both in the temporal and spatial domains, more complex analytic and predictive tools are required in order to help policy make sound, science based, and defendable solutions.

The University of Guelph is uniquely positioned to help address the issues around Lake Erie with long standing core strengths in both the agricultural sector and the environmental field. In conjunction with our partner, Greenland Consulting Engineers, and their watershed evaluation tool (CANWET^TM), we believe that we have the engineering and technology to extrapolate CANWET^TMfrom the watershed level up to the lake basin level and provide decision-making support for the entire Lake Erie basin.

Hussein Abdullah, Ph.D., P. Eng.
Director, School of Engineering
University of Guelph
January, 26 2015

Urbantech® Consulting

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the note. Both files went very well, both approved at LPAT and we are in detail design now. The input from the Greenland team was greatly appreciated and ensured the hydraulic analysis was accurate. Conservation Halton signed off on the hazard mapping ahead of both LPAT hearings which was huge!

J. David Leighton, C.E.T.
President
Urbantech^® Consulting (Markham, Canada)
November 29, 2024

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