Surface and Groundwater Investigations
ERIAS’ scientists have been undertaking baseline characterisation, impact assessment and monitoring of streams, off-river waterbodies, lakes and groundwater for over 25 years.
Our surface and groundwater investigation services include:
- Stream gauging and meteorological station installation
- Hydrological modelling
- Sediment transport modelling
- Water and sediment quality baseline studies and monitoring programs
- Aquatic flora and fauna surveys
- Aquatic habitat characterisation
- Assessment of risk of acidic and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from mine materials
- Modelling impacts of discharges on receiving water quality
Fountain Head Gold Project Approvals
PNX Metals Limited (PNX) is proposing to develop the Fountain Head Gold Project located approximately 170 km south of Darwin. The project is located on pastoral land at a site that has previously been mined and has been under ‘care and maintenance’ since 2008.
Papua LNG Project
ERIAS was the lead environmental consultant on the Papua LNG Project, which incorporated social and environmental baseline surveys, impact assessment modelling and the development of a Level 3 EIS and ESHIA .
TWM Integrated Waste Management Facility Expansion
In 2020 ERIAS was engaged by Total Waste Management (TWM) to undertake environmental and social baseline studies and an environmental impact statement (EIS) to support a Level 3 environment permit for the expansion of their integrated waste management facility in Roku, approximately 20 km from Port Moresby.