Groundwater supply
Groundwater supply and management is a major focus of AMEC´s hydrogeological services.
For industrial and municipal development, groundwater can provide a sustainable resource for potable or process requirements due to its constant temperature, its quality, and its natural protection from surface contamination. It can also be used as a cool water source for large air conditioning systems.
Developing reliable water supplies requires an ability to effectively evaluate site specific geological and hydrogeological conditions, and apply suitable well construction technologies. The assessment of drilling technologies and the use of experienced drilling contractors is essential for the completion of high quality production wells. AMEC has a select number of drilling contractors who are consistently and successfully utilized for water well design and construction.
A key feature of AMEC´s service delivery is derived from our knowledge of regulatory requirements. The geological and engineering skills required to develop groundwater supplies for oil and gas, industrial, municipal and domestic projects are similar. However, it is the regulatory framework which can differ. AMEC provides services which are in tune with federal, provincial/state and municipal regulations.
Groundwater Modeling
- Capabilities Modeling of Flow Through Porous Media under Saturated Conditions
- Flow and Transport Modeling in Fractured Porous Media
- Mass Transport and Contaminant Fate Monitoring
- Steady State and Transient Analysis
- Wellhead Protection Zone Delineation
- 3D Visualization and Video Production
Groundwater Resource Development
- Aerial Photograph Interpretation
- Borehole Database Search; Water Wells and Oil and Gas Wells
- Interpretation of Existing Downhole Geophysical Information
- Search of Geological and Hydrological Maps and Reports
- Site Reconnaissance Survey
- Exploration Permitting
- Water Well Design
- Water Well Contractor Tendering and Selection
- On-site Supervision of Well Construction, Development and Testing
- Groundwater Modeling
- Well Authorization and Licensing
- Client/Land Owner Liaison and Mediation
- Pump Selection and Controls
- Monitoring of Wells, Pumps and Chemistry for Long Term Integrity
Interdisciplinary Hydrogeological Studies
- Aqueous Geochemistry Studies for Scaling and Corrosion Potential
- Water Quality Evaluation and Treatment
- Surface Water Intake Design and Construction
- Application of Surface and Downhole Geophysics
- Design and Installation of Automatic Data Collection Systems for Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring
- Interpretation of Remote Sensing and of Satellite Imagery