ALS specialises in long and short term water quality and quantity studies utilising industry best practice methods and equipment.
As the demand for the world’s water increases, the need for effective water management becomes increasingly important. We provide accurate and reliable data about the movement, quantity and distribution of water for analysis, modelling and planning. We can assist with:
Monitoring Network Design
Flexibility, capability and affordability are key in ALS monitoring system design and integration. Our experts have extensive experience in building new networks ranging from very large metropolitan networks from the ground up, to smaller three or four site networks for regional councils and everything in between. ALS has considerable experience and knowledge in integrating new functionality into existing networks and upgrading existing networks entirely.
Whatever your monitoring requirements, ALS can design a system specifically tailored to suit your needs, whether it is a system with industry leading capability or a system which must meet specific targets within a budget, long term or short term objectives. ALS has industry leading capability in all forms of design, installation and operation of the following applications and parameters:
- Water level
- Water flow
- Water quality
- Ground water
- Flow integrated sediment sampling
- Automated sampling
- Meteorological parameters
- Potable water reticulation networks
- Flood warning network design and installation
- Site selection
- Installation
- Operation and maintenance
ALS manages significant networks with over 100 sites each in Melbourne, Sydney and the ACT. The image below shows an example of one of the extensive Hydrographic networks being managed by ALS Hydrographics. Our dedicated team experts can help you achieve your Water Resource Management goals whether they are large or small.
Monitoring Site Fabrication & Installation
With client objectives changing as the market changes, an industry-leading, flexible logging platform has been developed to meet these shifting client needs. The flexibility offered by this platform means that monitoring sites installed today will continue to achieve client requirements as they evolve. ALS has an experienced Instrument Group dedicated to meeting this demand.
Fabrication and installation of the instrument housings and integration of all components of the monitoring station is carried out by Qualified and highly experienced Senior Hydrographers. Site selection may be determined in consultation with the client, however, some clients prefer to use our extensive expertise to identify the best location for the site to ensure client objectives will be met.
Monitoring Network Operation & Maintenance
- Discharge Table Development & Maintenance
- Site & Instrumentation Calibration
- Scheduled Preventative Maintenance
- QA & HSE
- Staff Training & Development
Data Validation, Management & Presentation
- Verification of collected data
- Processing & Archiving of Verified data
- Presentation of Verified and telemetry data to the web portal