Bowden Environmental are proud to offer you services in the following categories. Our main speciality is resource consent applications and variations; in particular groundwater, surface water, effluent discharges, land use,  gravel extraction, Farm Environment Plans and ECan accredited for Audits of Farm Environment Plans.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

GROUNDWATER
• Groundwater resource consent applications
• Water availability assessment
• Environmental impact assessment
• Aquifer testing and analysis
• Flow rate testing and efficiency calculations
• Analysis and mitigation of potentially adverse effects (i.e. interference effects, stream depletion etc.)
• Flow and contaminated groundwater modelling
• Contamination site remediation

SURFACE WATER
• Surface water take, discharge, or diversion consents
• Landuse and disturb river bed consents
• Assessment of the effects on the environment
• Mitigation, remediation, and design
• River flow gauging and reliability assessment
• Flood assessment, protection, and mitigation
• Ecological Assessment

EFFLUENT DISCHARGES
• All aspects of resource consent applications relating to effluent discharges whether it be a piggery, dairy farm, or other livestock operation
• Effects modelling and mitigation design
• Site investigation and water quality analysis
• Seepage testing of Effluent Storage Ponds 

LAND USE
• Farm Environment Plans
  
• ECan accredited for audit of Farm Environment Plans
  
• Resource consents       

DUE DILIGENCE
• Review of consents        

MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE
• Resource consent compliance
• Groundwater level monitoring
• Aquifer testing for maximum rate estimation

ADVOCACY
• Regional Council and Environment Court
• Consent Negotiation