Water resources assessments
- Assessing available water resources in measured and unmeasured catchments given current water takes
- Resource Management Act and local plan constraints
- Possibilities for future water takes
Flow and rainfall data analysis
- Calculating flow and rainfall statistics
- High and low flow and rainfall frequencies
- Trends, floods and droughts
Analysis of water storage
- Inflow assessments
- Design flood inflows and hydrographs
- Usable storage
Resource consents
- Preparation of applications to take water
- Associated environmental impact assessments
Evidence for hearings
- Preparing evidence for applications to hearings (for example Environment Court)
Regional Water Plan reviews
- Reviewing water quantity sections of these plans
- Assessing the possible impact and practicality of proposed policies and rules on water users
Technical reports review
- Peer review of technical reports, (hydrology, water resources and water allocation)
Report preparation
- No matter which of these areas of expertise David is working in, he provides thorough and easily read reports based on his expert analysis
