Water provides the lifeblood of most resource projects. Groundwater management is a vitally important aspect for resource companies looking to establish and maintain a viable venture.

Operators needs to collect, manage and understand a wide variety of data to manage groundwater effectively and with minimal impact on the natural environment. Balancing these precarious and occasionally contradictory needs requires information that continually informs management on how to optimise operational outcomes whilst avoiding environmental harm. Appropriate decision support software can therefore be the difference between costly errors and an efficient and environmentally harmonious site.

The common adage is that if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it but software that can manage the following becomes a minimum for achieving these optimal outcomes;

• Bore Monitoring
• Pump Testing
• Lab Analyses
• Flow & Pressure Meter Data
• Water Reticulation Monitoring
• Bore Logger Data
• Abstraction Planning
• Injection Planning
• Water Balance Reporting
• Managing Licences & Permits
• Types
• Validity Periods
• Water Allocations
• Bore Locations
• Bore Register Functionality
• Construction / Casings / Profiles
• Usage Specification
• Pump Details
• Status / History
• Geology

Business drivers for implementing a groundwater management software solution are many and varied but some of the benefits can be;

• Legislative & Regulatory Compliance
• Ease of Auditing – Internal & External
• Proactive Monitoring of Risks & Trends
• Increased Productivity
• Incident Responsiveness
• Reduced Risk of Data Loss
• Data Integrity
• Access to Real Time Information
• The Facilitation of Continuous Improvement

Proven software combined with on-the-ground experience makes all of these goals achievable. Companies such as SRA Information Technology are helping the resource sector to implement best fit solutions in the areas of environmental and groundwater management. As a significant supplier to Australia’s leading resources companies, this local company has both the technology solutions and the deep experience that supports effective and pragmatic groundwater management solutions in Australia and internationally.