Entura is the consulting business of Hydro Tasmania, one of Australia’s largest water managers. Entura’s expertise is built on Hydro Tasmania’s almost 100 years of developing and operating major water and power infrastructure, including 30 hydro power stations, 59 major dams and 212 km of pipelines, tunnels and canals.

This long history has also involves managing the health of surrounding water and land environments, including catchments, lakes, rivers and landscapes.

Entura uses this experience and knowledge to provide solutions for companies facing similar issues in similar industries. This is particularly true of the businesses dam design capabilities, for which Entura is considered an industry leader.

Entura has been involved in many of the country’s key dam’s projects in recent years, including the Samson Brook Dam in Western Australia, the Cotter Dam in A.C.T., and the Paradise and Wyaralong Dams in Queensland.

Entura’s experience runs the full breadth of dam engineering and includes expertise in RCC, concrete faced rock-fill, arch, embankment and concrete gravity dams for locations across Australia in internationally.

With matching capability in hydrology, hydraulics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and environmental assessment and management, Entura offers complete end-to-end solutions for major water and energy projects.

The innovative approach of Entura’s consultants ensures the business is always at the cutting edge of the latest technologies and techniques.

An example of this is the businesses recent involvement in projects to predict the effects of climate change on our water resources.

One such project saw Entura in collaboration with the CSIRO to provide water managers and users with robust estimates of current and future water yield for all irrigation catchments within Tasmania.

The Tasmania Sustainable Yields project estimates in consideration of the effect of climate change, the development of irrigation, and other water interception activities such as forestry and changes in groundwater.

Entura’s growth has led to the establishment of Australian offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. Internationally, Entura has a regional office in New Delhi, India and a project office in Sarawak, Malaysia staffed predominantly by hydro power and dams experts.

For more information on Entura, their projects, or how they can help you with your water or energy project, contact info@entura.com.au, or visit www.entura.com.au.