SWAT has completed pre-disturbance and post-disturbance assessments for proposed projects, expansions, large linear disturbances, and emergency access across British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. We offer clients insight into the environmental sensitivities, regulatory requirements, and best practices to develop projects in an efficient and sustainable manner that ensures regulatory compliance during operation and equivalent land capability after reclamation. Our Pre and Post disturbance services include:
- Ecosite/Biogeoclimatic Classification and Delineation
- Enhanced Approval Process (EAP) Assessments
- Environmental Field Reports (EFRs)
- Vegetation, Rare Plant, and Invasive Vegetation Surveys
- Vegetation Recovery Assessments and Monitoring
- Timber Salvage Assessments
- Detailed Site Assessments
- Wetland Classification and Delineation
- Soil Quality and Sensitivity Assessments
- Surface Water, Groundwater and Soil Monitoring Plans
- Wildlife Presence and Habitat Surveys
SWAT has experienced professionals who have completed assessments from the initial Phase I to complex soil and groundwater delineation programs. SWAT understands ESA services is a key element for understanding and managing liabilities and is crucial in developing cost sensitive plans that focuses towards site closure. Our cross-discipline experience has allowed us to develop new and innovative approaches in capturing and communicating environmental data. SWAT’s Core ESA services include:
- Phase I
- Phase II
- Groundwater Well Installations
- Groundwater Monitoring
Other services are available on request, SWAT has experts in a wide array of environmental services and encourages our clients to seek out areas we could demonstrate an advantage to our clients, such as for forensic analysis, bench top biodegradation studies, multi-source impact assessments, fluid loss assessments and legal sampling.
SWAT retains Qualified Aquatic Environmental Specialists (QAES) and Qualified Wetland Science Practitioners (QWSP) holding industry leading experience within the Water Act; Codes of Practice (CoP); EPEA; and CCME, MOE, and AEP water quality guidelines. We offer the following aquatics services:
- Surface Water Quality and Monitoring Programs
- Codes of Practice Notifications and Fisheries and Oceans Request for Review
- Fish Habitat Assessments and Habitat Compensation
- Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Monitoring
- QAES Assessments and Monitoring
- Water Act Approvals and Licences
- Fish Population and Habitat Assessments
- Watercourse Crossing Assessments
- Culvert Installations and Regulatory Permitting
- Watershed Management Planning
- Watercourse Classification
