Capability Statements

General Capabilities Manly Hydraulics Laboratory NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) provides specialist services in coastal, water, sewer, stormwater, irrigation and environmental solutions including physical and numerical modelling and delivery of extensive data collection programs. MHL hosts NATA- accredited facilities for open channel and piped water flow meters with facility capabilities up to 1,500 L/s and up to 60 m head. We have been solving coastal, port and hydraulic engineering problems since 1944 and manage Australia’s largest coastal monitoring network. In an Coffs Harbour Eastern Breakwater Physical Model uncertain future, MHL offers adaptive solutions with a proper understanding of physical hazards to provide significant cost savings that avoid unnecessary overdesign inherent in many conventional approaches. Services Provided • Environmental data: − monitoring, analysis and management of environmental data including ocean waves, tides, sea temperature, river and estuary water levels, currents, rainfall, wind, barometric pressure, water quality, sewer flows and floods − development of numerical (digital) models Cotter Dam Physical Model of natural environmental processes, and computer-based, decision support tools for natural resource managers. • Physical modelling – design and scale model testing of water engineering structures and equipment to replicate highly complex physical processes and optimise design and performance. • Investigation of oceanographic, coastal, estuarine and riverine processes; hydraulic and dynamic flow studies for water, sewerage and stormwater systems. • Design of marine structures and protection works for waterways and foreshores. • Specialist diving and logistics services. Port Kembla Offshore Directional Wave Spectra CAPABILITY STATEMENT mhl.nsw.gov.au Environmental Data Environmental Monitoring Hosting one of the riches coastal databases worldwide, NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) provides environmental data from over 1,000 monitoring stations to clients, stakeholders and the public, enabling: • natural resource managers to make timely and informed decisions based on real-time data • agencies and the community to be abreast of emergency situations such as floods, storms events and water quality incidents. Services Provided MHL has considerable field expertise complementing its analytical and investigation roles, with the ability to work safely and effectively in both the marine and freshwater environments. Our environmental data collection and analysis capabilities include: • wind • flow and discharge • waves • sediment sampling Remote water flow measurement • currents • water sampling • tides and floods • rainfall • groundwater • long-term water quality • tsunami • tidal ingress • stormwater • climate change impacts • water profiling • algal species • summary statistics • macro-invertebrates and trend analysis • data quality assurance MHL has undertaken data collection projects and managed large data collection programs across NSW, interstate and overseas. Data is collected in coastal Remote monitoring station access environments, estuaries, groundwater, rivers and inland water bodies MHL specialises in finding solutions to challenging problems, providing strategic advice on monitoring networks, providing real time data via the Internet, and developing decision support tools to assist natural resource managers. Benefits MHL’s services combine extensive field capability with scientific, engineering and information technology expertise to provide clients with a comprehensive solution. Water quality sampling CAPABILITY STATEMENT mhl.nsw.gov.au Automated Messaging and Alarming NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory MHL’s automated messaging and alarming system (MHL) uses automated data acquisition systems to is used to notify operators in the field, supervisors in collect data across a wide variety of environmental control rooms, emergency services or update data parameters. This system allows for automated dissemination systems such as web pages or social alarms to be issued when certain conditions are media sites. Organisations using our services encountered. When an alarm is issued MHL’s include Roads and Maritime Services, NSW Police, automated messaging and alarming service sends State Emergency Service, BlueScope Steel, notifications to recipients in various delivery types Australian Bureau of Meteorology and many local including email, SMS, web services and social councils. media integration. MHL clients are using automated messaging and Benefits alarming services for: Warning systems provide information about possible future hazards and the current state of the decision support tools – high water level environment. This information is vital for making threshold alarms are used for road closure decisions when the natural environment threatens notifications, drain and pond retention loss of life or damage to property. opening and closures flood warning – rainfall and high water level threshold alarms are used to assist with alerting to potential flood conditions environmental licensing compliance – early warning systems to assist with managing environmental protection. Services Provided MHL provides design, equipment, installation and configuration in a wide range of specialised environmental monitoring solutions, and provides consultancy services in designing and employing automated data acquisition systems. Part of the implementation process is employing systems for monitoring the environment and providing real-time information to decision makers, emergency services and the public. Our web data portal facilities allow for the storing of environmental data as well as keeping records of all alarm activities. A web portal is available for clients to view messaging activity. CAPABILITY STATEMENT mhl.nsw.gov.au NSW Local Government Water Monitoring NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory We provide in-house client data quality assurance (MHL) provides water monitoring and data and manage one of the world’s most comprehensive management services to NSW local government. environmental data collection networks, with over 2,500 data feeds and 30,000 station years of Services records. Information is presented through Our specialist teams monitor water quantity (flow, customised web portals, decision support tools, and level, pressure) and quality (in-situ measurement automated messaging and alarms. and automated sampling) in urban water networks (water supply, recycled water, sewerage, stormwater) and water supply catchments. We complement our monitoring services through: flood warning systems, inflow and infiltration assessments, network modelling, physical hydraulic models, performance audits and operational management tools. MHL’s Know The Flow facilities provide NATA- accredited laboratory testing of customer and bulk Benefits supply water meters, as well as performance testing Our inter-government partnerships provide: of hydraulic structures and stormwater devices. • direct engagements without tendering • government-based data management • expert advice seeking balanced solutions • regional presence throughout NSW. Contact Adam Joyner Data capture can be automated and transferred Manager Environmental Data near real time through telemetry, radio and satellite. Tel: 9949 0234 [email protected] CAPABILITY STATEMENT mhl.nsw.gov.au Page 1 of 2 Relevant experience Service Rainfall monitoring Catchment monitoring Sewer flowmonitoring Groundwatermonitoring Automaticweather stations Stormwaterflow monitoring Webpagedata presentation Inflowand infiltrationanalysis Water/ReWsystem monitoring Pump& reservoir drawdown tests Floodmonitoring & warning systems Wateraudits leakage & investigations Waterquality monitoring and sampling Metercompliance & verification testing Stormwater device performancetesting Client Albury City √ √ √ Armidale Dumaresq Shire √ √ √ Ballina Shire √ √ √ Barwon Water √ √ Bluescope - Pt Kembla √ √ Caltex - Botany Bay √ √ √ Eurobodalla Shire √ Gosford/Wyong councils √ √ √ √ √ √ Hunter Water √ √ Junee Shire √ √ √ Kempsey Shire √ √ √ Lachlan Shire √ Sydney Metro Councils √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Muswellbrook Shire √ Parkes Shire √ Pt Macquarie-Hastings Shire √ √ √ Roads & Maritime Services √ √ √ Shoalhaven City √ √ √ √ √ Sydney Airport √ √ Sydney Olympic Park √ √ √ Sydney Water √ √ √ √ √ √ Tweed Shire √ √ √ √ √ Wagga Wagga City √ √ Water NSW (SCA) √ √ √ √ √ Wingecarribee Shire √ √ √ Yarra Valley Water √ √ CAPABILITY STATEMENT mhl.nsw.gov.au Page 2 of 2 Environmental Program Reviews As part of the NSW Government’s State of Environment Reporting, local councils are required to review their water quality and quantity monitoring programs and develop a new program every four years, taking into consideration any changes in scope, objectives or legislation. Services Provided NSW Government’s Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) has considerable field expertise, which complements its analytical and investigation roles, with the ability to provide advice on working safely and effectively in both the marine and freshwater By comparing velocity, discharge and level it environments. Our experience in environmental data becomes easy to see the relationship between all collection and analysis places us in an ideal position three. Adding rainfall into the plot gives the extra to review and update environmental monitoring dimension and makes clear the effects of short, programs including: intense events. increasing cost effectiveness collating

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