AquiScience

Shangoni AquiScience provides a wide range of geohydrological and other services mainly focussed on water management for the mining sector. We focus on the availability, movement and quality of groundwater for household and industrial use. Comprehensive and specialist services include all aspects of groundwater management ranging from siting, drilling, field sampling services, numerical modelling and long-term monitoring of groundwater resources to ultimately enable the sustainability and protection of this valuable resource.

Our service capabilities include:

Groundwater Pollution Investigations

  • Site characterisation assessments and baseline studies
  • Sampling and monitoring of ground and surface waters
  • Hydrochemical, organic and bacteriological evaluations
  • Groundwater purging

Geohydrological Investigations

  • Siting and drilling of boreholes
  • Borehole pump testing
  • Stable and radioactive isotope assessments
  • Numerical groundwater modelling
  • Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
  • Pollution load modelling
  • Wellfield management
  • Groundwater balances

Surface Water Monitoring Pollution Assessments

  • Baseline studies
  • Monitoring design
  • Upstream and downstream impact evaluations
  • Eutrophication studies, algal identification and quantification
  • Assessing the suitability of in-stream quality for downstream users
  • Aquatic Toxicity

Other Services

  • Waste characterisation, waste assessments and waste classification according relevant legislation