Harris Environmental Consulting in Jamberoo, New South Wales | Environmental conservation organisation

Harris Environmental Consulting

Locality: Jamberoo, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4236 0954

Address: 13 Macquarie Street 2533 Jamberoo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://harrisenvironmental.com.au/

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25.01.2022 Just dropped in to see how Lake Annan is going and am so impressed. no more smells, clear water - and beautiful wetland- wow

25.01.2022 We said goodbye to Phil last week, who has taken on an exciting new career at Geotechnical Testing Services (GTS) Bendigo. We will miss those engineering skills! We spent the last afternoon testing everyone's giant Jengas skills! An apt ending to 4 years at Harris environmental.

23.01.2022 The Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC recently hosted a 3 part webinar discussing Hazard Reduction Burning using the 2019/2020 Australian Bush Fires as a case study. It was great to hear from leading scientists on what is known, what's unknown and hear debate over current contentions. If you missed out, all 3 webinars were just uploaded and we'd highly recommend watching if you're interested in the science behind Bush Fires. https://www.bnhcrc.com.au//fire-science-adds-understanding

23.01.2022 We are proud of our environmental and sustainable business practices and have recently been awarded a .ECO domain name. Please read the news story about the domain name below.

22.01.2022 Our Environmental Scientist Zac was out in Helensburgh yesterday and managed to snap this banger of the iconic Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forest. We're very fortunate to still be up operating and hope you're all safe and well at this time.

20.01.2022 The Bushfire team were up in the Blue Mountains last week undertaking site inspections and had the pleasure of checking out so many Banksia shrubs. Photographed is a Banksia spinulosa. Identified by its toothed leaves and golden orange spike. The woody cone is called a follicle that will release it's seeds when stimulated by fire or if the tree dies. Not only do they look amazing, they provide nectar for many bees, wasps and also several nectar feeding mammals! For more info ...on what we do, why not check out our website? http://harrisenvironmental.com.au/ See more

19.01.2022 Looks like City of Neenah, Wisconsin Government need floating wetlands from Sean Harris.

15.01.2022 We are proud to launch our latest service - Bathymetry and sediment mapping. This is the ideal solution for organisations such as councils and golf courses looking to manage the lakes, ponds and wetlands they are responsible for. Our service differs from older bathymetry offerings primarily because we offer a considerably faster turn-around on client data. Our surveys are carried out by kayak or motorboat and provide a snapshot of the current water depth and sediment distrib...ution which can be compared with past bathymetry surveys. Potential uses of this service include assisting in the design of wetland restoration works, assessing the effectiveness of fish stocking, aeration and chemical treatment calculations, assessing water safety hazards and in obtaining accurate volume calculations for water quality treatment and hydrologic balance assessments. You can find out more by clicking on the link below, which includes details of the Lake Annan Case Study we recently completed or alternatively phone Sean at HEC on 0425 335 245 for further details.

12.01.2022 Not all wastewater management approvals are a tightly defined and straight-forward process. On challenging sites, the knowledge and experience of the onsite wastewater management specialist is crucial. For example, HEC were asked to prepare an On Site Wastewater Assessment for a client who was proposing to construct a 7-bedroom residential dwelling. This would normally be easily achieved for a 4300m2 property, however, when the owner also wanted a swimming pool, water tank on... land that was needed for wastewater disposal. That’s when this became a complicated job. So, why was this difficult? For starters, shallow soil and rock outcrop meant there was not much land available for wastewater disposal. Furthermore, Council requires a 6m upslope and 12m downslope buffer for soil absorption beds receiving secondary treated wastewater and a 100% reserve area in case the installed area fails. Luckily, we did not have to ask the client to reduce the number of bedrooms or delete the pool from the plans. We were able to overcome these constraints and obtain Council approval with the strategy shown on the attached drawings. There is already so much that can go wrong during the process of building a property that it is crucial that knowledgeable professionals are used for all assessments. If you would like to discuss On Site Wastewater Assessments with Harris Environmental, please call us on 02 4236 0954 and we will be happy to assist.

12.01.2022 Today our engineers were out onsite in the Shoalhaven to perform in-situ permeability testing using our constant head permeameter, a CSIRO developed synthetic wastewater and the methods described in AS1547. The purpose of this field assessment was to determine the saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) of the underlying local soil landscape, to a depth of 0.5m, at several test locations across a proposed rural subdivision. This information was used to confirm our initial ass...umptions made when sizing the proposed subsoil effluent disposal areas and to further develop an understanding of the fate and transport of residual wastewater pollutants through the subsoil and how this might impact neighboring environmental receivers. As opposed to using clean water, more accurate estimates of permeability were obtained by adjusting the composition of the test water to match that of raw untreated effluent. Synthetic wastewater was formulated using the methods described in (Toifl et al., 2014). This included the addition of Uminin Clay to replicate the total suspended solids (TSS), and inorganic materials added as salts (NaHCO3, KCl, MgCl2, NaCl, CaCO3) to match the ionic strength, pH, conductivity and alakalinity. Volatile or biologically degradable substances were excluded from the synthetic wastewater to avoid microbial and pathogenic activity.

11.01.2022 From looking at aerial imagery you might think this was a healthy rainforest. However up close we found that the site was overrun with Privet (Ligustrum lucidim) and the understorey severely damaged from wild deer. Such a shame to see our local escarpment inundated with such weeds and pests. Always a helpful reminder that site inspections are a vital part of any environmental assessment

11.01.2022 The view today while trying to determine blue mountain ridge top forest or blue mountain heath. We are going to need some more modelling of the fuel loads and slopes back in the office to demonstrate a poposal to convert a house to a guest house can meet bal 29! Also I can also feel the touch of the seasons first snow in the air up here!

07.01.2022 Our third project for Blacktown Council is up and running. The central issue that council wished to remediate was the water quality in a stormwater pond which was clearly being affected by sediment and nutrient runoff from the developing urban catchment. This is a common issue and one that our innovative floating wetlands design is perfectly suited to remedy. Full details in our blog post which you can view by clicking the photo below.

06.01.2022 Today the Bush Fire team were in Robertson providing expert environmental advice and got to check out these two amazing views. The first - a unique snapshot of lake Illawarra and the Wet Sclerophyll Forest that lines the escapement. The second - a remnant pocket of Yarrawa (Robertson) Rainforest. This temperate rainforest grows on the fertile basalt soils of Robertson between 500 & 700 m and is truly a sight! Grab a leaf of Doryphora sassafras (serrated leaves with white flo...wers), crush it and smell it. You won't be disappointed!! @Zac McCann

03.01.2022 A great reminder from the NSW Rural Fire Service