ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)
Aquatonics Ltd have worked on a number of high profile EIAs including Dibden Bay, Gunfleet Sands Offshore Windfarm, the Tees Barrage, the high speed rail link from London to the Channel Tunnel, and the Stonehenge Visitor Centre. We specialise in assessing the environmental impact of developments on aquatic ecology and chemistry.
EXAMPLES OF EIA AND ECOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTRACTS AWARDED TO AQUATONICS LTD
1. SEWAGE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE
Blackpool
Dart estuary
Glasgow (sewage sludge)
Grimsby
Hong Kong (sewage sludge)
Inverness
Kingsbridge estuary
Helford estuary
Starcross, Exe estuary
Teignmouth
Teesside (incinerator for sewage sludge)
Ventnor
Glastonbury Festival
West Bay
2. RESERVOIRS, WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY
Wimbleball reservoir and River Exe
Water treatment, Bristol
Water abstraction, Ely Ouse/Wash
Reservoir, Donegal, Ireland
Aquifer recharge dams, Oman
Reservoir, Rajasthan, India
3. PORTS, HARBOURS, JETTIES & MARINAS
Burry Port Docks
Cardiff Bay Barrage (mitigation aspects)
Erith, Thames estuary
Battersea, Thames estuary, UK
Folkestone
Hayle Harbour
Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne
Dibden Bay, Southampton Water
Truro
Plymouth Yacht Haven, Plymouth
Noss Marina, Dart estuary
Hoo Down Workshops, Dart estuary
Dartside Quay, Dart estuary
Totnes, Dart estuary. Rapid survey prior to emergency repairs to a quay wall
Dartmouth, Dart estuary. Retrospective assessment of impacts of a landing stage
Pontoon development, Fal estuary
Harbour Hotel, Salcombe estuary, surveys for proposed pontoon near a large bed of Zostera marina
Penlee Quarry, Cornwall
Yelland, Devon
4. OIL AND PETROCHEMICALS
Lyme Bay, UK
North Sea (various oil exploration blocks)
West coast of Ireland, oil exploration block
Black Sea near Varna, Bulgaria. QA of benthic samples and statistical analysis
Madagascar (EIA and mitigation for a seismic survey near Nosy Be)
Qatar (offshore and intertidal)
Red Sea, Egypt
Trinidad and Tobago
5. HOUSING, HOTELS AND COMMERCIAL
Bermondsey, Thames, London
Micheldever, Hampshire, UK (new town)
Minoco Wharf, Thames, London
Portsmouth, UK
Rochester, Kent, UK
Wandsworth, Thames, London
Battersea Power Station, London
Itchen estuary, Southampton
Swansea SA1 development
Medina estuary, Isle of Wight
Houseboat development, Brentford, Thames
Houseboat development, Plantation Wharf and Oyster Wharf, Wandsworth, Thames
Torridge estuary, Devon
Penlee Quarry, Cornwall
Yelland, North Devon (development on disused power station site)
Mill Bay, Plymouth (Millbay Pier and Clyde Quay developments)
6. TRANSPORT
High speed rail link to Channel Tunnel, UK
Road upgrading, west coast of Scotland, UK
Witney-Cogges Link road, Oxfordshire, UK
Sittingbourne link roads, Kent
Westbury bypass, Wiltshire
Harnham Relief Road, Salisbury
Manchester Airport
NYK Bulkship - advice on fouling organisms
7. OFFSHORE WIND
Shell Flats, Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Round 1.
Gunfleet Sands, Essex, UK. Round 1.
Thanet Offshore Windfarm, Margate/Ramsgate, Kent. Round 2.
Jetty for wind turbine manufacturer, Isle of Wight, UK
8. RIVER AND ESTUARINE POLLUTION
Trout farm discharge, West Beck
Diesel spills, River Ray and River Nene
Discharge after a fire, Cotswolds
Mussel mortalities, Poole Harbour
Impact of dredging on cockle stocks, Thames estuary
East Looe River, Cornwall - investigations into a major fish kill
Alleged discharge from a composting site in the midlands
TBT in a sewage discharge to the Manchester Ship Canal
Impact of mercury in an industrial discharge, NW England
Impact of a spill of sulphuric acid, NW England
Impact of a spill of sodium hydroxide (NaOH), NW England
Alleged discharge of a cationic flocculant from a mineral processing site in Cornwall
Discharge of acidic groundwater from a mineral extraction site in Dorset
Alleged discharge of sugar from a food factory in the midlands
Airport discharges, UK
9. MINING, MINERAL PROCESSING
& QUARRYING
Tioxide UK - studies relating to discharges from processing titanium ores to produce titanium dioxide
Colliery spoil disposal, UK
Aggregate extraction, North Sea, UK
Impacts of noise from a proposed quarry, Scotland, UK
Marine Minerals Ltd, mining of placer deposits of tin, North Cornwall coast
Penlee Quarry, Cornwall
10. OTHER
Extension to a landfill site, Somerset Levels, UK
Golf course & housing, Bermuda - appointed by group concerned about impacts on cave fauna
Visitor centre for Stonehenge, UK
Phase IV of sea defence improvements at Lyme Regis, UK
Impacts of music concerts held on a floating stage, Hampstead Heath, UK
Survey of Benthic Biotopes in Lyme Bay for Devon Wildlife Trust
Assessment of benthic infaunal biotopes, Lamlash Bay No Take Zone, Arran, Scotland
Phase 1 assessment of biotopes at Dawlish Warren, Devon
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