Surface Water Quality – Beacon Environmental

Sustainability and Climate Change Strategies

• Water Quality Impact Assessments for residential and commercial developments • Input to wastewater treatment plans • Lake capacity modelling • Limnological studies • Water quality program development for lakes • Benthic invertebrate assessments

Beacon Environmental Services - Limnology Water Quality

Limnology and Water Quality Assessment

• Water Quality Impact Assessments for residential and commercial developments • Input to wastewater treatment plans • Lake capacity modelling • Limnological studies • Water quality program development for lakes • Benthic invertebrate assessments

Habitat Management and Ecological Monitoring

• Management plans for woodlands, wetlands and meadows • Monitoring plans for woodlands, wetlands and meadows • Management and monitoring for specialized habitats • Alvars, talus slopes, cliffs • Bogs and fens • Tallgrass prairies and savannas • Invasive species management plans

Beacon Environmental Services Geomorphological Characterization

Geomorphic Assessments and Sediment Transport Modelling

• Geomorphological inventories and Characterization studies • Geomorphic Systems Master Implementation Plans • Sediment transport modelling • Erosion threshold exceedance modelling and analysis • Scour potential modelling and analysis • Geomorphological and Sediment transport monitoring • Watershed-scale sediment routing (budget) analysis

Beacon Environmental Services - Fluvial And Coastal Hazard Assessment

Fluvial Hazard Assessment

• Channel stability assessments • Stream erosion and migration analysis • Meander belt width and Redside Dace habitat delineation • Toe erosion allowance recommendations • Infrastructure risk assessments • Geomorphic Systems Master Implementation Plans • Scour analysis and depth-of-cover recommendations • Shoreline recession rate analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Site Supervision

• Effectiveness and compliance monitoring • Water quality • Aquatic habitats and species • Terrestrial habitats and species • Species at Risk • Site supervision of mitigation and compensation works • Erosion and sediment control monitoring • Channel restoration monitoring • Long-term ecological monitoring for aquatic and terrestrial habitats • Approved plant and wildlife salvage warranty inspection • Approved fish, reptile and amphibian salvage

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Environmental Impact Studies/Assessments (EIS / EIA) in response to municipal, provincial and federal planning requirements • Due diligence natural heritage assessments • Natural Heritage Evaluations within the Greenbelt / Oak Ridges Moraine / Lake Simcoe Protection Plan / Niagara Escarpment Plan areas • Natural Heritage Assessments under the Renewable Energy Act • Natural Heritage Impact Studies • Mitigation and / or compensation plans for aquatic / terrestrial habitats

Environmental Assessment

• Municipal Class EA • Provincial EA (Class and Individual) • Federal Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Comprehensive Studies • Federal CEAA Screenings

Ecological Restoration

• Habitat enhancement, creation and restoration • Channel, shoreline and coastal habitats • Woodlands, meadows and riparian areas • Wetland compensation – creation and enhancements • Natural channel design and fish barrier mitigation • Stormwater management pond naturalization • Design of in-stream bio-engineering and wildlife habitat structures • Natural heritage aspects of Low Impact Development (LID) design • Regulatory permitting, contract administration and construction oversight

Aquatic Inventory and Fisheries Permitting

• Water Quality Impact Assessments for residential and commercial developments • Input to wastewater treatment plans • Lake capacity modelling • Limnological studies • Water quality program development for lakes • Benthic invertebrate assessments