Providing environmental services Australia wide and internationally
With offices in south west Victoria and Tasmania, Austral Research and Consulting provides environmental services throughout Australia and internationally. Each member of our dedicated team has over 15 years experience in providing environmental solutions for a range of clients, from local water authorities through to large multinational mining companies.
Dion Iervasi has a PhD in wastewater treatment solutions and over 20 years of experience in the industry, working for universities and private consultants before becoming the Director of Austral Research and Consulting in 2011. Kylie Iervasi has over 20 years of macroinvertebrate and aquatic ecology experience through working for private consultants and government departments. All of our senior team members have published scientific papers and authored numerous reports on their areas of expertise.
Austral is committed to providing both research and consulting skills in a variety of applications and regularly volunteers both time and resources to conservation projects and provides opportunities for students to gain valuable work experience.
☎ CONTACT
dion@austral.net.au
0458 389 374
Services
Freshwater & Marine surveys
Austral has the equipment and skills to undertake fish, macroinvertebrate, amphibian and water quality surveys in freshwater, groundwater, estuarine and marine environments. We use a combination of nets, backpack, boat and bank mounted electrofishing units, recorders and multiprobe water quality equipment. We are also the Australian distributors of E-Fish backpack units.
Bathymetric Mapping
A Z boat fitted with a CEESCOPE dual frequency sonar or a multibeam sonar, coupled with a TRIMBLE R4 rover unit and a R4 GPS unit run with a HYPACK bathymetric survey program can provide depth, substrate and volume information for a range of applications such as sludge ponds, tailings dams and weir pools.
Compliance Monitoring
Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Impact/Effect Statements are used to assess the potential impact of works on the environment and are often required by various Acts prior to discharges, planning permits or amendments.
Policy development
Ensuring that policies and procedures are based on sound science means that we work with and for a number of other consultants, researches and environmental managers to develop sound scientific procedures.
Wetland and wastewater management
In addition to environmental research and consulting, Austral also services and repairs wastewater treatment systems across south west Victoria.
Volunteer work
As an owner-operated business we have the freedom to donate both our time and resources to important community and research projects such as field days, platypus surveys and helping local students gain valuable work experience.