Service · Boreholes & Groundwater
Borehole compliance, registration and groundwater authorisation
Water Consult coordinates the appropriate professionals and compliance processes — not a drilling company, but the structured route from planning to lawful, authorised use.
A layered process
Understanding the five distinct stages
Drilling a borehole
The physical drilling activity — separate from any water-use authorisation.
Testing the borehole
Yield tests, pump tests and water-quality testing to characterise the source.
Using or abstracting groundwater
The regulated water use — subject to volumes, purpose and location.
Registering or authorising the use
Registration, General Authorisation or licence, depending on the circumstances.
Treating the water
Fit-for-purpose treatment to meet the intended use.
Coordinated services
From feasibility through to monitoring
- Borehole compliance assessments
- Borehole registration assistance
- Groundwater abstraction authorisation
- Borehole feasibility coordination
- Geohydrological investigations
- Borehole siting coordination
- Yield testing
- Pump testing
- Water-quality testing
- Groundwater monitoring
- Borehole due diligence
- Agricultural, commercial and residential boreholes
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Planning or reviewing a borehole?
Compliance considerations begin before drilling. Share what you have and receive a quotation for the appropriate scope.