Water Technology

What Water Technology does

Water Technology is an Australian professional consulting firm headquartered in Notting Hill, Melbourne, providing science and engineering services for surface water, groundwater, coastal, and environmental challenges. The firm was founded in 2000 and operates across all Australian states and New Zealand, employing more than ninety technical experts. Its core offering is expert consulting services rather than a packaged software product, delivered through fourteen named service modules spanning Coastal and Marine, Ecology, Environmental Auditing, Environmental Markets, Flooding, Groundwater, Digital Water Solutions, Stormwater Management, Resilience and Adaptation Planning, Water Quality, Waterways, Natural Resource Management, and a Waterlines newsletter. Technical work is grounded in industry-standard hydraulic and hydrologic modelling tools (RORB, MIKE FLOOD, TUFLOW, MUSIC), geospatial and remote sensing analysis, ecological assessment, and integrated water management planning, supplemented by proprietary innovations such as the cloud-based My Flood Report Portal (Digital Delta) on the HydroNET platform and automated satellite imagery classification for wetland vegetation monitoring.

The firm serves seven primary customer segments: State and Federal Government, Mining and Renewable Energy, Development and Construction, Local Authorities, Agriculture and Aquaculture, Utilities Providers, and Insurance Providers. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements including environmental impact assessments, flood and stormwater management studies, coastal adaptation programs, water quality assessments, and expert witness testimony. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and direct consulting engagement, with demand generation supported by technical publications, industry conferences, peer-reviewed journals, and the Waterlines newsletter rather than consumer marketing. The group operates through wholly-owned internal divisions including Molino Stewart, Innovative Groundwater Solutions, and E2Designlab, and has absorbed Coastal Engineering Solutions, indicating an ongoing tuck-in consolidation strategy across the Australian water consulting sector.

Water Technology is privately held with no disclosed parent company, external investors, or public listing. The business shows stable operating status with active project delivery into 2025, recognition through the 2024 Planning Institute of Australia SA Branch Award for Planning Excellence, and recurring engagements with named government and enterprise clients including Melbourne Water, SA Water, Brisbane City Council, BHP, Fortescue, IAG, and Suncorp. The model is people-intensive and project-driven, with competitive positioning built on technical depth, jurisdictional coverage, and regulatory familiarity rather than productized technology or data network effects.

Name

Water Technology

Legal name

Water Technology

Website

https://watertech.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Water Technology is an Australian water, coastal, and environmental consulting firm employing 90+ technical experts across Australia and New Zealand, delivering flood modelling, stormwater, groundwater, coastal management, and ecological assessment services to government, utilities, mining, development, and insurance clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Environmental Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monitoring & Control (Dosing Systems, Remote Monitoring, Sensors) (BPABAJAK), Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ), Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG), Water Quality Monitoring (Surface Water, Stormwater, Drinking Water) (EUAHACAC), Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Asset Management (EUAEAMAH)

Keywords

• Water resource consulting
• Coastal engineering services
• Environmental impact assessment
• Flood risk modelling
• Hydrological consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Notting Hill

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Water Technology generates revenue through providing expert consulting services in water, coastal, and environmental engineering to government agencies, utilities, mining companies, developers, and other organisations. Revenue is derived from project-based professional service engagements including environmental impact assessments, flood modelling, water quality studies, coastal management programs, and other technical consulting mandates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Water Technology provides science and engineering consulting services for surface water, groundwater, coastal, and environmental challenges. The firm delivers practical, data-driven solutions including hydrological and hydraulic modelling, ecological assessment, flood impact studies, water quality monitoring, integrated water resource management, coastal hazard and adaptation planning, environmental impact assessment, and digital water information systems. A team of more than ninety technical experts serves government, utility, mining, development, insurance, agriculture, and aquaculture clients across Australia and New Zealand.

Product overview

Water Technology is an Australian water, coastal, and environmental consulting firm operating across Australia and New Zealand. The company does not offer a packaged software product; instead it provides expert scientific and engineering consulting services delivered by a team of over ninety technical experts. The service portfolio spans fourteen named solution areas — Coastal and Marine, Ecology, Environmental Auditing, Environmental Markets, Flooding, Groundwater, Digital Water Solutions (including cloud-based water information systems), Stormwater Management, Resilience and Adaptation Planning, Water Quality, Waterways, Natural Resource Management, and a general Overview — which are applied across seven sectors: Agriculture and Aquaculture, Development and Construction, Insurance Providers, Local Authorities, Mining, Renewable Energy, and State and Federal Government. Services are tailored to each client's needs and typically involve field data collection, scientific assessment, hydraulic and hydrologic modelling (using tools such as RORB, MIKE FLOOD, TUFLOW, and MUSIC), and practical design and planning solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Coastal Engineering Solutions: Coastal engineering services, now part of Water Technology
• Coastal Engineering Solutions

Products and services

• Water Technology Consulting Services Core professional consulting offering delivering expert science and engineering services for surface water, groundwater, coastal, and environmental challenges, combining field data collection with modelling and practical solutions for government, utility, mining, development, insurance, and agriculture clients.
• Coastal and Marine Solutions Coastal hazard assessments, coastal management programs, coastal adaptation strategies, coastal processes studies, breakwater design, and shoreline erosion management planning for government, councils, and infrastructure owners.
• Ecology Services Ecological assessments, riparian vegetation assessments, fishway passage design, shellfish reef monitoring, and biodiversity studies supporting river health and habitat connectivity projects.
• Environmental Auditing Site environmental assessments, monitoring programs, water quality auditing, and compliance auditing for regulatory requirements across development, mining, and infrastructure projects.
• Environmental Markets Assessment and development of environmental market instruments and mechanisms for water resource management.
• Flooding Solutions Flood impact assessments, flood mapping, hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, flood mitigation planning, flood risk mapping, and emergency management planning using MIKE FLOOD, RORB, TUFLOW, and direct rainfall on grid techniques.
• Groundwater Solutions Groundwater assessments, hydrogeological investigations, salinity management, managed aquifer recharge, and groundwater engineering for water utilities, mining, agriculture, and government clients.
• Digital Water Solutions Water information systems, cloud-based flood report generation portals (My Flood Report via HydroNET), and data management solutions for water monitoring and reporting.
• Stormwater Management Stormwater management plans, integrated stormwater management, stormwater harvesting and treatment, water sensitive urban design, and stormwater quality modelling using MUSIC.
• Resilience and Adaptation Planning Climate change impact assessments, coastal hazard adaptation plans, extreme heat strategies, heat risk assessments, and natural disaster risk mitigation planning for communities, councils, and government agencies.
• Water Quality Solutions Water quality monitoring, water quality impact assessments, water quality modelling, and wastewater management for agriculture, aquaculture, utility, and government applications.
• Waterways Management Waterway rehabilitation, river health assessments, creek naturalisation, estuarine management, and integrated water resource management for water authorities, catchment management authorities, and government.
• Natural Resource Management Environmental impact assessments, mine closure planning and rehabilitation, salinity management, and geomorphic process investigations for mining, agriculture, and government clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bendigo Urban Flood Modelling Project covered over 23,300 Ha, setting a benchmark for large urban flood studies in Australia.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Molino StewartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMolino Stewart is identified as a subsidiary/about company of Water Technology. Water Technology worked in conjunction with Molino Stewart on several projects including the Hawkesbury-Nepean River System Coastal Management Program Stage 1 and the Woolgoolga Region Estuaries Coastal Management Program.
• Innovative Groundwater SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovative Groundwater Solutions is listed as an about/company entity under Water Technology's portfolio, indicating it is a subsidiary or associated company providing specialist groundwater expertise within the Water Technology group.
• E2DesignlabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerE2Designlab is listed as an about/company entity under Water Technology's portfolio, indicating it operates as a subsidiary or associated design consultancy within the Water Technology group.
• Coastal Engineering SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoastal Engineering Solutions, now a part of Water Technology, was a specialist coastal engineering consultancy that merged into or was acquired by Water Technology. Projects including the Adelaide Beaches Coastal Processes Study and Christies Beach Climate Change Impacts Study were completed by Coastal Engineering Solutions and are now part of Water Technology's portfolio.
• UnitywaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnitywater led a trial in partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast, OzFish and Healthy Land and Water to test constructed shellfish reefs as a nature-based solution for water quality improvement downstream from Unitywater's Murrumba Downs Wastewater Treatment Plant in Queensland. Water Technology provided support with design, certification, and monitoring of the oyster reef installations.
• University of the Sunshine CoastminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of the Sunshine Coast partnered with Unitywater, OzFish and Healthy Land and Water to monitor the constructed oyster reef installations in the North Pine River since 2023. Water Technology provides technical support for the monitoring program.
• OzFishminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOzFish, a fishing conservation organisation, developed durable baskets filled with recycled oyster shells for the constructed reef installations in the North Pine River. OzFish volunteers contributed to the nature-based water quality solution with Water Technology providing technical monitoring support.
• Healthy Land and WaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthy Land and Water partnered with Unitywater, University of the Sunshine Coast, and OzFish in the oyster reef trial for water quality improvement in the North Pine River. Water Technology provided technical support for the monitoring program.
• Gordon Gibson NomineesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWater Technology worked in conjunction with Gordon Gibson Nominees and the Arthur Rylah Institute on the fishway passages project on the Ovens River. Gordon Gibson Nominees was a project partner for the design and construction of fishway crossings.
• Arthur Rylah InstituteminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWater Technology worked in conjunction with the Arthur Rylah Institute and Gordon Gibson Nominees on the Ovens River fishway passages project. The Arthur Rylah Institute provided specialist ecological and environmental expertise for the fishway design.
• Seafarms GroupcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSeafarms Group is the client for Project Sea Dragon, a large-scale land-based prawn aquaculture project in northern Australia. Water Technology provided significant field and data collection work for the project's Environmental Impact Statement, including oceanographic, hydrologic, meteorological and sediment data collection.
• Meridan UrbanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMeridan Urban and Water Technology co-delivered the Natural Disaster Risk Mitigation Action Plan for Kangaroo Island Council and the Wujal Wujal Master Plan Review. The two firms work collaboratively on projects combining urban planning and water management expertise.
• North East Catchment Management AuthorityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNorth East Catchment Management Authority engaged Water Technology for the fishway passages project on the Ovens River. The CMA provided project oversight and was consulted to ensure designs were robust and fit for purpose.
• Murray-Darling Basin AuthorityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Murray-Darling Basin Authority's fishway construction program is referenced in the context of the Ovens River fishway project, with Water Technology contributing to improving fish passage connectivity across the basin.
• Parks VictoriaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerParks Victoria was consulted during the fishway passages project on the Ovens River to ensure designs were robust and fit for purpose for access into the Warby-Ovens National Park.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GHD: GHD is one of Australia's largest employee-owned engineering, environmental, and construction services firms with deep ANZ water, coastal, and environmental consulting practices. It is the closest direct peer to Water Technology in terms of service portfolio, client base (government, mining, utilities), and geographic footprint.
• SMEC (Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation): SMEC is an Australian-headquartered engineering consultancy providing water, environmental, and infrastructure services across ANZ and Asia. Its water resources, hydrology, and environmental management capabilities directly overlap Water Technology's surface water, flood modelling, and coastal offerings.
• BMT Group: BMT is a specialist maritime and water environment consultancy with strong ANZ presence in coastal engineering, flood modelling, and environmental assessment. Its coastal and water-focused service mix closely mirrors Water Technology's specialist positioning.
• Alluvium Consulting: Alluvium is an Australian specialist water and catchment consulting firm focused on integrated water resource management, river health, and floodplain consulting. Its domain specialisation and client base in government and CMAs closely match Water Technology's waterways and flooding practices.

Broad incumbents

• WSP in Australia: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with a large Australian practice covering water, environment, and resilience. It competes with Water Technology across flood, coastal, and water resource projects but as part of a much broader multi-disciplinary portfolio.
• AECOM Australia: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with significant ANZ presence in water, environment, and climate adaptation. It competes on large-scale flood, coastal, and resilience mandates but operates across many adjacent sectors beyond water.
• Stantec Australia: Stantec is a global engineering consultancy with substantial Australian water and environmental operations (including the acquired Cardno business). It competes with Water Technology across urban water, stormwater, and coastal management but serves a broader end-market.
• Jacobs Australia: Jacobs is a global professional services firm with strong ANZ water, environmental, and infrastructure consulting practices. It overlaps with Water Technology on floodplain management, coastal, and water quality projects but offers a much wider service mix.
• Arcadis Australia: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with ANZ water, resilience, and environmental practices. It competes on water resilience and climate adaptation projects but as part of a wider global portfolio across multiple sectors.

Regional players

• Tonkin + Taylor: Tonkin + Taylor is a New Zealand-headquartered environmental and engineering consultancy with strong ANZ water, coastal, and flood risk capabilities. It directly competes in the New Zealand market that Water Technology serves and overlaps in coastal, stormwater, and water quality work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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