Working with Local Government
Providing ecological solutions for Local Councils
WCG specialise in urban reforestation and biofiltration wetlands for sewage and stormwater treatment. Councils increasingly recognise that these initiatives provide valuable services for local communities and their long-term sustainability.
WCG solutions uses bio-mimicry to capture and clean polluted water, improve local air-quality, mitigate high temperatures and help create environments that are enjoyable for people and biodiversity.
Properly designed, these solutions have much lower life-cycle costs than hard-engineering solutions and, in addition, provide substantial sustainability benefits with lower consumption of non-renewable resources and energy and the creation of high quality habitat.
Project Examples:
WCG is currently working with Brisbane City Council to design, establish and maintain urban forests throughout Brisbane that will counter the urban heat-island effect, improve local water quality, mitigate humidity impacts, provide habitat for biodiversity and enhance the amenity of the urban environment. <link>
WCG is working with developers to design an urban landscape that capture, treat, store and harvest stormwater using advanced wetland systems to provide local communities access to a more sustainable source of water and protect local waterways from stormwater pollution.
The system is designed to result in very low ongoing maintenance costs which are typically inherited by Council. <link>
An advanced constructed wetland designed by WCG staff to treat wastewater produces high quality water and has saved Council millions in deferred infrastructure upgrade costs.
WCG Pre-Qualification to work with local council
Queensland: Local Buy (http://www.localbuy.net.au/) has registered WCG on the Pre-Qualified Suppliers (RPQS) for Environmental, Water and Waste Management Consultancy Services. When a Local Government seeks to obtain Environmental, Water and Waste Management Consultancy Services, they can undertake a tender or request for quotation activity, or alternatively they can engage The Water and Carbon Group as a prequalified supplier to Local Buy thereby saving the costs of open tendering.
NSW: Local Government Procurement (www.lgp.org.au) has registered WCG as a preferred supplier to NSW local governments for the provision of Engineering, Planning and Development and Community Professional Consulting Services (panel contract).
In addition, WCG has pre-qualified to supply consultancy services for the Cairns Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Regional Council Panel of Providers.