Environmental Services and Surveys
Aquatera’s expert team have delivered projects - large and small - across Orkney, Shetland and the north of Scotland. We can provide a wide variety of environmental services locally to businesses, community groups, individuals and the local authority.
Our Locally-Delivered Environmental Services
- Benthic assessment and surveys
- Intertidal sampling
- Water sampling and quality monitoring
- Protected species surveys
- Environmental Services
- Habitat restoration and mitigation guidance
- Peat probing, management and restoration guidance
- Phase 1 Habitat assessments
- Biodiversity assessment
Our Experience
Peat depth survey for the Burgar Hill windfarm, where ground conditions, peat depth, slope, and peat slide risks were assessed to
support an Environmental Impact Assessment.
Baseline water quality monitoring for SSEN around Stenness Loch, involving GIS mapping, monthly sampling, laboratory testing, and reporting to ensure construction activities did not harm the Special Area of Conservation or connected watercourses.
Aquatera guided Highland Park’s peat cutting from 2007 to 2023, developing a conservation-focused management and restoration plan and providing operational supervision to ensure that the peat extraction necessary for whisky production, was done in a way that minimises environmental impact.
Intertidal sampling to assess invertebrates and substrate conditions at cable landing sites in Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles.
