Groundwater modelling · Perth, Western Australia
GWC is a specialist groundwater modelling consultancy. We quantify how water moves through the subsurface — and how confident you can be in that answer — so mine planning, dewatering and licensing decisions rest on numbers, not assumptions.
01 — Capability
A proven record delivering mine-water and infrastructure projects across Australia and internationally, with extensive expertise in remote and arid regions.
Numerical flow and transport modelling, saltwater-intrusion evaluation, mine dewatering and abstraction-impact assessment. Finite-difference modelling using the MODFLOW codes and finite-element modelling using FEFLOW, supported by analytical solutions for order-of-magnitude estimates.
Whole-of-site water balances built in GoldSim — a probabilistic simulation platform suited to complex mine water systems. We simulate site water objectives and make long-term predictions on volumes and water quality under uncertainty.
Collation and management of environmental datasets, with analytics, visualisation and automated reporting. Built around quality assurance, so the numbers reaching your regulator are the numbers your monitoring network actually recorded.
02 — Track record
Groundwater models get audited — by regulators, by lenders, by peer reviewers. Ours are built to survive that scrutiny.
years in groundwater modelling
construction dewatering schemes designed
dewatering projects overseen in construction
continents — Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America
Over 500 dewatering schemes designed and more than 200 supervised across the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Lebanon — including the Nakheel Tall Tower and Palm Jumeirah Vehicular Tunnel in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Airport expansion, Sheikh Khalifa Stadium, Muscat International Airport, and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Further afield: Kolubara coal mine in Serbia, Oyu Tolgoi and Ukhaa Khudag in Mongolia, the Khanbogd Basin water supply study, and the Rössing uranium project in Namibia.
03 — Software & method
We work with the latest USGS codes and follow GMDSI guidelines, with particular emphasis on stochastic modelling and explicit treatment of uncertainty. The deliverable is not a single prediction — it is a quantified range, and the risk that sits inside it.
USGS finite-difference flow modelling, structured and unstructured grids.
Finite-element flow and transport where geometry demands it.
Solute transport — contaminant migration and remediation design.
History matching, stochastic calibration and uncertainty quantification.
Probabilistic site-wide water balance and long-range quality prediction.
Pumping-test interpretation and analytic element order-of-magnitude estimates.
04 — About
Groundwater Consulting Pty Ltd is an employee-owned company delivering integrated solutions across water, mining, environment and infrastructure for public and private clients throughout Australia.
Being small is the point. You deal directly with the modeller who builds your model — not an account manager. We are agile, flexible and responsive, and we have delivered successfully through a range of arrangements including semi- and full-time secondments into client offices. We work across the full mine life cycle, from feasibility through to closure, and draw on a global network of subject-matter experts where a project needs it.
“We turn your objectives into solutions.”
Founder
Founder & Principal Groundwater Modeller
Milos has more than 20 years of experience across a diverse range of groundwater modelling projects in Australia, Europe and the Middle East. He has led and contributed to modelling programmes for BHP, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Fortescue, AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Iluka, Mineral Resources, Bardoc, Water Corporation WA, Iron Ore Holdings, Brockman Resources, Bannerman Resources and Ferraus.
His approach is deliberately pragmatic: the latest USGS codes, GMDSI guidelines, and a strong emphasis on stochastic modelling with PEST to address project uncertainty. The core of the work is quantifying risk — giving clients a defensible picture of what could happen, not just what is most likely to.
Internationally, Milos designed over 500 and oversaw more than 200 construction dewatering projects throughout the Middle East, and has contributed to coal, gold and uranium projects across Eastern Europe, Mongolia and Namibia.
05 — Contact
Tell us the problem and the deadline. If we are the right fit we will say so, and if we are not, we will point you to someone who is.
06 — Groundwater tools
Theis analytical solution with superposition across a well field, contoured over a basemap in your own projection. Free, no sign-up. It runs entirely in your browser — your well coordinates are never uploaded or stored anywhere.
Theis (1935) · superposition
Well coordinates must be in this projection.
Paste straight from Excel — click a cell and press Ctrl+V. Columns: X, Y, rate (m³/day), start day.
| # | X | Y | Rate | Start | Remove |
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Includes interference from all other wells.
| Well | Rate m³/d | Drawdown m |
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Real aquifers break these assumptions. Use this for order-of-magnitude screening — not for a licence application. Talk to us if you need more detailed analyses.