Shaping Stormwater

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Building Resilience

Specialists in Catchment Dynamics, Planning, Landscape Architecture, Engineering Design, and Digital Innovations

As rainfall intensifies and communities grow, flood risk is rising. The way we manage stormwater quantity and quality across urban, rural, and suburban areas has never mattered more.

Awa Environmental is shaping stormwater to reduce flood risk, protect critical assets and infrastructure, and build resilient communities and thriving ecosystems.

We do this by seamlessly integrating Catchment Dynamics, Planning, Landscape Architecture, Engineering Design and Digital Innovations – collaborating with clients and stakeholders to overcome complex stormwater challenges and strengthen climate adaptation.

We have been interdisciplinary from the start, working as one team rather than a collection of service lines. This approach, combined with decades of experience and deep technical expertise, means hard infrastructure and nature-based solutions grounded in hydraulic reality, consents built on defensible evidence, and pragmatic designs that perform technically, ecologically, and for the people who help shape and benefit from them.

We forge lasting client partnerships by anticipating needs, guiding through uncertainty, and unlocking new value. We build trust with clients, communities, iwi, contractors, councils, developers, insurers, funders, and financiers alike through clear communication, rigorous project management, and genuine collaboration.

Get in touch to find out how we can help.

“Escea engaged Awa Environmental on our Petre Lane development because part of the project involved moving a creek, which required more than your normal civil engineering skills. We found Awa to be very thorough when working through the resource consent process and highly effective in working with the various parties that were encountered.”
Mark Davie | Asset Manager
Escea
“Awa has added huge value to our business…I know when we are working through the design that it is the best solution for the situation, and we will get a good outcome. They are brilliant as part of a wider consultant team or on their own and are very strong working with councils…I would only use Awa no matter where I am working in New Zealand."
Daryl Scott | Director
Ōmokoroa Country Club
"Awa delivered a high quality model build in good timeframes. Their detailed models passed quickly through peer review and are now being used effectively for testing of detailed design options. Awa has been cost effective and professional. We would recommend Awa to other clients."
Modelling Programme Manager
Tauranga City Council
"The Greville Road project faced a number of challenges, including very tight timeframes. Through effective coordination with our partners, the project team delivered an innovative stormwater design that was completed on time, while reducing overall costs and risks. The system is sustainable, future-ready, and already delivering benefits to the community."
Gerhard van Rooyen | Healthy Waters Project Manager
Auckland Council
"We've worked with Awa for many years...The team consistently delivers work of the highest quality, and they're always pushing the boundaries of what's possible...The System Performance Analysis project is no exception: Awa invested the time to truly understand our challenges, co-designed solutions alongside our team, and brought innovative thinking that we wouldn't have found on our own."
Alistair Osborne | Principal Stormwater Modeller
Tiaki Wai

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Planning

Funding flood reduction using the Infrastructure Funding and Financing (IFF) Act 2020

The IFF Act offers an alternative way to fund major infrastructure projects. Upcoming reforms are set to improve its operation and widen its application to stormwater and flood protection.
Digital Innovations

Awa Environmental’s innovative new tool expands the scope of flood risk management in New Zealand

Our flood risk estimation tool brings together and synthesises data on human safety, economic risk, and recovery and resilience to help decision makers plan, prioritise, and communicate more effectively.

Talk to us about your stormwater challenges