Who We Are and What We Do

Limnoterra Limited provides professional consultation services in environmental sciences and its applications. The firm was incorporated in 1979 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada by Dr. R. Jon Planck. Dr. Planck has been consulting in environmental projects for more than 3 decades. Complimenting Dr. Planck's experience in urban ecological design, our associate planners have experience in planning matters through an ecological and practical approach.

Limnoterra Limited's staff and associates include specialists in various disciplines of biology and ecology as well as landscape architecture, planning, hydrology, hydrogeology, engineering, and wastewater management. Team members combine their skills for unique solutions to rehabilitation projects, agency reviews, research, studies, and design. Practical experience and science are combined in a holistic approach to ecological design for a broad range of projects including; roads, subdivisions, harbors, airports, parks, streams, wetlands, terrestrial systems, and lakes. This approach leads to innovative designs where both economic practicality and ecological health are satisfied.

 Planning & Urban Design Services include:

Planning services
    • Official Plans and Amendments
  • Zoning by-law Amendments
  • Plans of subdivision, and severances
  • Expert witness (Ontario Municipal Board, Land Compensation Board and others.)
  • Development applications relevant to private and public sector clients
  • Client project research on all aspects of Municipal planning and the development process
  • Representation before Councils, Committees, Agencies and Boards

Site Specific Environmental Inventories
    • Detailed terrestrial and aquatic biological surveys

Analysis of Ecological Data
    • Mathematical modeling
  • Statistical design and analysis
  • Systems analysis
  • Reporting and publication
  • Presentation to local bodies as well as international colloquia

Ecosystem Approach to Design
    • Coordination of design teams of biologists, architects, planners, and engineers
  • Projects such as parks and residential units as well as large projects such as harbours, airports, new cities, large subdivisions, national park facilities
  • Landscape architecture

Water management, monitoring, and analysis
    • Storm water management through detailed topographic and soils analysis leading to site drainage therby insuring water conservation where possible
  • Restoration and rehabilitation of water courses or water bodies
  • Fluvial geomorphology and bioengineering
  • Use of wetland systems or water quality and quantity remediation
  • Conservation and use of groundwater for site features where possible
  • Flow, stage, rain and temperature monitoring and analysis using Limnoterra manufactured electronic data aquisition equipment (EcoBugs).
  • Inflow and Infiltration studies, monitoring and analysis

Wastewater and Onsite Sewage Treatment Services
  • Design and site supervision for construction of wetland treatment systems
  • Design and site supervision for construction of innovative sewage treatment systems for profit

 

 

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