Environmental monitoring data that actually works for your council

Stop spending days on BoM submissions. Stop worrying about what's hiding in your spreadsheets. Get your environmental data into a system built around Australian compliance requirements — not adapted from one that wasn't.

Sound familiar?

Your monitoring data is spread across spreadsheets, shared drives, and the memory of staff who've moved on.BoM reporting season arrives and someone spends days pulling it together, hoping nothing's missing, that the WDTF file validates, that this isn't the year something falls through the cracks.A development application lands on your desk and finding the relevant historical water quality data takes longer than assessing it.A new field officer starts and there's no system to onboard them into, just a folder of files and an explanation.

This isn't poor practice. It's what happens when the tools available to councils weren't designed for councils. Generic environmental software was built for mining companies and state agencies. It's complex, expensive, and assumes you have a dedicated data team.Most councils don't. And most councils deserve better.

Built for Australian local councils and catchment management authorities

Specifically, councils that:

Have obligations to report water information to the Bureau of Meteorology under the Water Regulations 2008
Manage water quality, streamflow, groundwater, or ecological monitoring programs
Store monitoring data in spreadsheets or systems that were never designed for compliance reporting
Spend more staff time than they should on BoM submissions, EPA reporting, or data requests
Have historical data worth protecting, and no clear plan for what happens to it next.

If your council ticks any of these, keep reading.

Environmental data management built around Australian compliance, not bolted onto it

Most environmental software treats regulatory reporting as a feature. We built it as the foundation.

Native WDTF export — your BoM submissions are generated directly from your data, validated against the BoM schema before you send them. No manual compilation. No guesswork.
Australian guidelines pre-loaded — ANZECC water quality thresholds, NSW SEPP limits, and BoM parameter codes are built in. Exceedances are flagged automatically.
Built on ODM2 — the international standard for environmental observations data, used by research institutions and water agencies worldwide. Your data is structured, portable, and won't be locked into a proprietary format.
Designed for field teams, not data scientists — mobile-compatible data entry that works in the field. Simple enough for a field officer. Rigorous enough for a compliance audit.
Ecological survey support — river macroinvertebrates, vegetation transects, fish surveys. Not just hydrology. One system for all your monitoring data types.

This isn't an enterprise product priced for state water agencies. It isn't a generic EHS tool that touches water data as an afterthought. And it isn't another spreadsheet with a nicer interface.

Made by someone who's been in your chair

Daniel Harris has spent 20 years in the Australian water industry and environmental management, with over half of that in government. This platform came out of direct experience with the compliance challenges councils face, not from a software company that spotted a market gap.The result is a product built around how councils actually work: limited staff, mixed data formats, real regulatory deadlines, and budgets that require clear justification.The platform is currently in development. A pilot cohort of NSW councils will be the first to use it in 2026, ahead of broader national availability.

NSW Pilot Program — 5 councils, 2026

We're working with 5 NSW councils in 2026 to finalise the platform before national release.Pilot councils get:

A compliance gap assessment — we review your monitoring data and reporting obligations and tell you exactly where your gaps are. Useful to you regardless of what you decide next.
Full data migration from your existing spreadsheets or systems, with a reconciliation report
System configuration for your specific sites, parameters, licence conditions, and reporting obligations
Training for you and your field team
Your first BoM submission generated and validated through the platform
12 months of platform access, support, and regulatory template updates.

Pilot pricing is available exclusively to the first 5 councils. Register your interest to discuss what's involved and what it costs for your council's specific situation.Not in NSW?
We're expanding to Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia in 2027. Register your interest below and we'll keep you informed as availability opens in your state.

Register your interest

Registering is not a commitment. It gets you a conversation — with Daniel Harris directly, not a sales team.We'll respond within 5 business days.

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