Australian Partners
Penevy Services Pty. Ltd.
Penevy Services Pty. Ltd. provides consultancy in water management. It is focused on research for development projects in South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa drawing on 10 years of experience in these regions.
The technical areas are related to irrigation, drainage, groundwater, salinity and wastewater.
Project experience relates to: project initiation including partnership development, proposal development, monitoring/evaluation/learning, review and communication of results.
Organisational capabilities
The main areas of capability in projects related to water management that can be provided are:
1) partnership development
2) project proposal development – including monitoring, evaluation and learning
3) project management
4) capacity building
5) project reviews and evaluation
Relevant projects
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International projects as project leader and/or principle investigator
International projects as project leader and/or principle investigator: 1) Soil salinity management in central and southern Iraq 2) Improved irrigation water management to increase crop productivity in Cambodia 3) Conjunctive water management for sustainable irrigated agriculture in South Asia,Australian projects as project leader and/or principle investigator: 1) Irrigation Water Demand Forecasting Study using remote sensing techniques to estimate and forecast crop water use 2) Vineyard Irrigation – delivering water savings through emerging technology 3) Irrigation water management for the Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Package 4) Tools for Irrigation Profitability and Sustainability 5) A holistic approach to winery wastewater management 6) Vineyard water use – adapting to change 7) Irrigation sustainability assessment and demonstration: “The Sustainability Challenge” 8) Water use efficiency in vegetables 9) Best management practices for subsurface drainage design and management 10) Management options to reduce salt loads from tile drainage in the Campaspe West District These were all ACIAR funded research for development projects,projects undertaken whilst at the CSIRO based in Griffith, NSW. Mix of flood irrigation and pressurized irrigation. Good understanding of rice growing.
