Mallee HydroTech delivers independent and practical hydrographic field services and defensible water data.
Independent field measurements and practical water-data reviews to help you understand your site, assess performance and plan the next step.
A checked flow measurement with riverbed shape, method, field observations and confidence bounds recorded.
Acoustic Doppler discharge measurements
Validated and verified field observations
Bathymetry and 3D flow mapping
Full scope: discharge measurements, bathymetry and 3D flow mapping
Delivery of rating tables that are reviewed, checked and ready to support water-data decisions.
Rating table development
Reviews and health checks
Data validation and reporting
Full scope: rating curve development and data assurance
A practical condition assessment and network audit of hydrometric stations and a prioritised maintenance schedule.
Station condition checks
Network-level review
Priority optimised maintenance schedule
Full scope: water monitoring station and hydrometric network audits
Repeatable bore-monitoring and sampling record that shows condition and change.
Manual and instrumented bore monitoring
Low-flow sampling programs
Condition assessments and remediation
Full scope: groundwater monitoring and sampling programs
Samples collected, preserved, checked, and couriered. Analysis at NATA-accredited laboratories.
Routine sampling
Rapid incident-response sampling
Sample handling and preservation
Full scope: water quality sampling and spot measurements
An independent view of open-channel meter performance and channel losses across the operation.
Independent open-channel metering
Meter validation
Channel-loss assessments
Full scope: non-urban metering and channel loss assessments
Understand what available flood information means for your property or proposed purchase.
Review available flood mapping, levels and relevant information for a property or proposed purchase. Written findings and supporting letters where appropriate, with flood types, data limits and scope stated. Available Australia-wide, subject to suitable data.
Mallee HydroTech is led by Robbie Heane, a Certified Practicing Hydrographer based in Mildura, working across Sunraysia and the broader Murray-Darling Basin.
Robbie brings over 15 years of hands-on field experience across hydrography, including: discharge measurements, rating table development, hydrometric station audits, groundwater monitoring, water quality sampling and practical water data assurance.
That field experience is backed by industry contribution. Robbie has contributed through the Water Monitoring Standardisation Technical Committee (WaMSTeC), including work on Part 8 of the National Industry Guidelines for Hydrometric Monitoring, which covers the use of acoustic Doppler current profilers to measure discharge in open channels.
Robbie has presented at Australian Hydrographers Association conferences, receiving the Alex Miller Award for best presentation in 2023. His 2025 AHA presentation focused on the practical implementation of emerging discharge-measurement software: QRevInt.
Mallee HydroTech is built around accurate, precise and defensible water data. That means selecting the right technology and methodology for the site, verifying the outputs, checking the integrity of the data and reporting the result in a practical, actionable way so clients can make decisions with confidence.
When you engage Mallee HydroTech, you deal directly with the person responsible for the work. There is no middle layer between the client and the field data. Robbie's aim is to provide information at the quality and confidence needed to support sound decisions.
Get clear, practical water-data findings for your site or project. Fieldwork focuses on the Murray-Darling Basin, with travel elsewhere by arrangement. Property flood-risk evidence reviews are available Australia-wide, subject to suitable data and agreed scope.