ABOUT US
Transforming environmental obligations into opportunities
Newport Environmental, Scientific and Governance services (NESG) was established in 2021 to provide environmental services to local government, mining, construction, industry and community groups. We have over 20 years’ experience in the fields of water quality, ecological health assessments, storm water systems, riverine health and water quality, sediment and contaminated land assessment and remediation.
We have extensive experience consulting on heavy metals in the soil, water and sediments, nutrients in water bodies, water quality in estuaries, marine and freshwater systems, metal pollution in soils and sediments among other work.
At NESG we have an extensive network of specialists across Australia and globally that can be engaged to support your environmental compliance, monitoring or scientific needs. See our services for more details.
OUR TEAM
DR SIMON FOSTER
Director (Environmental and Scientific)
Simon has over 20 years of experience in environmental and analytical consulting with a proven successful track record in delivering environmental management outcomes for local, federal government agencies and industry. He has lead and been involved in projects with Newcrest Mining, Newmont Mining, Queanbeyan City Council, New South Wales EPA, ACT Government, Federal Government through the National Capital Authority, MyHealthTest, Joe White Malting, NZ Department of Industry, Hemp Foods Australia, Heron Resources, CSIRO, Eurobodalla Shire Council as well as internationally with organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and projects with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on mine site impacts to community and environmental health in Guizhou Province, China.
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Simon is a globally recognised expert in arsenic, selenium, mercury, and antimony in aquatic and terrestrial environments. He has an excellent understanding of the Australian New Zealand Water Quality Guidelines and has developed and delivered courses on water quality monitoring plans, statistical analysis of water quality data, development of trigger values and evaluation of the effectiveness of monitoring. Over the last 17 years he has developed and delivered water quality monitoring plans, provided analyse of water quality samples, conducted sampling campaigns and taught and advised on preservation of samples. He has consulted widely on sampling techniques and sample handling procedures.
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He has authored over 70 peer reviewed papers, 4 book chapters as well as numerous reports on the distribution, mobility, metabolism and environmental fate of toxic elements and nutrients. Simon holds degrees in geology, ecology and chemistry and is a chartered chemist with the Royal Australian Chemistry Society, a member of the Australian and New Zealand Environmental Institute, Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra.
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