Welcome to Southern Waterways

Chris Owen has operated as Southern Waterways since 2002 providing boat contracting for government agencies and commercial clients. In addition Chris has built a solid reputation in Otago and Southland conducting environmental field work including water sampling and data collection.

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Licenced with Maritime Transport Operating Certificate insuring safety, experience, skills and local knowledge  

History work profile

2002 - Began boat contracting and collecting water samples for Environment Southland
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Joint Ventures

In 2016 Southern Waterways – Chris Owen and Aqua Tech - Dianne Elliotte entered into a joint Venture agreement to combine skills and resources for the Recreational Waters Programme contracted to Environment Southland.
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Under Water Video, 3D Depth Sounder Profile Recordings, Flow Gaugings

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Southern Waterways

Boat contracting Range of Vessels

Since 2002 Chris Owen at Southern Waterways have been providing boat contracting services for Regional Council Environment Southland ...
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Manufacturing and Installation

Over the years as with working with equipment that others had built I started designing and building my own as I have a background in the automotive industry.
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Data Collection Water Sampling

2002 - Chris Owen began boat contracting and collecting water samples for Environment Southland.
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