Projects
Understanding how water moves, behaves and influences communities and industries across the globe.
Water is becoming scarcer in many places and increasingly volatile in others. Building sustainable communities, industries and infrastructure is becoming more challenging. Our wide range of projects highlights our innovation, our creativity, and our focus on finding solutions that rise to that challenge and positively impact our clients and the communities they serve.
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Facilitating the growth of Port Qasim
Ship size has increased dramatically over the last 30 years, and port infrastructure needs to keep pace with this growth. We redesigned the navigation approach channel to Port Qasim so that it can accommodate ultra large container ships, supporting Pakistan’s aspirations to increase cargo capacity
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St Kitts and Nevis Climate Risk Intelligence Data Infrastructure
The Caribbean islands of St Kitts and Nevis are at risk from hurricanes, with storm surges endangering coastal communities. HR Wallingford developed advanced storm surge models and a climate data portal, enhancing forecasting accuracy, data management, and emergency response for these extreme events
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Designing climate services in South Africa
Escalating climate-related challenges in South Africa affect millions. As part of the Stakeholder-driven climate services in South Africa (STADCLIM-SA) team, our aim was to transform climate data into actionable insights, empowering decision-makers to mitigate risks and optimise opportunities across
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Combating land degradation in Central Asia
Central Asia is facing severe land degradation, affecting 20% of its land and threatening food security, biodiversity, and socioeconomic stability. We assessed the drivers, impacts, and potential solutions for sustainable land management in the region.
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Water supply resilience for Addis Ababa
As part of the Ethiopia Water Resilience Diagnostic initiative, our aim was to enhance water supply resilience for Addis Ababa and surrounding regions, addressing critical water shortages and infrastructure inefficiencies to support sustainable urban growth and development.
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Insuring the benefits of nature-based solutions in the Caribbean
Coral reefs and mangroves help to protect communities in the Caribbean from coastal flooding. Insurance could help to manage the risks to these natural assets, but this requires an accurate economic quantification of their benefits. Our work with the World Bank explored the impact of nature-based
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Monitoring Yemen’s groundwater depletion using satellite data
Yemen is facing a severe water crisis, with groundwater being exploited faster than it can naturally replenish. The ongoing conflict and the sheer scale of the issue make tracking groundwater trends incredibly challenging. We have used Earth Observation data to measure and monitor groundwater
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