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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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Water for tomorrow
Access to water is vital for people and industry. But with the pressure of increasing demand and the impact of climate change, the UK government has set targets to significantly reduce water abstraction in England by 2050 to safeguard ecosystems and environments.
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Early warning system helps Peru build back better
The coastal El Niño of 2017 caused devastating damage from flooding, mudslides and landslides across Northern Peru. In 2020, a government-to-government agreement between Peru and the United Kingdom was put in place to ensure that the reconstruction created lasting resilience to local communities.
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Building a flood forecasting and warning system for Malaysia
Large areas of Malaysia repeatedly suffer from prolonged and significant floods, causing widespread disruption to communities, businesses and infrastructure. And with climate change and urbanisation expected to lead to bigger and more frequent floods worldwide, early-warning systems are set to
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CCRA, the UK's first climate change assessment
HR Wallingford led pioneering work for the UK Government to assess climate change related risks up to the year 2100. The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA), for the first time, presents a comparison of a wide range of climate change risks based on their economic, social and environmental
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Projecting future water availability in the UK for the second CCRA
HR Wallingford developed projections of water availability for the UK for the Second CCRA.
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Green infrastructure: supporting green river engineering
Responding to the needs of the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, the Welsh Local Government Association and Natural England, HR Wallingford led the development of decision making frameworks that identify the critical success factors to support the selection and application of green
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International guidance on levees
HR Wallingford has been at the forefront of the development of new international guidance on the design, construction and management of levees. The International Levee Handbook pulls together current knowledge, experience and research into a single, comprehensive handbook. HR Wallingford was a key
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