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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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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RAIN: Innovative approaches to flood resilience
With climate change predicted to bring wetter, stormier weather to the UK, more communities will be at risk of flooding. Identifying properties at risk in these communities and helping residents adapt to the impacts of climate change presents a huge challenge for society, particularly in areas where
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National flood mapping for Ireland
We employed state-of-the-art technology to deliver a flood mapping programme for Ireland that raises the bar for flood prediction worldwide. Developed for the Office of Public Works, the new tool provides planners and the public with more wide-ranging and better quality information about flooding
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Nature-based solutions in the Caribbean
The Caribbean region is exposed to major risks from extreme weather: hurricanes, storm surges and floods. These risks are exacerbated by climate change, which affects the intensity, unpredictability and frequency of these events.
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Using satellite data to evaluate the impact of severe weather in India
We have developed new methods that use satellite earth observation data to evaluate the impact of severe weather across India.
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Bulgaria flood hazard and risk mapping
As part of its drive to implement the second cycle of the EU Floods Directive, Bulgaria partnered with the World Bank and other international institutions to update the country’s flood hazard and risk maps for 126 priority areas identified as experiencing high flood risk. HR Wallingford used state
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Storm overflows: automating the audit
Storm overflows occur when the sewerage network is at risk of being overwhelmed, such as during heavy rainfall when a lot of water drains into the system in a short space of time. Southern Water, like other water companies, must assess the impact of these overflows. We’ve developed an audit tool to
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