Water Resources
Population growth, increasing demands for water and energy, reduced water supply reliability, climate uncertainty, extreme weather events, decline in critical ecosystems services, changing regulatory environments and the need for sustainable food security for our global population have created an increased need for integrated, scalable, system-level solutions.
XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù is leading the development and implementation of fully integrated solutions to help our clients manage these kinds of complex environmental challenges, where active management of the built and natural components of the water cycle are key to water sustainability. Our engineers, scientists and planners work with clients to improve the well-being of people by identifying solutions to manage risk, protect people and assets, meet regulatory requirements and offer long-term resilience against further variability and change.
As our world struggles with balancing water availability and demands, water pollution, competition for limited water resources and vulnerability to natural hazards, XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù works with clients around the globe to better manage our world’s water resources and make our water systems more resilient to climate change – because we believe it’s important that communities have safe, reliable water infrastructure now and in the future.
What we do
As our world struggles with balancing water availability and demands, water pollution, competition for limited water resources and vulnerability to natural hazards, XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù works with clients around the globe to better manage our world’s water resources and make our water systems more resilient to climate change – because we believe it’s important that communities have safe, reliable water infrastructure now and in the future.
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Coastal Planning and Engineering
We help to protect coastal habitats, assets and communities from threats such as sea-level rise, coastal flooding and shoreline erosion. From coastal hazard analysis to risk management planning and nature-based resilience, our solutions are helping to reinvent tomorrow at the coast.
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Flood Infrastructure Engineering
Protecting communities from the devastating impacts of flooding, we support our clients with the design and management of storm surge barriers, flood gates, levees and other flood defense structures for our rivers, estuaries and coastlines.
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Flood Modelling and Planning
Effective flood risk management requires a thorough understanding of current – and future – flood conditions and drivers. We leverage innovative modelling, mapping and analytics to help our clients understand and mitigate flood impacts.
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Ecosystem Restoration Engineering
From fish barrier removal to urban stream naturalization, our solutions utilize physical and biological sciences to help protect and restore the natural functions of disturbed or degraded habitats and ecosystems such as rivers and wetlands.
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Stormwater and Watershed Management
We support our clients with the planning, design and asset management of stormwater infrastructure – including green infrastructure solutions – that manage stormwater flows, protect environmental health and enhance urban areas.
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Integrated Water Resources Management
With our OneWater approach, we develop integrated solutions to complex water resources challenges, from basin scale to local. We provide consulting and advisory services to support strategies such as integrated systems planning, water conservation and sustainable supply chain management.
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Irrigation Services
We support municipal and agricultural clients with the planning, design and asset management of irrigation systems, including solutions that improve water efficiency and sustainability like irrigated wastewater reuse.
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Resilience and Climate Change
Climate change is challenging the resilience of built infrastructure and social and ecological systems across the globe. From droughts and flooding to wildfires, we help to prepare for climate change impacts with projections, risk assessments, policy and governance advisory, and adaptation planning.
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Explore our projects
XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù delivers tailored solutions worldwide. Our global portfolio of projects has supported clients with addressing dynamic issues like aging infrastructure, impacts from climate change, water scarcity, flooding and affordability. The solutions we develop in collaboration with our clients provide communities with the foundations they need to flourish and grow.
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Thames Estuary Asset Management (TEAM 2100)
TEAM 2100 was set up by England’s Environment Agency to create a long-term approach to managing 330-kilometers of tidal flood defenses in London and the Thames Estuary, including the iconic Thames Barrier. XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù is managing the first 10 years of the program.
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Environment Agency's Flood, Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy
XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù is working on three major contracts with the Environment Agency, helping to understand flood from all sources, as well as coastal erosion risk, and plan for a resilient future for people, communities and businesses.
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Innovative, Sustainable Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù is implementing major adaptation pathway pilot studies across three strategically important flood risk protection projects in the U.K.
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Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) works with XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù to manage the monitoring, permitting and design of a restoration project, the Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration Project, along a 6.5 mile stretch of shoreline, which will help restore a healthy, functioning oyster habitat in East Bay near Pensacola, Florida.
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Helping Develop the U.K. Saltmarsh Carbon Code
XÕ¾¸£ÀûËù is bringing its global expertise of drafting carbon codes and designing nature-based solutions that restore coastal ecosystems to the partnership developing and trialing the U.K. carbon code for saltmarshes.
Meet some of our team
Read more about the talent who make it happen every day.
