Water demand is increasing every day due to urbanisation and population growth that makes it necessary to protect the available water resources. There is a small percentage of transportable water sources that is available for human use. The availability of this water is constantly threatened by water scarcity, pollution, and climate change.
Water resources engineering helps in ensuring that available water supplies are secure for as long as possible through appropriate planning and management.
We work in several disciplines of Water Resources Engineering and are continually putting efforts to ensure optimal planning and management of water resources, including the watershed and catchment areas, through our vast knowledge and expertise. We also have experience and skilled expertise in Complex Water Quality Modelling Programs such as the 2eu, WASP, HECRAS and SWMM.
Our areas of expertise in this sector are as follows (but are not limited to):
- Watershed Management
- Catchment Area Treatment and Management
- Water Quality Management
- Water Quality Modelling Dam Break Analysis
- Reservoir Engineering
SOME SALIENT PROJECTS IN THE WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING SECTOR
- 1Supervision for Stretch 1 of the Ayeyarwady River (Mandalay to Nyaung U; 200 km stretch), Myanmar (World Bank-funded Project).
The Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management Project (AIRBMP) was a US$100 million Project supported by the World Bank (WB) and implemented by the Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems (DWIR) under the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) through the AIRBMP – Project Management Unit (PMU). The AIRBMP designed the Project with a multi-phased approach (series of Projects) to strengthen the integrated, climate-resilient management and development of the Ayeyarwady River Basin as well as the other national water resources. The first Project aimed at developing the institutions and tools needed to implement the Integrated River Basin Management and deliver the related livelihood benefits from enhanced navigation and hydro-meteorological warning, as well as other advisory services. The AIRBMP was declared effective in June 2015 and had a closing date of September 2020. Under this assignment, the DWIR proposed to undertake Physical Improvements and River Enhancement works in a 200 km long stretch from Mandalay to Nyaung U (Stretch 1).
Our team was engaged by the DWIR to perform the Environmental and Social (E&S) analysis of the design options; analysis of the navigation enhancement alternatives; provide inputs in the selection of the preferred design options and preparation of the ESIA and ARAP reports.
- 2Flood Mitigation and Resilience Project in Ibadan City, Oyo State, Nigeria (World Bank-funded Project).
The Federal Government of Nigeria on behalf of the Oyo State Government had applied for funding from the World Bank (WB) towards the cost of 200 million USD for the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP). The IUFMP was initiated in December 2014 to improve the capacity of the Oyo State by developing a long-term flood risk management framework through risk assessment, community awareness and providing enough flexibility in the Project design to make changes based on learning. The Project also supported Capacity-building for flood risk management in the city of Ibadan. It helped to reinforce the Oyo State Government’s early warning and response capabilities and leverages existing in the World Bank’s projects (such as the Community and Social Development Project, CSDP) in the Oyo State in support of the IUFMP.
We were engaged by the IUFMP for the Flood Mitigation and Resilience Project in Ibadan City. We have developed several methodologies to address the flood hazard impacts; developed a resultant framework and produced a baseline data through flood site investigation surveys and household surveys covering about 6000 samples in the city area and developed the geospatial database. The outcome of the study provided information about the selection of investments by identifying the vulnerable sites and households and also served as a benchmark for evaluating how the Project could improve the capacity of the Oyo State to effectively manage the flood risks in the Ibadan City throughout the lifecycle of the Project. It also enabled the Client to track progress over time and the ability to compare the vulnerability status at the IUFMP completion to evaluate any impacts of future events and facilitate the learning process.
