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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DAMSAT
Minimising the risk of dams failures using remote sensing data....
Developing National SuDS Standards
The Floods and Water Management Act (2010) requires the development of standards and guidance to support the mandatory consideration of SuDs (sustainable drainage systems) for all developments with drainage implications. We provided the lead technical input for the development of National SuDS...
Smart manuals for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
We developed award-winning interactive Works Operating Manual apps for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s waste and fresh water treatment plants. Designed for use on mobile and tablet devices, these apps also work as conventional web applications....
The SuDS Manual update
HR Wallingford's SuDS experts are the lead authors of the latest edition of The SuDS Manual, published by CIRIA in November 2015....
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. Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the UK Government must assess the climate-related risks to the UK up to the year 2100. HR Wallingford led the first national assessment of these risks for UK Government. To...
Drought exercise to optimise water resources management planning
We created a drought simulation workshop to help Bristol Water test their draft Drought Plan. The workshop supported their statutory obligation and helped to make them better prepared to manage droughts specific to their resource system....
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...