Water Resource Management and Planning

Integrated Water Resource Management

Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) emphasizes a coordinated approach to managing water, land, and related resources.  By considering the diverse social, economic, and environmental interests, IWRM fosters sustainable water use, ensuring its availability for future generations. Aquageo have developed national scale projects for clients where both conventional and unconventional water resources are considered holistically, to allow decision-makers to make appropriate interventions.   

Water Security Strategy

In an era of increasing demand and climate variability, a comprehensive Water Security Strategy is crucial.  Many Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have developed such plans, and we have worked with government entities in the region to develop well-aligned plans for their areas of responsibility.  Such plans serve as a blueprint for ensuring reliable access to safe water for health, livelihoods, and production. We have helped our clients develop concrete actions to improve both surveillance measures to help their water supply, and ways to improve their physical security.  Adopting such a strategy involves risk assessments, long-term planning, and investment in infrastructure, all crucial for businesses and governments aiming to safeguard water resources in the face of global challenges.

Numerical Modelling

Numerical modelling is an indispensable tool in water resource management, using mathematical simulations to predict the behaviour of water systems under various conditions. It aids decision-making for sustainable extraction and distribution, crucial for managing scarce resources in arid regions like the Middle East. For stakeholders, it’s a pathway to visualizing impacts of human activities and natural changes on water bodies.

Subsurface Intake Advisory (Beach Wells)

Beach wells offer an innovative solution for water supply intakes for users of seawater, such as aquaculture or desalination developments. They can provide high-quality feed water with minimal impact on the seabed environment, and also offer a degree of protection from marine water quality variability, due to natural subsurface filtration.  Subsurface intakes can be considerably more cost-effective than traditional seawater intakes, the latter of which may have to be of considerable length to meet environmental regulatory criteria.  We provide advice on vertical and horizontal wells, assessing the potential flow rates using numerical modelling where necessary.  

Catchment Mapping, Planning and Regeneration

Catchment mapping and planning are seminal for water-sensitive urban design and regeneration projects. They involve detailed analysis and projection of land-use changes and their effect on hydrology. Regeneration plans based on these maps aim to restore natural water cycles and habitats. For businesses and governments, this means improved water quality and supply, and enhanced biodiversity.

Construction Dewatering Design Review

We have worked on some of the Middle East regions largest dewatering programmes, providing independent advice to proponents. We supplement our design reviews with state-of-the-art numerical modelling, not only to anticipate impacts on surrounding sensitive environmental receptors, but also to understand where dewatering system optimization can be made.  This has resulted in savings of over 30% on pumping requirements at some sites.