Services / Water Resources Engineering
River Hydraulics and Stream Channel Stability
Flowing water and its impact on the landscape are a defining part of everyday life. Hydrosphere's scientists and engineers understand the hydraulic characteristics of streams and rivers and have applied that expertise to projects ranging from dam break analysis to sediment movement analysis. Natural events and human activities in a watershed can change the timing and quantity of runoff and a stream’s sediment load, leading to rapid changes in the stream system. The changes can be unexpected, and may lead to loss of wildlife habitat, property, and possibly even lives. Hydrosphere's staff has studied the potential hydraulic and stream channel stability impacts of a variety of activities planned in scores of watersheds.
- We help bring definition and understanding of flowing water through our expertise in:
- Dam break hydraulics
- Reservoir sedimentation rates
- Floodplains / flooding / floodways
- Bridge hydraulics and bridge scour analysis
- Analysis of bank stability techniques and design
- Levees and irrigation diversions
- Wetlands, river recreation and fish passage/separation
- Horizontal and vertical channel mobility
- Field measurements of bed and suspended load
- Development of sediment discharge/frequency relationships
- Sediment movement analysis