Water resources

Aerial view of rail bridge with two parallel tracks over stream leading into tunnels
NS Bridge 462.01 replacement near Matewan, West Virginia

Water is a precious resource, and we relate to your desire for environmental stewardship. That’s why we do everything possible to help you protect nature while building and serving your community.

With our history of helping government agencies and private entities responsibly manage their water resources, our team focuses our experience, technical knowledge and advanced resources on preserving the planet while delivering the sensible, defensible designs that keep your projects cost effective and on schedule.

We care about your project and the environment

With professional engineers licensed nationwide, Hanson has the on-the-ground experience necessary to advance your water resources project. Our teams help navigate the permitting issues that can impede progress. By prioritizing sensible, right-sized solutions, we help you achieve project goals, meet regulations and protect our waterways.

Aerial image of waterway with hydraulics markings in shades of red, green and blue
USACE St. Paul District Fargo Moorhead Red River diversion aqueduct spillway modeling, Fargo, North Dakota

Hydraulic modeling across dimensions

We are known for performing complex hydraulic analyses, often faster than through conventional means. Your project deserves a range of options, and we use HEC-RAS software to perform one-dimensional, two-dimensional and computational fluid dynamics hydraulic modeling, depending on need.

Dams

Your operations, maintenance and emergency-action planning meet our modeling capabilities to create secure, lasting dam designs.

Bridges

Safety and environmental responsibility are your primary concerns when building or rehabilitating a waterway crossing, and they are our top priorities, from the first site surveys and geotechnical investigations to the final design and construction support.

Stratton Lock and Dam lock capacity and water level control improvements, McHenry County, Illinois

Watersheds

Complying with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and minimizing disruptions to the public areas around your project are critical. We address these needs while delivering sound designs for stormwater collection and delivering hydraulic and hydrologic modeling solutions that support a comprehensive approach to watershed management.

Water supply

Clean water is a necessity for your community, and our team specializes in providing clean water from the earliest stages of water storage planning and distribution through water-quality evaluations.

Rivers

Protecting and managing our rivers is paramount. We offer you the following services for projects involving these waterways:

  • dredging design
  • river engineering
  • flood studies
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency studies
  • Letter of Map Amendment and Letter of Map Revision submittals
  • stormwater and floodplain management ordinance consultation
  • navigation improvements
  • stream bank stabilization and erosion control
  • stream gaging
  • sedimentation studies

 

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