Engineering Hydrology, Consultancy
The Department of Engineering Hydrology has a long proven track record in providing specialist hydrological consulting services to consultant engineering companies, government agencies and Industry both nationally and internationally. Proceeds of consultancy are used to support research activities.
The specialist hydrological services available from the Department of Engineering Hydrology are summarised as follows:
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Deterministic Hydrology
- Water Balance Studies
- Water Resources Studies
- Rainfall - Runoff Modelling
- Flood Forecasting Studies
Stochastic (statistical) Hydrology
- Flood Frequency Studies
- Drought / Low Flow Frequency Studies
- Storage Reservoir Design
- Flood Alleviation Design
Groundwater Hydrology
- Hydrogeological Investigations
- Groundwater Modelling
- Contaminant Transport
- Aquifer Protection Studies
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Environmental Hydrology
- Water Quality Investigations
- Water Quality Modelling
- Environmental Impact Studies
- Sediment Transport Studies
Hydraulic Engineering
- River Engineering
- Hydrodynamic / Hydraulic Modelling
- Hydropower Studies
- Pipeflow Analysis
- Drainage Studies
Field Survey Capability
- Hydrology
- Soil Physics
- Hydrogeological
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Field Survey Capability
DEH has extensive field survey capability and experience in the following areas:
Hydrology
climatic measurements including:
automatic weather station,
temperature and humidity probes,
wind anemometers, rain gauges
and evaporation pans.
hydrometric measurements including:
river flow gauging,
current metering, dilution gauging,
dye dispersion survey,
topographic survey, and
water quality monitoring and testing
Soil Physics
in-situ soil moisture determination
hydraulic conductivity measurement
grab sampling
Hydrogeological
water depth recorders
pumping / recovery tests
piezometers for water table mapping
hydrochemical analysis