Sheet HY · Water engineering

Understand the water before sizing the structure.

Hydrology, drainage, hydraulic structures, groundwater and irrigation.

Data usedRainfall, topography, land use, groundwater levels, pumping tests
Section of a twin-cell box culvert under a road embankment, with design water level and freeboard 2.00 2.00 2.00 freeboard design water level slab + blinding concrete road Cross-section · principle

At a glance

For whom
Local authorities, road and urban projects, farmers, NGOs
Main deliverables
  • Hydrological study
  • Sizing notes
  • Network drawings
  • Hydrogeological report
How to start
Send the area concerned and available data.
HY-01 · Hydrology

Hydrology and catchments

The design flow sets the size of every structure. We delineate catchments, analyse rainfall and estimate flows.

  • Delineation and characterisationArea, slope, thalweg, time of concentration.
  • Rainfall and flow analysisIDF curves, flows by return period.
Deliverables you receive
  • Hydrological report
  • Catchment map
  • Design flow table
Catchment plan: divide, contour lines, drainage network and outlet outlet catchment divide high point main thalweg N contour lines · indicative interval
Catchment, illustrativeBV-1
HY-02 · Drainage & structures

Drainage and hydraulic structures

Storm networks, road drainage, box and pipe culverts, checked for design flow with adequate freeboard.

  • Urban storm drainageDiagnosis, flood-prone areas, master plans.
  • Structure sizingBox culverts, pipes, aprons, retention basins.
Deliverables you receive
  • Drainage master plan
  • Sizing notes
  • Reservoirs & water towers
  • Network plans & profiles
  • Quantities & BoQ
Reference 1,000 m³ elevated reservoirs, 12 m high, Sèmè-Kpodji, Benin
Section of a twin-cell box culvert under a road embankment, with design water level and freeboard 2.00 2.00 2.00 freeboard design water level slab + blinding concrete road Cross-section · principle
Twin box culvert, illustrativeOH-2
HY-03 · Groundwater & irrigation

Groundwater, water supply and irrigation

Siting a borehole, equipping it, establishing its safe yield, then delivering water to users or crops.

  • Hydrogeological studiesGeological review, siting, drilling supervision.
  • Pumping testsInterpretation, safe yield, drawdown.
  • Water supply and irrigationNetworks, tanks, pumping, drip irrigation.
Deliverables you receive
  • Hydrogeological report
  • Siting report
  • Borehole log
  • Test interpretation
  • Irrigation layout
Reference Hydrogeological studies, Northern gas pipeline, landfall – Gandon, Senegal
Water borehole design section: casing, screen in the aquifer, gravel pack, static and pumping water levels dune sandsclayslimestone / sandstone aquifermarl bedrock SWL PWL s grouting screen gravel pack submersible pump
Borehole section, illustrativeF-1 · SWL / PWL

A flow, drainage or water supply question?

Send us the area and available data: we will propose a method and a quote.

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