Surface Water Resources Management

Developing Science-led Solutions for Complex Cold Regions Hydrology and Surface Water Resource Problems

Across Canada, warming temperatures and human activities are altering precipitation patterns, reducing snow levels, accelerating melting of glaciers, intensifying floods, and increasing risk of droughts, while pollution from population growth and industrialization is degrading water systems. With such unprecedented change, the historical patterns of water availability are no longer a reliable guide for the future. An effective water resources development, management, and conservation plan begins with accurate knowledge of the frequency, distribution, circulation, and quantity of surface water supply. CLIMALOGIK’s extensive experience in all areas of surface water hydrology allows our specialists to analyze and characterize surface water systems from the smallest ungauged creeks to the largest watersheds and river basins. We regularly work with existing point and gridded data sets, establish new monitoring systems, and develop custom cold region water models.

CLIMALOGIK’s surface water resources management services provide essential information for a broad range of water resource related projects, including hydraulic and hydrological analyses, design of water management structures such as dams, basins and control structures, storm water management systems, extreme precipitation event analyses, climate change impacts on hydrology, water supply analyses, and flood mapping. Sectors we serve range from water hazard assessments in rural and urban areas, land and natural resource development, and water management agencies. We evaluate climate change impacts and formulate science-informed adaptation strategies as an integral component of our surface water hydrology and hydraulic analysis and water planning and design services.

Our areas of expertise include:

Water Monitoring and Analysis – Our experts conduct the research and field studies needed to make crucial water planning decisions:

• Streamflow Gauge Installation and Monitoring
• Meteorological and Climate Data Analyses
• Instream Flow Analyses
• Streamflow Data Analyses
• Flood Frequency and Probable Maximum Flood Analyses

Next-Gen Computer Modeling – We work with existing models or develop custom water models to meet client needs:

• Small- and Large-scale Hydrologic Models
• Dam-break Analyses
• Streamflow Forecasting
• River System Operation Modeling

Feasibility, Final Design and Watershed Studies – We prepare technical and scientific papers and reports to present critical findings:

• Water Demand and Supply Studies
• Sedimentation and Sediment Management Studies
• Dams and Reservoirs
• Reservoir Sizing, Operation, and Management
• Environmental Flows Analyses
• Water Resources Plans