NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HYDRO-GIS AND CARBON-ZERO TO HELP BUSINESSES MEET THEIR CARBON-REDUCTION TARGETS FOR 2050 Harvey Rodda, Director at Hydro-GIS Ltd: “Hydro-GIS are delighted to announce a partnership with Carbon-Zero, the qualified and experienced Energy Specialists, to provide carbon-reducing initiatives and offsetting solutions for businesses. Protecting our environment and long-term sustainability has always been at…
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Adaptive Capacity of Farming Communities to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes (ACCESS) Hydro-GIS Ltd have been working together with researchers from Reading University, Peru and Argentina on a water resources project in the Peruvian Andes to explore the availability of water for farmers in the Cordillera Negra and Cordillera Blanca mountain ranges where crops…
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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing www.worldscientific.com Editors: Dr Harvey J. E. Rodda and Paul Sayers Series Editor: Prof W. McGuire We are seeking Chapter Authors for a new book, ‘The impact of climate change on global flood risk’. Contributions are requested by January 2021 This will be part of a series of review volumes looking at…
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Case Study: Data Services Client: A British global multinational risk management, insurance brokerage and advisory company Actions: Hydro-GIS Ltd provided data services work which included collating historical hydrological data from countries in Central and Eastern Europe to assist with catastrophe model development. Observations of river flows and levels were downloaded in real-time from the hydrological…
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Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated graduate / post graduate seeking the right opportunity to further progress your career? We are currently recruiting for a hydrologist, offering an opportunity to gain experience working on a range of projects from local flood studies to international research projects. We are seeking a highly skilled individual with…
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Case Study: Hydrological Consultancy Client: Burghfield Community Group, Berkshire Objective: Burghfield community group was set up to provide opposition to a proposed housing development at Theale lake in Berkshire, UK. Hydro-GIS were engaged as consultants on the project to evaluate and contest the decision taken by the Environment Agency to approve the development. Outcomes: The…
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The government has welcomed the completion of an independent review aimed at reducing the risk of surface water flooding across England and is taking immediate action to implement some of its recommendations. This action will build on the recent publication of the government’s long-term plan for managing flood and coastal erosion risk to create a…
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This Summer the Government has published its Flood and coastal erosion risk management Policy Statement and the Environment Agency has published its National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England. Announcing £170 million to accelerate the building of 22 flood schemes across the country – on top of the £5.2 billion investment to…
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We would like to reassure our clients and partners that Hydro-GIS is committed to the highest levels of health and safety. Doing our bit to collectively reduce the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19, we have put in place flexible and remote working, Client contact is currently restricted to e-mail and phone, and we remain fully operational.…
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Case Study: Hydrological Study Location: River Dnieper, Ukraine Objective: Hydro-GIS undertook a site specific flood modelling study to assess the risk for two locations in the city of Kremenchuck, Ukraine as part of an insurance related study for ABS Consulting. Outcomes: The modelling initially required an extreme value analysis of flow data to generate the…
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