As well as its knowledge of the technology, Royal Haskoning knows about the institutional aspects of water management. Economists and management consultants work together with technicians to achieve institutional improvements. These are improvements to do with the organization of water boards, the organization of water users, improving the operations of (state-owned) water or sewage companies or privatizing them, or preparing large investment projects.
Integrated water resources management is based on the perception of water as part of the ecosystem, both as natural and a socio-economic resource.
Our specialist services in this area include:
- Irrigation and drainage: feasibility, design, supervision, operation & maintenance
- Dams, dykes, water control structures and reservoirs
- Flood forecasting and control
- River basin planning and management
- Hydrological modelling, water quality, monitoring networks and GIS
- Groundwater resources assessment and management
- Ecosystems, nature conservation, wetlands and environmental impact assessments
- Organisation for water management and training
- Support to water users associations
- Economics of water management
Drought, water shortage, flooding and changes in the quality of the water are problems for which our hydrologists, geologists and physical geographers are being asked worldwide to think up clever solutions.
Considering the water system at large, through the close cooperation between different fields of action, taking into account ecosystems, social, economic and institutional aspects, we ensure the integrated sustainable solutions.
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