Water Resources
Projects involving the assessment and development of water resources are a major part of SMEC's overall activity. Our specialists have built their knowledge and skills in the many facets of the water resources field over a period of 30 years.
Hydrologic Data Collection
The collection of accurate and adequate hydrologic data is important in studies of water resources. Our experience in this field includes:
- Collection of data including the measurement of rainfall
- Evaporation and other meteorological aspects, stream discharge, sediment, and water quality
- Review and design of networks
- Site selection, design and operation of stations
- Specification of equipment
- Data processing and publication
- Data storage and data banks
Rainfall – Runoff Modelling
SMEC specialists use computer applications to assist with rainfall-runoff modelling. These include:
- Regression procedures
- Conceptual rainfall-runoff models (ARBM, Monash, Sacramento )
- Lumped and distributed models
- Model development
Flood Hydrology and Hydraulics
Flood studies and the management of surface runoff are significant in water resource projects, urban development and other development projects. SMEC's capabilities encompass all areas of the associated hydrology and hydraulics behaviours of flood and flood flows.
Flood and surface flow studies involve some or all of the following:
- Frequency analysis
- Unit hydrographs
- Catchment routing models
- Flood forecasting
- Flood damage assessment
- Flood plain modelling and management, and
- Dam break flood modelling
Urban Hydrology
Many of the processes in flood and surface flow studies are also applied in urban hydrology studies which are mainly the concern of local government and development authorities. Rainfall-runoff modelling and rainfall intensity studies are additional common applications that our engineers use in this field. In these studies, they also take into consideration water quality and the use of retarding basins.
SMEC's urban hydrology expertise is applied as a major component in the preparation of flood management plans for urban areas. These plans may include the utilisation of both structural and non-structural measures.
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River Engineering
With major water resource developments around the world impinging on a wide range of rivers, many of them major rivers, a sound knowledge of river management is essential. SMEC Malaysia has developed a strong capability in river engineering and our engineers have a healthy respect for many phenomena which govern river behaviours, especially the geomorphology of rivers.
River engineering, encompassing field, laboratory, and computer studies can be applied to:
- Flooding, flood levels and in-channel hydraulics
- Sediment supply and transport analysis
- Scour of river bed and banks
- Materials and other geological factors which affect the stability of rivers
- Bank protection, river training and stabilisation
- Scour protection of structures such as bridges
- Aggradations and degradation of rivers, and the factors, sometimes far-a field
- Which affect these phenomena
- River Management
SMEC’s specialist have gained their experience in the management of many of the world's rivers, in alpine, tropical, and sub-tropical zones, and have published widely in river engineering and related fields in international technical journals.
River Basin Management
SMEC is expert in the river basin management field. Our engineers carry out:
- Land use surveys
- Assessment of water resources and water requirements
- Single reservoir and multi-reservoir operational studies
- River basin modelling
- Water quality studies
Coastal Engineering
SMEC’s experience extends into estuarine and near-coastal hydrodynamics. Our engineering knowledge covers numerical and physical modelling of river mouth and nearshore ocean hydrodynamics, coastal sediment transport, wave refraction, tide behaviour, breakwater layouts, shoreline protection and dredging operations.
Other Services
SMEC provides other multi-disciplinary services to complement core areas of expertise. These include:
- Water quality studies
- Evaporation studies
- Hydraulic model studies
- Reservoir behavior and water management
- Stochastic hydrology
- Sedimentation and sediment transport
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