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Water Sector

In addition to working in the energy sector ITECO has long been involved with other projects in the water sector. These include flood assessment and rehabilitation, hydrology (measuring, monitoring and reporting) and, increasingly, debris flow modelling and simulation in the area of natural hazard mapping. Below is a selection of some typical projects in this area.

Competences

  • Hydrology
  • Flow simulation and protection
  • Natural Hazards
  • Drainage
  • River engineering
  • River Monitoring
  • Bio engineering
  • Water ducts

RIMSYS - River monitoring system project
RIMSYS is a project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in the FYR of Macedonia. It is designed to generate data which can be used to establish baselines and document long term changes in the pollution levels of the important rivers in the country. A second goal is to implement water pollution regulation and control measures. »»»

 

Charnawati Rehabilitation Project, Nepal
The Charnawati River in the central part of Nepal often floods during the monsoon season. It runs alongside an important highway and, with bed levels of up to 17 percent and steep side slopes, causes significant damage to the environment. After one such flood event, Iteco was called in to assess the situation and propose remedial measures. Using ideas previously and successfully implemented in similar areas in the Swiss mountains, a rehabilitation project was carried out over a number of monsoon seasons. »»»

 

Natural hazards and flood protection
ITECO has carried out a number of studies in the field of natural hazard modelling and risk assessment. The process commenced with a detailed recording of past events and then progressed to investigation of instigating factors, modelling, calibration and testing of the model and finally prediction of future risks. The projects ranged from localised stream flows in mountain areas to complete Canton mapping. This work was often intimately connected to other parts of Geographic Information Systems. »»»