Key Specialization and Technical Accountability

Hydrology, Flood Risk and Water Resource

  • Field visit for site assessment; high level field observation and data collection for hydrological study and water resource impact analysis
  • Primary and secondary stakeholder consultations for study area water resource system study and flood vulnerable group finding; FGD, KII, PRA for water resource study; questionnaire development and HH/stakeholders survey 
  • Land and water resources surveying for data acquisition for further analysis and data presentation in AutoCAD, GIS and mapping
  • River cross section, bathymetry, flow, discharge and tidal measurement and data acquisition
  • Collection different primary and secondary data collection for hydrological and flood modelling data input
  • Hydrological and flood modelling with HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, ArcGIS and statistical frequency analysis with different software and methodologies
  • Hydrological and flood risk analysis with feasibility study;
  • Flood forecasting and future flood hazard analysis for different return periods like next 20, 30, 50, 100, 500 years flood scenarios
  • Mapping and data presentation for flood return periods and scenarios
  • Drainage and storm water system analysis, drainage design
  • Alternative route analysis, flood protection & resilient structure recommendation and cost analysis, BOQ preparation
  • Hydraulic structural recommendations and design basis analysis for flood protection and suitable drainage system and design

Hydrogeology and Groundwater Assessment

  • Literature review and collection of published Hydro-geological and other relevant data from various State and Central Government sources and other relevant organizations
  • Potential aquifers delineation for ground water development for different projects
  • Observation of water level from the existing dug/ tube wells and validate with the source data
  • Collection of water samples from select dug/ tube wells and surface water source and performing laboratory analysis with result interpretation and implication. 
  • Collection of data related to ground water utilization and water use demand estimation
  • Collection of different hydrogeological information connected to groundwater storage such as historical water levels, surface geology, hydro-chemical data, climatological data to evaluate the behaviors of groundwater storage in past and use the interpreted trend to predict future status on account of developmental activity
  • Conducting pump test on existing bore well and dug well to evaluate the hydrological parameter of the aquifer and discharge capacity of the aquifer with seasonal variation
  • Groundwater quality assessment and suggesting required depth of bore-well for heavy and light industry
  • Salinity intrusion possibility study for the studied aquifer and groundwater contamination sources mapping

Environmental Assessment

  • Environmental Impact Assessment and social impact assessment
  • Project site evaluation and alternative site assessment
  • Environmental and social due diligence study
  • Pre-feasibility and detail feasibility study for project implementation and report submitting to funding agency according to the national and international compliances
  • Questionnaire preparation and survey design along with Field work for data collection, analysis & reporting
  • Environmental management and monitoring plan preparation for hazardous impact mitigation
  • Reporting complying world bank environmental and social safeguard policy along with bank directive guidelines, IFC performance standards and ADB, JICA guidelines where applicable 

Topographical, Geo-technical Assessment

Laboratory and Analytical Skills

Software and Operational Skill

  • Software: HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HEC-SSP, SPSS, ArcGIS 10.8.1, SWMM, Python
  • Operational skill: River bathymetry and cross section survey, ADCP for river flow, discharge, velocity; Total station and water gauge meter for water level measurement, RTK for topographic survey

Data Analysis

  • Data analysis with python programming
  • Graph, chart and scientific computing with Matplotlib, numpy, scipy