Water, an essential substance covering over 70% of the Earth's surface, fills one of the fundamental needs of all life. In its most benign state, water hydrates, provides a source of recreation and transport, and keeps the planet green. In its most destructive state, water floods homes, undermines trees and other structures, and takes lives.
At Taylor Engineering, hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) engineers study the motion of water as it flows through the hydrologic cycle. Given a set of variables that influence water movement, they can trace water flow and identify areas prone to flood and areas likely to erode. With the aid of numerical models, they can evaluate project designs and environmental mitigation measures from a hydrologic and hydraulic perspective. Given water's ubiquitous nature, our H&H group also supports the company's civil, coastal, dredged material, waterfront, and environmental projecs. It also produces stand-alone hydrology, hydraulic, and water quality studies for clients such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Florida's water management districts.
For further details on our areas of expertise, click on the linked descriptions on the left sidebar. Within these areas of expertise we apply the following specialized services:
- Basinwide hydrologic and hydraulic modeling
- Dam and levee breach analysis and modeling
- Design of flood risk reduction and erosion protection systems
- Ecosystem restoration
- FEMA flood insurance studies
- FEMA - LOMR, LOMA
- Floodplain management
- Flood risk evaluation
- Groundwater modeling
- Hurricane and flood damage assessments
- Hydrodynamic modeling, 1-D, 2-D, 3-D
- Minimum flows and levels (MFL)
- Non-point source water quality modeling
- Riverine sediment transport modeling
- Scour modeling and analysis
- Stormwater systems management and design
- Surface and groundwater interaction modeling
- TMDL development
- Water quality studies and modeling
- Evaluation and design of flood and erosion protection systems
- GIS programming and applications
- Hydrologic modeling
- Hydrology and hydraulics
- Modeling and design of flood control and water distribution / supply systems
- Monitoring
- Rainfall/runoff modeling
- Site development
- Stakeholder outreach
- Expert witness
- Stormwater management
- Surface and groundwater interaction
- Watershed and riverine modeling
- Watershed management and planning
