The study of hydrological extremes (both flood flow and low flow conditions) is an essential part of many civil engineering schemes. As national flood policy is based on ‘flood risk management’ rather than ‘prevention’, a minimum requirement for any proposed development on or near a floodplain is generally the undertaking of ‘flood risk assessment’. With the recent promulgation of the European Flood Directive, the importance of catchment based flood risk assessment and management has increased tremendously.

Similarly, the low flow hydrological analysis of a stream/river is of utmost important not only to establish quantity and quality of water for abstraction/discharge assessments, but also to achieve the goal set by the EU Water Framework Directive, which requires Ireland and other EU states to achieve good status of all waters by the year 2015.

Services Provided

The experience and expertise of FTC’s engineers, hydrologists and scientists enable us to provide a complete in-house service for detailed flood risk assessments for proposed developments; low flow assessments for abstraction/discharge and any other water quality related works; and catchment level detailed hydrological studies for hydropower and other schemes. Services include;

Representative Experience

Tegral: Low flow assessment of the River Barrow at Srowland
Kildare County Council: Flood assessment of the River Liffey at Sallins for Sallins Bypass
Kilkenny County Council: Assessment of the surface water hydrology of Lough Macask
South Tipperary County Council: Low flow assessment of the Turraheen River for Dundrum Regional Water Supply Scheme
Wexford County Council: Preliminary Flood assessment of the Polehore River
Kerry County Council: Detailed hydrological study of the Gaddagh River for Hags Glen Water Supply and Hydroelectric Scheme
Roadbridge/Sisk: Section 50 applications to OPW for structures and culverts on various roads projects, including Heath Mayfield Motorway, Cashel Bypass,
Direct Route: Section 50 applications to OPW for structures and culverts on Fermoy Bypass
SIAC Wills: Section 50 applications to OPW for structures and culverts on Bundoran Ballyshannon Bypass
Iarnrod Eireann: Section 50 applications to OPW for Kildare Route Project
Cork County Council: Food assessment of the Shournagh River at Tower, Co. Cork
Limerick County Council: Flood assessment of the Ballintotty River, Nenagh By-Pass
Greenstar: Flood Assessment at Ballynagran Landfill Site, Co. Wicklow

Contact Details

Cork
Clodagh O’Donovan
T - 021 4964133
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Dublin

Bernie Guinan 
T - 01 6583500
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