Flooding and drainage

Flooding events result in billions in damage and lost productivity every year. The need for cities and regional areas to understand and mitigate flood risk is a high priority for corporations, governments and communities alike.

Enhancing environmental resilience

Combining the skills and experiences of highly experienced design, engineering and environmental science teams, RPS assists clients to plan, design and develop effective flooding and drainage solutions.

Learning from our work on both large- and small-scale water infrastructure projects, we connect clients with the information, advice and action they need to enhance flood resilience for the cities and communities they’re responsible for.

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Insights

Water sector insights

Britain's Rivers: Up The Creek
- Susana Ochoa Rodriguez
- Martin Spiers
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- UK
Susana Ochoa Rodriguez, Martin Spiers and Celina Wong discuss the condition of Britain’s rivers and how to improve their cleanliness in the future.

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Sweating wastewater data and systems? How to make better decisions faster
- Steve Hogg
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- UK
Steve Hogg looks at how machine learning and artificial intelligence are best implemented into water services and discusses how our own innovative data analysis tool, FlowBot, can achieve quicker, accurate data analysis.

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Innovation in the wastewater sector and the challenges facing water companies
- Steve Hogg
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- UK
To meet the challenges of climate change and a growing population, the wastewater industry needs to continue to make the most of its capital and operational investment.

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