Safeguarding Reservoirs: Advanced Flood Routing Solutions
Tuesday 25th February | 12 PM GMT
Flood study assessments are a standard requirement for impounding reservoirs and are typically mandated as safety matters for sites where reservoir embankment failure could pose a risk to life in the community (Category A Dams).
Using Flood Modeller for integrated modelling of reservoir cascades, Jacobs has refined the procedure for flood study hydraulic and hydrology analyses, focusing on sites in the north-west of England.
In this webinar, Jane Sellars, Hydraulic Modeller at Jacobs, will cover the development of the reservoir modelling process, from simple rapid analysis to sophisticated hydrodynamic models. She will also discuss the representation of key appurtenant structures such as overflows, spillways, by-wash channels, and catchwater transfers.
This webinar will also highlight the issues with integrating complex structures and arrangements outside of standard 1D hydraulic equations, including the use of physical model test data and modelling of overflows using a fine-grid 2D model.
Our presenter
Jane Sellars, Hydraulic Modeller - Jacobs
Jane is a hydraulic modeller with 5 years experience working on projects relating to design optioneering, flood risk mitigation, surface water flood mapping and reservoir inundation mapping. Key clients Jane has led projects for are the Environment Agency and Department for Infrastructure. While on secondment at United Utilities, she has focused on developing best practice for reservoir hydrology and modelling.