Marondera integrated urban water management Master Plan project
At the African Water Facility (AWF) Governing Council meeting held in Harare, Zimbabwe in November 2013, the Government of Zimbabwe expressed its interest to be included in the “Cities of the Future” Program. This concept encompasses “Integrated Urban Water Management” (IUWM) principles. Marondera is the provincial capital of Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe, located about 70 km east of [...]
Drainage Plan of the Lujan river basin, Argentina
Latin America is the second-most urbanized region in the planet with 8 out of 10 people living in cities. Over the last 10 years there has been an increase in the frequency, magnitude and duration of urban flash flooding incidences in Lujan river basin (2,856 km² with 18 cities for a total of 2,795,648 inhabitants) during or after occurrence [...]
Water resource use and availability in the Fucino plateau (Abruzzo,Italy)
The Fucino catchment (862 km²) is located to the east of Rome and is an important agricultural area for horticulture, cereals and fodder crops. The area has supported highly productive agricultural systems based on an abstraction of surface water and groundwater from public and private wells and a large system of irrigation and drainage canals. Over the last 20 [...]
Hydraulic and river/coastal morphodynamic studies in Pescara, Italy
Pescara is one of the biggest coastal cities in Italy, at particular risk from flooding given its population density, coastal nature, high proportion of unplanned settlements, and environmental degradation. The urban drainage for storm water is inadequate. The Italian government is currently financing transformative flood control investments in Pescara City’ Pescara River, a densely populated and environmentally degraded river [...]
Feasibility study and detailed design for irrigation and drainage
The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration (MARDWA) of Albania intended to appoint a specialized International Consulting Engineer to carry out consultations with local stakeholders of 5 irrigation schemes (39,810 ha) about the available options of irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation and modernization and then based on the outcomes to prepare a feasibility study for each scheme and after [...]
Protection of Vicenza city against floods: design and construction of a flood retention basin
On 1 November 2010, an extreme rainfall event hit the Veneto region, and in particular the Cities of Verona, Vicenza and Padua. After that event, the Veneto Region, entrusted BETA Studio with the final design of a retention basin along the Timonchio river. This is the most significant intervention of all the measures to reduce flood risk and improve [...]