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. Given its unparalleled power, water — and humankind’s efforts to tame, harness, and exploit it — commands a common thread in the history of civilizations.

At Taylor Engineering, engineers in the Hydrology and Hydraulics (H&H) group study the motion of water as it moves 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, the H&H group supports the company’s civil, coastal, dredged material, waterfront, and environmental projects; 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
• Ecosystem restoration
• Evaluation and design of flood and erosion protection systems
• Expert witness
• FEMA - LOMR, LOMA
• FEMA flood insurance studies
• Floodplain management
• GIS programming and applications
• Groundwater modeling
• Hurricane and flood damage assessments
• Hydrodynamic modeling, 2-D, 3-D
• Hydrologic modeling
• Hydrology and hydraulics
• Minimum flows and levels
• Modeling and design of flood control and water distribution / supply systems
• Monitoring
• Non-point source water quality modeling
• Rainfall/runoff modeling
• Scour modeling
• Sediment transport and water quality modeling
• Site development
• Stakeholder outreach
• Stormwater management
• Surface and groundwater interaction
• TMDL development
• Water quality studies and modeling
• Watershed and riverine modeling
• Watershed management and planning

Hydrology & Hydraulics brochure