Search
Nominate/Submit Case Studies
Job Board

Binnies

Environment Agency’s 2024 Mapping & Modelling Framework

WSP and Binnies JV appointed by the Environment Agency to Mapping and Modelling Framework to deliver flood risk mapping and modelling
By: WSP & Binnies
Published: May 2, 2024

 

The Environment Agency’s (EA) 2024 Mapping and Modelling Framework (MMF) will be used to deliver national, catchment and local scale flood risk mapping and modelling to support the EA’s understanding and communication of climate change associated flood risk both strategically and to support flood forecasting.

Leading multidisciplinary professional services consultancy WSP and Binnies, whole lifecycle water and environmental services provider, have been appointed in joint venture to the EA’s 2024 MMF to deliver national, catchment and local scale flood risk mapping and modelling.

WSP and Binnies are amongst six delivery partners supporting the national framework at a value of £52.5m over 3 years, with the option of an additional year at a value of up to £17.5m. Building on the existing successful relationship WSP and Binnies have with the EA, they will draw on the expertise of their respective water teams, providing a range of services including:

  • National Modelling.
  • Fluvial.
  • Open Coast.
  • Coastal Erosion and Tidal Modelling.
  • Surface, Groundwater and Sewerage Modelling.
  • Survey and Mapping.

The work carried out under the framework will be critical in providing the evidence required to understand the impact of our changing climate. The EA will then be able to update their long-term investment scenarios to produce more detailed insights into future flood and coastal risk which in turn will help inform the pipeline of future risk management requirements.

Sonya Evans, 2024 MMF Framework Manager at the EA, said:

“The Mapping and Modelling Framework underpins the work of the Environment Agency, enabling our teams to make informed investment decisions based on data and evidence. The high standard of tender submissions shows the skills and capabilities of the UK industry, and we look forward to working with the successful delivery partners both nationally and locally.”

Dr Kat Ibbotson, Strategic Advisory Director at WSP, said: 

“Due to climate change, we are facing increased risk of flooding across the country. The MMF will be fundamental in providing the evidence required to mitigate these risks and inform solutions taken forward. It is fantastic to be involved in this work and we’re looking forward to bringing our expertise in mapping and modelling to ensure the country is more resilient and able to adapt to a changing climate.” 

Kevin Simpson, Flooding, Coastal and Maritime Director at Binnies UK, said: 

“Having been at the forefront of digital innovation in the modelling of major water and environmental infrastructure schemes, it is exciting to be involved in the new Mapping & Modelling Framework where we will support the Environment Agency with their goal of delivering a nation resilient to climate change.”

 

 

About the Environment Agency

The EA is the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England. We exist to create better places for people and wildlife and our current five-year action plan, EA2025, sets out how we will deliver this.

About WSP

WSP is a world-leading multi-disciplinary professional services consulting firm which supports significant projects in both the built and natural environments. We provide engineering, planning and design services to public and private sector clients in the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, earth and environment, power and energy, resources and industry sectors, as well as a strategic advisory offering.

Our team of over 9,000 technical specialists and strategic advisers in the UK is part of a talented family of over 67,000 global changemakers, transforming what’s possible to build a smarter, greener future for all. Together, we deliver innovative solutions to solve complex problems for our clients and the communities we serve, meeting both the needs of today and addressing the challenges of tomorrow

 About Binnies

Binnies UK is a global engineering and environmental consultancy that has been at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure development for over a century. Through eco-conscious methodologies and digital ingenuity, we deliver pragmatic, sustainable solutions for water utilities, government regulatory agencies, infrastructure and industrial clients.

Our experts focus on efficient delivery using a whole lifecycle planning and design approach offering long term environmental and social infrastructure solutions. We align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to create a more environmentally responsible and resilient world, delivering on low and zero carbon initiatives.

At Binnies you are part of a family that encourages multi-disciplinary professionals to collaborate and achieve excellence. Our people champion diversity and unity harnessing a positive environment for employee wellbeing. We are part of the 14,000-member strong RSK Group.

We stand beside our clients in the pursuit of a better world.

 

 

Whitehall Distribution Service Reservoir (2023)
Whitehall Distribution Service Reservoir (DSR) is located on Stronsay, one of the north isles in Orkney, located 25 miles to the north of the Orkney mainland. The isle is home to 350 residents and is accessible by public ferry and plane. The Stronsay WTW that feeds the DSR is 300m to the south of the […]
case-study
Keadby Terminal Assisted Outfall Pumping Station (2022)
Keadby Terminal Assisted Outfall (TAO) Pumping Station is at the end of an intricate system of rivers and pumping stations within the low-lying Isle of Axholme catchment in Lincolnshire. It was originally built in the 1940s to discharge water from three parallel channels known as the Three Rivers, into the River Trent during high tides. […]
case-study
Ely Bridge Tree Catcher (2022)
As the River Ely flows towards Cardiff Bay, it passes under the A48 Cowbridge Road bridge in Cardiff. During periods of heavy rainfall, debris collects around the bridge’s central pier, reducing the capacity of the bridge and partially blocking the flow of the river. Blockages significantly increase flood risk locally, and once debris has accumulated, […]
case-study
Rosebery WTW (2021)
Located in Temple, near Gorebridge, in Midlothian, Scotland, Rosebery WTW treats raw water sourced from Megget and Gladhouse Reservoirs which is blended at the works inlet. The blended raw water is generally low in turbidity (2.0 NTU 95%ile), moderate colour (63 mg/l Pt/Co 95%ile), with average to high metals concentrations (55 to 300ug/l Mn, Al, […]
case-study
Craighead WTW (2021)
Craighead WTW is a new water treatment works located on a greenfield site close to the existing works in the north-east of Scotland. The project objective is to improve the treatment of water to the customers of the town of Huntley and surrounding areas. The existing Craighead WTW has reached the end of its economic […]
case-study
Roundknowe CRFP (2020)
In 2017, aBV – a joint venture between Amey and Black and Veatch (now Binnies), and Environmental Techniques approached client Scottish Water about utilising carbon fibre (CFRP) and glass fibre (GFRP) to provide a 60-year rehabilitation technique to an existing pipe bridge; an approach that has never been used before in the UK Water Industry. […]
case-study
Tarbert WTW (2020)
Tarbert WTW is located on the edge of Loch Fyne, an inland sea loch, west of the small village of Tarbert in Argyll & Bute. The water treatment works is supplied from the Loch a’ Chaorainn located 5 miles north-west of the treatment works, serving a population of approximately 3,000. To remove the risk of […]
case-study
Invercannie WTW (2020)
Located to the West of the town of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scottish Water’s Invercannie WTW is currently a 49 Ml/d water treatment works which serves the local population as well as providing raw and treated water to Mannofield WTW in Aberdeen via two 28km aqueducts (one laid in 1866 and the other in 1924). The treatment […]
case-study
Uig WTW (2020)
Uig WTW is located on the west coast of Lewis and provides potable water to the community of around 500 residents, with a significant tourist increase in the summer months. The works are gravity-fed by a high-level loch around 2km from the site. Treated water is then pumped from the water treatment works to a […]
case-study
Ardersier WwTW (2019)
Ardersier is located on the Moray Firth some 11 miles east of Inverness. The wastewater treatment works serves the town of Ardersier and the surrounding area including Inverness Airport and Fort George Barracks. It currently serves a population of less than 2,000 but there are significant developments planned in the area with a long-term future […]
case-study
Bradan WTW (2019)
Located in South Ayrshire, Scotland, Bradan Water Treatment Works (WTW) has a capacity of 120 Ml/day, with an output of approximately 70 Ml/day. The existing treatment processes comprise aluminium sulphate coagulation, dissolved air flotation, primary filtration, manganese contactors, orthophosphate dosing, lime and disinfection. The works supplies a large area along the west coast of Scotland, […]
case-study
Glenlatterach WTW (2019)
Located south of the town of Elgin in the north east of Scotland, Scottish Water’s Glenlatterach WTW is situated in the heart of Speyside, home to some of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery as well as roughly half of all of the whisky distilleries operating in Scotland. Raw water is abstracted from the Glenlatterach Reservoir and […]
case-study
Inverurie WwTW (2019)
Inverurie Wastewater Treatment Works lies on the banks of the River Don in Aberdeenshire, at the confluence with the River Urie, and serves a current population of approximately 28,000 people with substantial future growth within the catchment forecasted. This project has been initiated by Scottish Water to provide compliance with new nutrient discharge consents under […]
case-study
Loch Ness Regional WTW (2019)
Loch Ness Regional is a new multi-site £22m water treatment works and infrastructure project for Scottish Water improving the water supply to their customers from the villages of Fort Augustus and Invermoriston, both to the south of Inverness. Located on the banks of Loch Ness, the project’s objective is to improve the treatment of water […]
case-study
Stromness Wastewater Network (2019)
Stromness is a town situated around the sheltered bay of Hamnavoe on the west of Orkney’s mainland. It has a population of approximately 2200 inhabitants and a population equivalent (PE) of 2,600, due to the local industry; which is expected to grow to 3,600 in the years ahead. The town has a dramatic and unique […]
case-study
Bristol Water Southern Strategic Support Main (2018)
The Southern Strategic Support Main (SSSM) comprises a 700mm diameter pipe line between Barrow WTW in south Bristol to Sandford, a distance of 19km, and a 600mm diameter pipe line between Cheddar WTW and Banwell a distance of 11km. The two pipelines connect at Sandford. The project commenced with a review of the outline proposal […]
case-study
Cheddar Pumping Station (2018)
The Southern Resilience Scheme is a new £27m water infrastructure project that provides improved security of water supply to a population of approximately 280,000 people across Bristol Water’s supply area. The scheme comprises a new 30km ductile iron main of 600mm and 700mm diameters, as well as the upgrade of the existing pumping station at […]
case-study
Inverurie WwTW (2018)
Inverurie WwTW is located in Aberdeenshire in the north-east of Scotland and provides sewage treatment for Inverurie and the surrounding area including Blackburn, Kintore and Port Elphinstone. It currently serves a population of 28,000, but Inverurie is one of the most rapidly growing towns in terms of population in the UK, with an estimated population […]
case-study
Lochaline Water Quality Upgrade Project (2018)
The Lochaline Water Quality Upgrade Project required the design and delivery of a whole new water treatment works at Lochaline in the remote Morven Peninsula. A modern and compact membrane based treatment technology was selected which would support a rapid and efficient delivery strategy. The key to the delivery strategy was an on off-site modular […]
case-study
Swinstie Pipe Bridge Replacement (2018)
The existing Swinstie Pipe Bridge is located near Cleland, North Lanarkshire, and the structure supports a 450mm diameter iron gravity sewer pipe across the narrow, steep sided river valley of the Swinstie Burn towards Swinstie WwTW. The existing pipe bridge dates from the 1950s and has exhibited signs of severe distress for a number of […]
case-study
River Thames Scheme (2018)
Big problems require bold solutions. That is what the Environment Agency (EA) is proposing with the River Thames Scheme. The EA is tasked with protecting one of the most developed, yet undefended, flood plains in England – the River Thames between Windsor in Berkshire and the western fringes of greater London – an area with […]
case-study
Bransholme Surface Water Pumping Station (2017)
Hull’s response to the 2007 flooding that affected thousands of homes in the Bransholme catchment is now complete and operational. This saw Yorkshire Water appoint Black & Veatch (now Binnies) to carry out a feasibility study followed by a design and build contract for a new pumping station. The new Bransholme Surface Water Pumping Station (SWPS), […]
case-study
DCWW Wastewater Treatment Works Rationalisation (2017)
While the investment by the regulated water sector of England and Wales is governed by a five-yearly cycle, this investment relates to what are long-lived assets. Decisions about when to undertake capital investment and what to include in a capital programme have a direct bearing on the operating costs associated with the assets. Ultimately the […]
case-study
Gorbals Pumping Station and Drumboy Hill DSR (2017)
Scottish Water has undertaken a £120m drinking water improvement scheme in Ayrshire to meet water quality compliance objectives and provide increased resilience of supply to five operational areas. The scheme involves the transfer of water from the Milngavie WTW located north of Glasgow to the Ayrshire region southwest of the city. The scheme makes use […]
case-study
Derby Flood Prevention Scheme (2016)
Our City Our River is a project to reduce the risk of flooding in Derby. The city’s existing flood defences are reaching the end of their design life, meaning a severe flood event would have a major impact on homes, businesses and infrastructure; as well as several important heritage sites. More than 2,000 properties are […]
case-study
Elmvale Row Sewer Flooding Prevention Scheme (2016)
Elmvale Row is located in the Springburn area in the North of Glasgow City and is comprised of three and four storey residential tenement buildings and residential parking. Land use in the surrounding area includes commercial, residential, parkland and a primary school. The topography of the area and capacity of the existing sewer system has […]
case-study
Tidal Energy Converter - Phase 2 (2015)
Studies have demonstrated that Great Britain has a globally significant tidal energy potential. Harnessing this natural resource and making tidal energy cost effective, and therefore attractive to investors, is now the marine energy industry’s primary challenge. The Tidal Energy Converter (TEC) project is run by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Cost of energy (CoE) is […]
case-study
Wetherby STW (2016)
Wetherby STW is the wastewater treatment facility for the market town of Wetherby and its surrounding area. It has a population of approximately 23,000 people and is mainly unaffected by seasonal variations other than the local Wetherby Race Course. As there is no direct connection from the racecourse to the sewage treatment works, all racecourse […]
case-study
Llwyn Onn WTW (2013)
The original Llwyn Onn WTW was constructed during World War II, to supply water for a munitions factory in Wrexham. Water is abstracted from the Dee and pumped to the Marchwiel Reservoir before treatment at Llwyn Onn. Raw water quality is reliable, but the upland sources in particular result in high levels of manganese. Although […]
case-study
Contact Info
60 High Street, Redhill, RH1 1SH
01737 774155
Email Us
Visit Website