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Water Resources Engineering

Design of a New Lake Outfall

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling

Lake Outfall

Riggs was retained to complete the marine design component of a sewer outfall. The tasks included characterizing the coastal environment, carrying out dispersion modeling and design calculations, marine surveys (soundings, side-scan sonar, and underwater video recording), and the design of an optimum configuration of the outfall diffuser. All field investigations were undertaken using in-house equipment including a Trimble GPS, RESON echo sounder and Imagenex sidescan sonar.  


Detailed plans and specifications were prepared for all in-water components of the work. The diffuser design took into consideration concerns related to ice damage and on-going maintenance. A detailed design was undertaken to identify the most appropriate lake bed scour protection, pipe and protective rock placement, and installation of reinforced concrete pipeline anchors.

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling

Port Stanley hydrotechnical study

Riggs has recently completed a hydrotechnical study on behalf of the Kettle Creek Conservation Authority. As part of the study, a hydrologic model of the Kettle Creek watershed was developed. The objective of the hydrologic modeling was to quantify the response of the watershed to high intensity short duration storm events. The model was calibrated and verified using existing data. Following calibration, precipitation inputs were prepared to simulate a regulatory storm event. Flows obtained from the hydrologic model were subsequently used to delineate the extent of flooding.  


Hydraulic modelling within the town of Port Stanley was carried out to establish flood lines for a number of different scenarios related to harbour dredging. It was established that different harbour configurations (dredged to full draft, dredged to recreational draft, or fully silted) could produce markedly different upstream flooding impacts. The scenarios of our study were presented both to the conservation authority and municipal officials, as well as to local interested residents.

  • Dredging
  • Hydrographic Surveying
  • Numerical Modelling
  • Environmental Sampling

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Phone: 519-657-1040

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