Hydraulic engineering is a subdiscipline of civil and environmental engineering that applies fluid mechanics, hydrology, and sediment transport theory to the analysis, design, and management of systems involving water in both natural and built environments. It encompasses the quantitative characterization of surface and groundwater flow, open-channel and pressurized pipe hydraulics, and fluid–structure interactions, supporting the design of dams, spillways, levees, canals, stormwater and wastewater networks, and coastal and riverine protection works. Research in hydraulic engineering often addresses flow modeling, flood risk assessment, erosion and sediment dynamics, ecohydraulics, and the optimization of infrastructure for water resources utilization and hazard mitigation.
Recent University of Toronto Ph.D. graduate Gabrielle Migliato Marega (CivMin) has developed an improved tool for estimating how much water from heavy rains ends up in sanitary sewers. The tool is particularly useful in areas ...
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Beaver dams are critical to river health and a source of biodiversity. They create wetlands, slow water and improve water quality. They also reduce flood peaks and delay runoff. But beaver dams are often blamed when extreme ...
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A study led by Francisco Vallés Morán, a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) at the Universitat Politècnica de València, has analyzed in detail the flooding caused by the DANA on 29 ...
Environment
Feb 13, 2026
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McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb antimicrobial resistance ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 4, 2026
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New research, led by Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Lea Dasallas at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), shows that even shallow floodwater can be powerful enough to knock people off their feet or sweep vehicles ...
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Feb 2, 2026
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On Jan. 23, the Trump administration gave its approval for plans to build Sites Reservoir, a vast 13-mile-long off-stream lake north of Sacramento that would provide water to 500,000 acres of Central Valley farmland and 24 ...
Environment
Jan 26, 2026
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When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect infrastructure and communities from 50- and 100-year floods. But as climate change increases the frequency and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 8, 2026
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An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking the Gries dam in Valais Canton as a case study.
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Oct 9, 2025
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Uttarakhand, referred to as the land of gods, is also known as the energy state of India. It is home to several fast-flowing rivers at high altitudes that serve as the perfect backdrop for harnessing energy from water to ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2025
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The catastrophic floods that hit the Texas Hill Country in July left residents and officials scrambling for answers. In response, the Hydrology & Hydroinformatics Innovation (H2I) Lab at The University of Texas at Arlington, ...
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