Dams and Hydropower
Services to Support Dam Safety and Hydropower
Anchor QEA’s biologists, scientists, planners, engineers, and landscape architects work closely with clients to achieve common goals for fisheries, habitat restoration, dam safety, and water resources projects. Through their accomplishments, Anchor QEA has earned a reputation for our proactive approach to projects, technical expertise, quality of work, and commitment to meeting schedules and budgets.
Our energetic and talented team of engineers works closely with clients to achieve common goals on water resources projects ranging from dam failure analyses to river rehabilitation designs and sediment transport evaluations. We work closely with regulatory agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to ensure our projects meet the most rigorous standards.
We provide a full range of engineering services to dam owners, including safety inspections, rehabilitation designs, engineering analyses, dam failure analysis, Emergency Action Plans, and Inspection Operation and Maintenance Plans in accordance with FERC Engineering Guidelines.
Anchor QEA also provides a full range of science and engineering services, including the following:
- Dam Inspections
- Flood Studies
- 1D and 2D River Modeling
- Hydrodynamic (CFD) Modeling
- Fish Passage Engineering and Evaluations
- Spillway Evaluation and Design
- Dam Removal, Fluvial Geomorphology, and Riverine Assessments
- Inundation Mapping and Emergency Management
- Field Studies and Surveying
- Habitat Restoration and Mitigation
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