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Dams
Mott MacDonald has been engaged on the identification of dam sites, their design and subsequent construction supervision for over 80 years. We have undertaken projects throughout the world covering all sizes of structure and all major forms of dam. These dams have been provided as part of irrigation, potable and industrial water supply schemes, for hydro-electric generation, for flood control and for groundwater recharge schemes.

Demand Management
Mott MacDonald has been involved in the development of water resources for over 80 years. We have been developing new approaches to traditional problems and have been at the forefront of private finance initiatives and implementation of the concept of improved water management through institutional and policy reform.

Desalination
Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s leading desalination consultants and has implemented over 20% of the world’s multi-stage flash distillation (MSF) plants in the last 45 years. We provide a fully integrated service, covering technical, commercial, regulatory and environmental aspects of desalination as well as combined power/desalination projects. Our expertise covers all the latest desalination technologies including MSF, multiple effect distillation (MED) and reverse osmosis (RO).

Design
We undertake preliminary and detailed designs for all types of infrastructure in the water sector. Our design centre in India provides a high quality design support service to UK, Middle East and African projects.

Development services
We have extensive experience of providing development services in the water, health and education sectors worldwide.

Disaster management
Mott MacDonald has developed considerable experience in providing contingency planning to reduce the potential impact of natural calamities, as well as providing engineering and management skills to assist with programmes of reconstruction following disasters.

Due diligence
The process by which a purchaser of or an investor in a company or business investigates the records or proposals of the target. We have extensive experience in undertaking due diligence studies for water utilities.

Environmental assessment
›We are at the forefront of UK and overseas environmental assessment. Our proposals are prepared in compliance with the National, European and International Regulatory Frameworks. Practical solutions to environmental issues acceptable to all interested parties are sought through consultation with the client, planning authorities, affected communities and statutory and non-statutory bodies.

Environmental audit›
Mott MacDonald is a leading developer of environmental auditing procedures for both the private and the public sectors.

Environmental management and sustainability›
We have recognised the importance of establishing appropriate environmental management procedures in all types of projects and we integrate sound environmental management into projects.

Environmental planning and legislation
›Our expertise in the environmental planning and management covers environmental modelling, environmental impact assessment, river and lake pollution abatement, industrial air and water pollution, eco-tourism, ecology, bio-diversity, wetlands, coastal environmental development and waste management.

Expert witness
Expert witness is a person who is a specialist in a subject, often technical, who may present his/her expert opinion. Our staff are often called upon as expert witnesses.

Farm reservoirs
To increase the reliability of water available for irrigation use there has been a significant increase of on-farm storage in recent years. This is particularly common in the agricultural areas of East Anglia. The storage has normally been off-stream with bunded reservoirs formed from cut and fill on the site. Where feasible, clayey and silty materials from the site have been used to line the reservoir, otherwise geotextile liners can be used. Mott MacDonald is able to provide the full range of consultancy services required for the investigation, design, supervision of construction and provision of the necessary Reservoirs Act statutory certificates and reports.

Feasibility studies
Mott MacDonald has worldwide experience in undertaking feasibility studies for water and wastewater projects ranging from schemes serving large cities to small rural areas. The feasibility study identifies alternative solutions and investigates each in terms of environmental impact, technology, ability to meet the demand and cost. Stakeholders are frequently consulted. Each alternative solution is costed including environmental costs and a cost benefit analysis is carried out through economic and financial analysis. Affordability and tariff studies often form part of this process.

Financial and economic modelling
These often form key components of our water projects and can include Cost-Benefit Analysis, full risk analysis; quantifiable economic benefits; shadow conversion factors; options analysis; detailed costing of chosen options, sensitivity analysis; water demand/wastewater flow forecasts and determination of discount rate.

Flood protection
Mott MacDonald has grown a large and diverse flood management division, capable of undertaking studies in relation to all aspects of flood risk management: flood risk mapping, catchment flood management and flood forecasting in the UK, Europe and Asia.

Frameworks
Frameworks enable clients to appoint consultants and contractors to undertake packages of work in a cost-effective way by removing the need for extensive bidding procedures. Mott MacDonald has worked on framework agreements for the major of the UK water plcs as well as for clients internationally.