Water Resources Engineering & Environmental Design
When your infrastructure intersects with water, you need a partner that delivers an integrated approach that protects the environment and gains efficient approvals to avoid costly delays. Our team delivers practical design solutions that integrate engineering with surface water, groundwater, geomorphology, ecology, and planning. We provide solutions built on experience, strong local environmental and regulatory knowledge, and analytical and modelling tools. Whether our designs include a simple culvert installation, a natural channel system, or a flood risk mitigation strategy, we provide creative and cost‑effective solutions for your project.
Key Analysis, Planning, and Design services include:
- Stormwater Management Infrastructure
- Riverine Erosion Control Structures
- Integrated River Engineering and Geomorphology
- Coastal Erosion Control Structures
- Urban Collection System Modeling
- Flood Hazard Assessment and Mitigation
- Water Quality Modeling
- Bridge and Culvert Hydrology/Hydraulics
- Watershed Hydrology
- Watershed Planning
- Contract Administration and Construction Inspection
Key Analysis, Planning and Design services include:
- Stormwater Management Infrastructure
- Riverine Erosion Control Structures
- Integrated River Engineering and Geomorphology
- Coastal Erosion Control Structures
- Urban Collection System Modeling
- Flood Hazard Assessment and Mitigation
- Water Quality Modeling
- Bridge and Culvert Hydrology/Hydraulics
- Watershed Hydrology
- Watershed Planning
- Contract Administration and Construction Inspection
Related Projects
Strathcona Berm Stabilization Project
The Project is located near the City of Edmonton in Strathcona County. A front‑end engineering design study was completed by the client to determine the stability of the slopes adjacent to the site as well as identifying other reclamation concerns.
Flood Mitigation Study for New Hamburg
The Town of New Hamburg is located along the Nith River and is one of 27 municipal flood damage centres in the Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA’s) jurisdiction. The Town was established and developed in the Nith River floodplain and is subject to routine nuisance flooding; in addition to significant flooding events in 1975, 2008, and most recently in February 2018 and January 2020. Matrix was retained to estimate average annual flood damage costs associated with existing flooding, develop and evaluate potential mitigation strategies, and provide support for two Public Information Centres (PICs).
Canmore Cougar Creek Debris Flood Retention
Heavy rains in the Bow Valley in 2013 caused a debris flood on Cougar Creek that resulted in widespread damage to municipal infrastructure, homes, property, businesses, the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1A, and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Town of Canmore invested significant time and effort in evaluating different mitigation options and, as a result, proposed the construction of a debris flood retention structure.