Idrostudi develops advanced solutions for water distribution systems (WDS) and sewerage networks, applying academic and field-tested knowledge to improve system performance and management, in Italy and worlwide. Through numerical modelling, design and optimisation, the company supports innovative engineering practices that enhance the efficiency, reliability and resilience of water-supply and wastewater infrastructures.
This project supports the Jordan Valley Authority in strengthening dam safety management across Jordan through both institutional improvement and dam-specific technical assessments.
The objective is to improve risk-informed decision-making and the long-term safety of Jordan’s dams.
It includes reviewing dam safety standards, guidelines, matrices and risk-indexing tools; carrying out detailed safety assessments of priority dams; undertaking instrumentation and hydrological assessments for the wider dam portfolio, including climate-resilience considerations; evaluating environmental and social aspects; and preparing tender and contract documentation for priority rehabilitation, monitoring and remedial works.
Idrostudi is a project partner, together with other suppliers, and is responsible for the hydrological and hydraulic assessments.
The Idrostudi Team focuses on:
- Reviewing and updating the hydrological basis of the dam safety assessments, including available studies, design rainfall, design floods, and reservoir inflow assumptions.
- Carrying out hydrological and hydraulic assessments of the selected dams, with particular attention to spillway adequacy, flood routing, and extreme-event performance.
- Assessing the implications of climate change on hydrological conditions and dam safety criteria, including the review of alternative future scenarios and their potential impact on design parameters.
- Supporting the identification of risk reduction, adaptation, and operational measures where deficiencies or safety concerns are identified.
- Training in hydrologic and hydraulic modelling applied to dam safety, including the estimation of extreme precipitation and flood events (PMP/PMF), dam breach analysis, and unsteady flow modelling using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS.
- The course also covers the use of GIS tools for hydrologic modelling, flood inundation mapping, and consequence assessment.
