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Water Resources Management

Effective water management depends on a coordinated and integrated approach to strengthen resilience and protect ecosystems

From climate risk to rising demand, water systems today are under growing pressure. Issues such as flooding, droughts, sea-level rise and ecosystem degradation require a coordinated, system-wide approach to water resources management.

Jacobs works with clients across the full water cycle to protect rivers, coasts and ecosystems while building strong, resilient infrastructure that supports local and regional priorities. We collaborate with communities to advance water stewardship, manage risk and secure reliable water for the future.

OneWater Integration

Managing all water across natural and built systems as a single, connected resource.

Resilience at Scale

Building resilience to human, natural and climate-related threats including flooding, erosion, drought, wildfire, extreme heat and cyber threats.

Working with Nature

Incorporating nature-based solutions to protect water resources, ecosystems and communities.

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Protecting rivers, coasts and ecosystems while building strong, resilient water infrastructure.

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Water Supply Management

We work with communities and industry to deliver water resources solutions that manage supply across the full water cycle — surface water, groundwater, reuse and desalination. Using integrated planning and modeling, we strengthen water security, drought resilience and long-term system reliability.

Stormwater and Watershed Management

We deliver stormwater and green infrastructure solutions that manage runoff, improve water quality and reduce flood risk — protecting environmental health across watersheds and catchments while creating more resilient, livable urban spaces.

Coastal Resilience

Coastal communities are facing increased flooding and erosion. We deliver adaptive, nature-based and engineered solutions that protect infrastructure, ecosystems and livelihoods.

Flood Resilience

Jacobs enables clients to understand and reduce flood impacts through advanced modeling and planning services that integrate a range of mitigation strategies to protect people, assets and critical services.

Ecosystem Restoration

Healthy ecosystems build resilience. From fish barrier removal to urban stream naturalization, we restore rivers, wetlands and habitats to improve water quality and support biodiversity.

Sewer Overflow Solutions

Using a hybrid approach that blends engineering, tunneling, nature-based solutions and advanced analytics, we develop sewer overflow solutions that reduce spills and overflows, protect communities and restore waterways and ecosystems.

Industrial Water

Across life sciences, energy, electronics and manufacturing, we deliver integrated industrial water solutions that support sustainable water resources management, secure supply, reduce environmental risk and improve long-term operational resilience.

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How a coordinated and integrated approach to water resources management strengthens resilience and protects ecosystems

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Jacobs supports communities to manage flood, drought, coastal and climate risks using integrated planning, advanced modeling and adaptive strategies and designs. With integrated water resources management, we assess vulnerabilities, test scenarios and deliver solutions that protect people, habitats, infrastructure and essential services.

Jacobs manages stormwater from an individual site to the full watershed using a mix of nature-based solutions, engineered infrastructure, system planning and data-driven design. This integrated approach reduces flooding, improves water quality and strengthens environmental and community resilience.

Jacobs combines understanding of future conditions, flood modeling and nature-based and engineered solutions to reduce risks from inland and coastal flooding, sea-level rises and extreme storms. We plan, design and manage adaptive infrastructure built to perform over time including urban mitigation solutions and coastal and riverine protection.

Jacobs prevents sewer overflows by delivering hybrid solutions that blend engineering, tunneling, green infrastructure and system analytics — enabling real-time optimization using AI-powered tools like Aqua DNA. This approach reduces spills and overflows, protects public health, improves water quality and integrates sewer overflow management with other community needs.

Integrated Catchment Management

Turning fragmented water challenges into coordinated, catchment-wide action.

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Digital & AI for Water

From Intelligent O&M to Aqua DNA, Jacobs applies digital and AI to enhance how water systems are planned, delivered and operated, making infrastructure more responsive, more efficient and more resilient.

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Flood IQ: AI-powered intelligence for proactive flood resilience.

Flood IQ connects rainfall, local drainage systems, rivers, coastal conditions and infrastructure into a single intelligence layer - enabling faster forecasting, coordinated response and data-driven resilience planning across communities.

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