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Integrated Catchment Management

Turning fragmented water challenges into coordinated, catchment-wide action

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Water challenges don’t stop at asset lines — solutions shouldn’t either. Managing the increasing needs of flood resilience, water security and ecosystem health demands a whole-catchment approach that aligns infrastructure, policy and communities.

Jacobs’ integrated catchment management approach brings organizations together to co-plan, design, fund and deliver sustainable catchments and watersheds — combining digital insight, total value assessment, natural capital and social value tools to prioritize actions that work for people and nature.

Reduce flood and drought risk

Target catchment actions that lower climate risk and protect communities.

Improve water quality

Coordinate interventions that restore rivers and reduce pollution at source.

Unlock smarter investment

Align funding and priorities to deliver greater value across the catchment.

Integrated water management in action

Connecting data, nature and decision-making to deliver better outcomes across the whole catchment

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Whole-Catchment Planning

Coordinating actions across assets, land use and stakeholders.

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Digital Insight and Modeling

Using data and analytics to target interventions and track outcomes.

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Total Value Assessment

Comparing options using environmental, social and economic value.

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Nature-Led Infrastructure

Leveraging natural systems to reduce risk and enhance ecosystem health.

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Connecting data, stakeholders and investment through integrated catchment management

Integrated catchment management brings stakeholders together to plan at the scale water systems operate. Using systems thinking and a OneWater approach, we align environmental, social and economic priorities across the whole catchment — the entire area where rainfall and runoff flow into a common water body. Digital insight, natural capital and social value tools compare options and make trade-offs visible, while coordinated funding strategies turn shared priorities into deliverable action.

Integrated catchment management, explained

How a whole-system approach brings people, nature and investment together to deliver shared water outcomes

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Integrated catchment management is a collaborative, systems-thinking approach where decisions are made across the whole catchment — measuring impacts for all stakeholders and using social value and natural capital tools to prioritize actions that deliver shared benefits.

We bring organizations together to co-plan, design, fund and deliver sustainable catchments. Our approach combines total value assessment, funding strategies and a portfolio approach that blends nature-based, digital and traditional measures.

It means evaluating options based on the outcomes they deliver — environmental and social benefits alongside economic considerations — so decisions cover much more than a single-cost lens, they reflect what matters most across the whole catchment.

Yes. By aligning priorities early and building co-funding strategies — including private-sector opportunities — integrated catchment management can broaden investment and support in sharing benefits, costs and risk across stakeholders.

We plan portfolios that combine nature based solutions with traditional measures and digital insight, so interventions work together. This improves resilience, supports nature recovery and delivers benefits at different scales.

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