Engineering excellence

Green Hippo Innovations provides specialist engineering services focused on the optimisation, design, and analysis of water infrastructure. Our approach combines sound theoretical principles with extensive practical experience, ensuring that every solution is both technically robust and constructible. We are committed to delivering efficient, cost-effective systems that support long-term operational resilience and environmental sustainability.

Water infrastructure represents a significant capital investment and offers valuable opportunities for optimisation. At GHI, we apply a systems-based approach to design, considering the full asset life cycle from planning and construction to operation and maintenance. Our philosophy is to design systems that are easy to inspect, operate, and maintain, ensuring long-term performance with reduced life cycle costs.

Pipeline Design

We provide comprehensive pipeline engineering services, including:

Conceptual designs

Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies

Cost optimisation considering both capital and O&M costs

Route alignment and material selection

Hydraulic design and surge analysis

Valve selection, sizing, and layout design

Development of specifications, BoQs, and data sheets

Hydropower

We offer turnkey small hydropower development services with a focus on hidden and unconventional hydro:

Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies

Capacity sizing and energy generation estimation

Water use license applications

Detailed civil, mechanical, and electrical design

Hydrological analysis and flood line determination

Owner’s Engineer role, construction supervision, and contract management

Pump Stations

Our pump station services cover the full project life cycle:

Conceptual planning and hydraulic assessment

3D design of structural, mechanical, and electrical components

Design of intake structures and storage reservoirs

Development of control philosophies and instrumentation plans

Supervision of installation, commissioning, and construction

Preparation of contract-ready documentation

Hydraulic Surge Analysis

Our surge analysis services help protect systems from damaging transients:

Steady-state and transient hydraulic modelling

Surge mitigation strategy development

Control philosophy and operational protocol development

Specification of surge protection equipment

Transient monitoring with high-frequency data logging equipment and flow meters

Flood Estimation

We specialise in regional and site-specific flood estimation to support infrastructure design and risk management:

Catchment delineation and hydrological modelling

Determination of design floods using statistical and deterministic methods

Assessment of climate change impacts on flood magnitude

Integration of GIS tools for spatially referenced outputs

Flood mapping and delineation of risk zones

Stormwater Management

We offer advanced hydraulic modelling and design services for open channel systems:

Design of stormwater drainage networks

Detention and retention pond sizing

Integration of Low Impact Development (LID) and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

EPASWMM and GIS-based stormwater modelling

Urban flood mitigation and management

Free Surface Flow Assessments

We offer advanced hydraulic modelling and design services for open channel systems:

River and canal flow modelling using 1D and 2D numerical modelling

Spillway and weir design

Flow transition and supercritical flow analysis

Floodplain assessments and dam break scenarios

Research

We conduct applied, interdisciplinary water engineering research focused on hydropower development, hydraulic infrastructure optimisation, and sustainable water management solutions tailored to the African context.

Hydropower and renewable energy

Pipeline and hydraulic system optimisation

Stormwater, drainage, and sanitation systems

Flood estimation and runoff simulation

Water resource management

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