Floodwater Quality
Understanding the fate and transport of pollutants during flood events and their impacts on environmental and human health.
SCIENCE · MODELING · ENVIRONMENT
Understanding the
Hidden Risks of
Floodwater.
Exploring floodwater quality and contaminant transport to advance environmental protection, risk assessment, and flood resilience.
ADVANCING SCIENCE FOR A MORE RESILIENT ENVIRONMENT
01 — ABOUT FLOODTOX
Floods are more than
water hazards.
Flooding can mobilize pollutants stored in contaminated soils, sediments, and floodplains, transporting them into rivers, lakes, and surrounding environments.
FloodTox focuses on understanding these processes through environmental research, numerical modeling, and scientific tools.
Discover our mission ↗02 — RESEARCH AREAS
Understanding the
environmental impacts.
Advancing knowledge of flood-related environmental processes through science and modeling.
Contaminant Transport
Investigating the movement of metals, sediments, nanomaterials, and other contaminants across floodplains.
Flood Resilience
Supporting environmental protection, risk assessment, and resilient planning in contaminated flood-prone areas.
03 — MODELING & TOOLS
Connecting models.
Advancing science.
Developing computational approaches and practical tools to investigate flood hydraulics and environmental contaminant transport.
FEATURED SOFTWAREHEC-RAS 2D and WASP External Coupler
Connect 2D hydrodynamic flood simulations with water quality and contaminant transport modeling.
The software download is a large ZIP file (approximately 844 MB).
04 — KNOWLEDGE & RESOURCES
Science that supports
informed decisions.
Scientific Publications
Explore the coupler research and an application of flood and water quality modeling.
Learning Resources
See the coupler in action and explore a tracer simulation.