The newly established Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University (Deland, FL) asked WRA’s Environmental Manager and Stetson alumni Matthew Miller, to present to students and faculty a project that would best encompass the vision for the Institute. The presentation he chose, “Wetland Recovery and Management in a Shallow, Freshwater Wellfield in Southwest Florida” detailed the Englewood Water District’s (EWD) …
Shallow Depressions in the Florida Coastal Plain: Karst and Pseudokarst
In Florida, shallow depressions (i.e., depressions <1-2 m in depth) on the land surface are often attributed to sinkhole development. However, it has become evident that there are at least seven different mechanisms through which these depressions can form in Florida’s geologically young cover sediments. These mechanisms include: 1. Cover-subsidence sinkholes over shallow limestone; 2. Suffosion sinkholes over shallow …
Employee Spotlight: John O’Meara, Senior Project Designer
Our employee spotlight this month is John O’Meara, a Senior Project Designer with WRA. Mr. O’Meara has over 15 year of CAD design experience, and joined the WRA team in 2013. Along with his work at WRA, John makes amazing beer at home, and is actively involved in the beer brewing community as a certified beer judge. What is …