Michael C. Alfieri, Professional Hydrologist, P.G., CGWP was selected to participate in the National Ground Water Association’s (NGWA) recently established Groundwater Modeling Advisory Panel. Anticipating that future modeling demands will be higher, require more complexity, and potentially crossing multiple scientific disciplines, the Panel’s overall objective is to further enhance the practice of groundwater modeling. Mr. Alfieri was previously the Secretary …
South Lake County Water Supply Plan
WRA was hired in October 2014 by the SLRWI to develop a 20 year water supply plan for South Lake County. WRA coordinated with the SJRWMD and developed a plan with multiple strategies for developing a long term, sustainable water supply and methods for mitigating MFL impacts. WRA produces a series of Tech Memos that addressed all aspects of the …
Critical Principles for a Well Accepted Water Supply Plan
A well-developed water supply plan can be a very informative tool for water users to understand the ability to sustain their current and future water supply needs. However, the means to develop such a plan is relatively complicated and requires adherence to critical principles to ensure plan acceptance and value as a useful water management tool. Use of Predictive Impact …
South Lake Regional Water Initiative – UPDATE
The South Lake Regional Water Initiative (SLRWI) had a project kick-off meeting on December 2, 2014, where Water Resource Associates (WRA) acted as the project manager. The meeting focused on seven agenda items ranging from project administration to recent groundwater modeling results with the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) region. Specific agenda items addressed by WRA staff included an overview …
Wellhead Protection Study
Wellhead and Resource Protection Study – Hillsborough County, FL WRA designed and facilitated the review and update of the Hillsborough County Wellhead Protection Ordinance. WRA worked with a diverse group of stakeholders including technical experts in the field, local water suppliers, industry representatives that were potentially impacted by the ordinance and environmental advocates. The ordinance now includes both groundwater and …