Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Environmental”
WRA’s environmental team commenced work on a Charlotte Harbor Estuary Program (CHNEP) grant to perform a wading bird nest survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) throughout the upland-cut canals in the City of North Port. While the survey results will be a useful update to the previous wading bird nest survey data (last collected by the FWC in the 1990s) …
Michael C. Alfieri, P.G., P.Hg., CGWP was elected Chair of the Florida Board of Professional Geologists on April 27, 2016. Mr. Alfieri, who manages all geologic/hydrogeologic services for WRA as Principal Hydrogeologist, is a professionally licensed geologist in thirteen states and a nationally certified/registered hydrogeologist. He provides geologic and hydrogeologic interpretation and evaluations and expert witness services for WRA. Mr. …
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) …
This water use permit renewal project was completed on behalf of S.V. Utilities, LTD (SVU). SVU provides potable water to three communities located on the southern shore of Lake Henry in Winter Haven, Florida. This project is located within the Southern Water Use Caution Area (SWUCA) and the area known as the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI). The SWUCA was …
Water Resource Associates (WRA) was recently awarded the Alternative Water Supply Strategic Services project by the South Lake Regional Water Initiative (SLRWI). The SLRWI is made up of South Lake County communities including Clermont; Groveland; Mascotte; Minneola; and Montverde; Lake County Government; and Lake Utility Services, Inc. The SLRWI was created to foster a cooperative approach to solving the South …
After the successful design and permitting of Phase 1 of Estancia at Wiregrass, including 200 acres of 300 single family homes, and a 7-acre Amenity Center, WRA began engineering design for Standard Pacific Homes (StanPac) on the next 500 acres of Estancia. The project includes design and permitting for buildout of 840 additional homes covering over 500 acres, including all associated …
Jabil Office and Manufacturing Campus St. Petersburg, FL The initial phase of the project included a public / private partnership with the City of St. Petersburg and Jabil Circuits. WRA project manager and engineer of record, Mark Farrell, envisioned the opportunity to use Jabil’s property to effectively dispose of the City of St. Petersburg’s Lake Maggiore dredge material. The project …
Wetland Delineation Hillsborough County, Florida WRA provided environmental and engineering services for DKS property’s proposed gated executive estate community in eastern Hillsborough County. This 726 acre reclaimed phosphate mine site contains 92 wetlands in both forested and herbaceous classifications. Wetlands in this site naturally developed in the clay furrows deposited from phosphate mining overburden. After mining ceased, natural recruitment of herbaceous, …
Jabil Office Campus Wetland Restoration City of St. Petersburg, Florida WRA provided engineering, environmental and permitting services for Jabil Circuit’s proposed office corporate headwaters in Pinellas County. This 96-acre property was the largest undeveloped tract in St. Petersburg, and due to unanticipated spoil disposal problems the City was targeting this private property for emergency disposal of dredge spoil from Lake …
Weedon Island Preserve Restoration Pinellas County, Florida WRA was the prime engineering firm for design and permitting of an innovative hydrologic restoration project in Pinellas County, FL. The project was a public-private partnership between Canterbury School and Pinellas County using the County park and coastal preserve at Weedon Island. The wetlands in the preserve had been altered by historic ditching for …
