WATER RESOURCES & HYDROGEOLOGY
WRA has developed and permitted water allocation strategies that meet both the client’s and water management district’s needs and requirements. The permitting process requires creative and innovative approaches to both the development of water supplies and demand reduction. WRA has both the policy/administrative experience and the technical expertise to meet the growing water demands of the state’s water users. WRA’s geoscientists include former senior executives of the Southwest Florida Water Management District and published experts in their field of practice. We have extensive experience and knowledge in hydrogeology and evaluating all aspects of hydrogeologic systems. For our clients, we routinely provide consumptive/water use permitting and water supply planning assistance; alternative water supply solutions; well and wellfield design and optimization; groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport modeling; geologic, hydrogeologic, and karst science interpretation and evaluations; expert witness services; and public facilitation.
WATER USE PERMITTING & SUPPLY PLANNING
SERVICES
• Groundwater and surface water supply planning and source development
• Regional water supply planning
• Facilitation of water management district water use/consumptive use permitting
• Water conservation evaluations and feasibility assessments
• Alternative water supply planning, design, funding assistance, and permitting
• Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) feasibility assessments
• ASR planning, design, and permitting
• Groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport modeling
• Groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport impact analysis
• Aqueous geochemical modeling
• Potable and non-potable wellfield siting, design, and construction management
• Wellfield protection and optimization
• Aquifer/well performance testing (APTs and WPTs)
• Aquifer/well mechanical integrity testing (MITs) and interpretation
• Borehole geophysical logging oversight and interpretation
• Water quality evaluations;
• Reservoir siting and design
• Public facilitation and mediation
• Independent third party reviews, and expert witness services
FEATURED PROJECTS
Consumptive Use Permit (CUP)
Compliance Review, City of Cocoa
Woods of Moccasin Wallow WUP,
Manatee County
Epperson Ranch Water Use Permit
Pasco County
Alafia Preserve WUP,
City of Mulberry
ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES
Water supply/reuse water feasibility studies, design and permitting
ASR and rapid infiltration basins feasibility studies, design and permitting
Alternative water supply funding assistance
Regional water supply planning and permitting
Hydrogeological and hydrological investigations
Public facilitation and mediation
Independent third party reviews, and expert witness services.
FEATURED PROJECTS
South Lake Regional Water Initiative,
Lake County
Progress Energy Alternative Water Supply Analysis, Crystal River
WRWSA Regional Water Supply Update, Marion County
Lexington Oaks Reclaimed Water System, Pasco County
WATER USE PERMITTING & SUPPLY PLANNING
SERVICES
Groundwater and surface water supply planning and source development
Watershed management plans and monitoring
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) monitoring
Groundwater and surface water sampling program planning and design
Groundwater and surface water sampling program management
Aqueous geochemical, groundwater flow, and surface water flow modeling
Permitting assistance
FEATURED PROJECTS
Asturia Water Quality Monitoring,
Pasco County
Cypress Creek Town Center Water Quality
Monitoring, Pasco County
HYDROGEOLOGY, GEOLOGY & KARST SCIENCE
SERVICES
Field Services
Project site management
Geologic mapping
Geologic/hydrogeologic logging of boreholes
Drill stem test oversight, monitoring, and reporting
Borehole geophysical logging oversight and interpretation
Environmental/water quality oversight, monitoring, and reporting
Daily reporting
Wells and Wellfields
Well/wellfield design, optimization, and management
Alternative supply/beneficial reuse evaluations and investigations
Designs and permitting for deep injection, aquifer storage and recovery
Designs and permitting for construction dewatering well systems
Well construction management, oversight, and reporting
Aquifer/well performance test design, monitoring, and reporting
Well/wellfield rehabilitation design, implementation oversight, and reporting
Mechanical integrity test design, monitoring, and reporting
Groundwater Modeling
Both finite difference and finite element modeling codes
MODFLOW (MODFLOW-88 through 2005), MODFLOW-SURFACT
MODPATH, MT3D, RT3D, PTC, FEMWATER,
SEEP-W, SEEP-3D, DREAM, TECMOUND, TopoDrive and ParticleFlow
Analytical element models such as WhAEM-2000
Parameter estimation modeling codes such as UCODE and PEST
MS Excel-based models such as BIOSCREEN and BIOCHLOR
Evaluating potential recharge via HELP
Aquifer parameter estimation and evaluation software
Aquifer Test and AQTESOLV;
2D/3D data analysis packages such as Surfer
Water quality modeling: PHREEQC, AquaChem, and HydroChem
3D solid modeling and visualizations including animations
Florida-Specific Groundwater Modeling
USGS Groundwater Flow Models: Peninsular Florida (USGS MegaModel)
SWFWMD District-Wide Regulation Model v3 (DWRMv3)
SRWMD Groundwater Flow Model: North Florida / South Central Georgia (NFM)
SJRWMD Groundwater Flow Models: Northeast Florida (NEF), North-Central Florida (NCF), Volusia County (VOL), East-Central Florida (ECF), and East-Central Florida Transient (ECFT)
Karst Science
Karst geological/hydrogeological investigations – Eogenetic Karst of Florida
Photolinear assessments and verification of observed features
Geologic mapping and property surveys to identify springs, swallets and stream piracy, karst windows, subsidence features (sinkholes and pseudokarst features), paleosol and duracrust, epikarst, karren, natural bridges, and escarpments
Karst feature excavation
Geophysical survey design and oversight
Exploratory borings
Cover geo-material evaluation, mineral assessments, and behavior evaluations
Dye testing
Monitor well and weir design and construction oversight
Datalogger/telemetry system design and implementation
Aquifer/well performance test design, monitoring, and reporting
3D solid modeling/visualizations
Aqueous geochemical evaluations and modeling
Groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport modeling
Source water identification and mapping
Springshed delineation and management
Spring protection zone delineation
Springshed monitoring plan design, implementation, and monitoring oversight
Spring discharge monitoring plan design, implementation, and monitoring oversight
Public facilitation and mediation, independent third party reviews, and expert witness services
Mining Services
Mining operation permits
Watershed/surface water modeling
Stormwater management master plans
Flood control studies
Wetland mitigation plans and design
Reclamation plans
Civil design and permitting
Land management plans and design
Industrial use permitting
Water/consumptive use permitting
Water use impact evaluations
Wellfield optimization investigations
Hydrogeologic-hydrologic economics
Groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport modeling
Dewatering system design
Water supply and quality investigations and management plans
Environmental resource permitting
Dam seepage analyses
Karst geological/hydrogeological investigations
3D solid modeling/visualizations
Independent, third party permit reviews
Litigation support/expert witness services
EXPERT WITNESS & PUBLIC FACILITATION
SERVICES
Published experts in their respective fields
Facilitation and implementation of regional water supply plans
Water use permit assistance
Public educations and meetings
Independent third party reviews
Expert witness services
Trial experience in both County, State, and Federal courts
Certified Mediators services