Environmental Water SOQ

Environmental Water | SOQ

Watershed Management and Master Planning WSP is considered an industry leader in Integrated Water Management techniques. Our profession als were among the first in the industry to offer solutions which successfully integrated the science and engineering aspects of watershed management. Within our project designs, we excel at considering both watershed and receiving water dynam ics and associated restoration requirements. Our watershed experts utilize Low Impact Develop ment techniques which bring together elements of drainage science, ecology, and the realiza tion that traditional drainage solutions often transfer problems further downstream, negatively impacting the environment and water resources. WSP is a leader in natural resource protection, preservation, and enhancement. Our clients entrust us with their most sensitive ecosystem challenges and high profile projects. Well known for our ecological restoration efforts, we advise our clients on the subtle balances that ecosystems require for survival. Our strategies aim to promote healthy and sustainable ecosystems as we work to restore sensitive water, wetland, and upland environments. WSP is committed to consistently remain at the forefront of research efforts, method ology development, and the implementation of processes and tools to help ensure sustainable and flourishing ecosystems for future generations. Our participation in ecological restoration projects has ranged from watershed restoration; sawgrass marsh restoration; wetland creation and restoration; submerged aquatic vegeta tion monitoring in lakes, streams, and estuaries; shoreline stabilization; creek and stream restoration; and large-scale upland enhancement and restoration plan ning, implementation, and monitoring.

WSP staff members have direct and noteworthy experience in a broad array of ecological habitats - we routinely apply the disciplines of ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, biology, and sociology to resolve complex environmental challenges in our day-to-day work. Our professional staff members include wetland scientists; water resource and environmental engineers; water quality specialists; environmental scientists; geologists; fluvial geomorpholo gists; biologists; restoration ecologists; modelers; hydro-ecologists; certified environmental technicians; and PhD scientists. These experts successfully work together to restore habitats for wildlife, improve the navigability of lakes, streams, and canals, and promote the ecological function and aesthetic value of natural areas and restored ecosystems. As recognized experts in their fields, WSP team members routinely provide expert witness testimony and litigation support services for our clients in numerous ecological restoration disciplines includ ing: restoration ecology, hydraulics, fluvial geomorphology, envi ronmental engineering, water quality, stream ecology, stream restoration, geology, and wetland science impacts, mitigation, and sensitive habitat delineation.

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