WRMA’s hydraulic design team includes professional engineers who specialize in the analysis, planning and design of projects encompassing hydrology, hydraulics, computer modeling, hydraulic design, flood control, floodplain management, stream bank protection, environmental compliance for flood control projects and habitat conservation and enhancement related to flood control projects.
WRMA engineers are experienced with all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters including the installation of rock berms, rock rip-raps, sandbags, maintaining normal slopes with vegetation or application of soil cements on steeper slopes, and construction or expansion of drainage channels. Other applied methods include levees, dikes, dams, retention, and detention basins.
Our team holds nationally recognized certifications in flood plain management (CFM) from the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ HEC-RAS (River Analysis System) modeling program from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and have completed flood control projects for various agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD).
WRMA staff have acquired extensive experience with the application and integration of ARC HYDRO GIS and LiDAR/SAR-derived Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for digital flood plain mapping per the requirements of FEMA’s Map Modernization (MAPMOD) program. WRMA CFM’s have received HAZUS training for flood loss estimates and CRS Flood Mitigation Planning.
- WRMA engineers perform floodway encroachment and floodplain mapping, Digital Elevation Model (DEM) development and accuracy assessment for digital flood mapping, and computer H&H simulation for development of flood control plans including the design of pump stations, tidal water control structures and gates.
- WRMA’s CFM staff provide certification services for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Program (FIS) including Levee Accreditation, Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) and Flood Zone Designation Change Requests, Floodplain mapping per Map Modernization (MAPMOD) Digital mapping requirements, and HAZUS training for flood loss estimates and CRS Flood Mitigation Planning.
- WRMA staff provide technical and administrative assistance with FEMA’s flood Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application, preparation of FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and follow up HMGP applications, post-disaster water resources facilities assessment, and agricultural and urban economic damage assessment using USACOE’s Flood Damage Assessment (FDA) H&H methodology using airborne and satellite imagery.
Our Floodplain/Flood Control Water Resources Modeling Services include:
FEMA 100-Year (BFE) Floodplain Modeling and Mapping
2-D Hydrodynamic Modeling for Tidal Basins
Contaminant Transport Groundwater Modeling
Evaluation of Flood Insurance Claims for Public/Private Entities
Hydraulic Modeling and Design of Open Channels
Hydraulic Performance Evaluations of Existing Stormwater Collection Systems
WRMA utilizes the following Modeling Suites:
AGDAM Agricultural Flood Analysis Model
BASINS/HSPF Non-Point Source Water Quality Model
DAMCAL Urban Damage Analysis Model
FESWMS-2DH Finite Element Surface Water Modeling System
GMS/SEEP2D Seepage Modeling Suite
HEC-HMS USACE hydrologic modeling system
HEC-RAS USACE one-dimensional river analysis system model
HEC-FDA USACE Flood Damage Analysis Package
ICPR4 Interconnected Pond Routing Hydrodynamic Model
MikeUrban Urban Stormwater Modeling
MODFLOW-3D Groundwater Model
QUAL-2E In-stream Water Quality Model
RMA-2 River/estuary two-dimensional hydrodynamic model
SWAT Soil and Water Assessment Quality Model
SWMM USEPA hydrologic, hydraulic, and water quality model
UNET Quasi-two-dimensional hydraulic model
WSPRO USGS/USFHA bridge waterways analysis model
WSP2 USGS water surface profile model
XPSWMM/XPSoftware Hydrologic, hydraulic, and water quality model
