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Water is one of our most precious natural resources, and carefully managing that
resource is key to maintaining healthy ecosystems and human communities. Houston
Engineering can address your water concerns and challenges with the following
services:
Drought Management
- Evaluate the adequacy of existing water supplies
- Develop water supply monitoring programs
- Develop Drought Management Plans to monitor water supplies and provide demand reduction measures
- Develop Ordinances and Water Rate Structures to help limit water use during drought periods
Storm Water
- Hydrology and Hydraulic Studies
- Storm sewers
- Culverts
- Bridges
- NPDES storm water compliance issues evaluations
- Infrastructure master planning
- Financing and funding assistance
- Quantity and quality monitoring
- Best Management Practice and system design, construction plans,
specifications, and observation
- Modeling and flood mitigation analysis
- Ordinance and policy development
Flood Control
- Dams
- Levees
- Wetland restoration
- Conservation and land practices
Aquatic Ecosystems
- Wetland restoration
- Stream restoration
Drainage System
- Ditches
- Tiles
- Permitting
- Assessment Reports
- Wetlands preview
- Innovative funding assistance
Flood Insurance Studies and Floodplain Management
- Develop project scope, Mapping Activity Statements, and acquire funding
- Conduct Flood Insurance Studies, including traditional FEMA studies, studies
for FEMA Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP), and locally funded studies
- Provide hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and modeling
- Provide floodway determinations and delineations
- Generate flood profiles
- Develop digital floodplain and floodway mapping
- Prepare Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) and Flood Insurance Study
reports in a county-wide format
- Follow procedures outlined in FEMA’s “Guidelines and Specifications for
Flood Hazard Mapping Partners”
- Assist communities in adoption and utilization of Flood Insurance Studies
- Provide floodplain determinations, elevation certificates, and map revisions for
developers, homeowners, and lenders
- Submit Letter of Map Revisions (LOMRs) and Letter of Map Amendments (LOMAs) for
homeowners and developers
- Assist communities in floodplain administration
- Provide residential floodproofing certifications
- Design and construct flood mitigation projects such as detention structures,
channel improvements, diversion structures, and levees
- Relocate buildings and other structures
- Manage storm water
Surveying and Mapping Services
- Hydrographic surveys for rivers and lakes utilizing GPS and traditional survey
techniques
- Hydraulic structure surveys
- Ground control establishment for traditional and Light Detection and Ranging
(LIDAR) aerial mapping projects
- Ground checkpoint surveys to verify LIDAR accuracy
- Merging of topographic data acquired aerially with topographic data acquired
using traditional surveying techniques
- Building and lot surveys for elevation certificates and floodplain determinations
- Mapping data review and quality control
- Automated hydrologic and hydraulic models and floodplain maps using LIDAR and other
aerial mapping technologies
- Floodplain mapping using Arcview, AutoCAD, and HEC-GeoRAS
Water Quality
- Model lakes, reservoirs, rivers, harbors, and storm water systems
- Collect, analyze, and interpret data
- Monitor plan designs
- Ensure NPDES permit compliance
- Provide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) analysis
- Review sedimentation and sediment transport
- Model pollutant fate and transport
- Develop hydrologic and mass balances
Groundwater
- Ground-surface water interactions
- Groundwater analysis and assessment
- Monitoring plans
- Dewatering system design
Learn about some of our water resources project successes:
“When you have water issues, you have legal issues. You need to have a firm like
Houston Engineering that can back up your claims. I’ve worked with Houston Engineering
for almost 10 years and have always been satisfied with their knowledge and expertise.”
Read the complete testimonial
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- Darrel Ellefson, Lac qui Parle County Environmental Officer; Coordinator, Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank Watershed District
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