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Water Resources Projects -
Ecorestoration
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Client
South Florida Water Management District
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Location
Kissimmee, Florida
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Key BCI Staff
Walter Reigner, PE, CPESC
Michael Timpe, PE
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Project Costs
$300,000
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Start Date
1996
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Completion Date
1999
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Kissimmee River Restoration
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Scope
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Conducted detailed residential flood Impact evaluation of upper Kissimmee River Chain of Lakes as a result of change in regulation schedule required to support Kissimmee River Restoration.
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Developed ARCinfo GIS database to locate, characterize, and dimension thousands of residential dwellings, roads, septic tanks, docks, drainage systems, and other improvements.
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Collected data using GPS technology and data loggers with pre-defined dictionaries.
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Used GIS to assess degree of impact at various water level ranges.
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Developed and evaluated complete costs associated with incremental impacts to define optimal cost/benefit relationship.
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Developed alternative floodproofing feasibility options that could be implemented to mitigate expected impacts.
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