Stormwater Services

Areas of Special Biological Significance
Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) Ocean, Bay and receiving water studies, monitoring, and management plans

Best Management Practice (BMP) Design, Implementation, and Testing

• Identification and testing of new BMP technologies to improve the quality of stormwater runoff
• Whole life-cycle costing
• Feasibility studies
• Development of conceptual through final design plans
• Operation and maintenance
• Performance evaluations

Data Management
Data collection and electronic database development

Low-impact Development

• Low-impact development selection, design, and monitoring
• Development of conceptual through final design plans
• Operation and maintenance
• Performance evaluations

Monitoring and Characterization Studies

• Development of Quality Assurance Plans (QAPP), Sample Analysis Plans (SAPs) and Monitoring Plans
• Grab sampling, micro-sampling, pollutograph sampling, time-weighted and flow-weighted composite sampling
• Sampling and characterization of wet and dry weather runoff
• Highway stormwater runoff monitoring and characterization
• Pre- and post-fire stormwater effects and monitoring

Nutrients

• Estuary nutrient TMDL/303d monitoring
• Nutrient cycling and euthrophication in lagoons and estuaries

Source Identification

• Identification and tracking of sources of constituents of concern
• Bacteria source tracking and identification

Stormwater Management

• Permit compliance and permitting assistance
• Development of Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
• Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and evaluation
• Jurisdictional Urban Runoff Management Plan (JURMP) reporting
• Watershed management planning and modeling
• Hydromodification and stormwater trends
• Municipal, industrial, and commercial facility inspection
• Airport storm water management planning
• Grant proposal writing and assistance
• Expert witness and litigation support

Technology Development and Implementation

• Recommendations and testing of new stormwater sampler designs
• Remotely-operated automated sampling vehicles
• Digital data collection systems
• Remote watershed sampling/monitoring utilizing MACTEC-designed satellite and cellular telemetry with web-based data control

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)

• TMDL/NPDES implementation plans and evaluations
• TMDL specialized monitoring
• TMDL load modeling
• Delisting assistance

Ultra-low Reporting Metals

• Clean/Dirty Hands EPA sample collection protocol and adaptation to automated sampling regimes
• Low-level mercury and copper discharge; intertidal, intermediate and receiving water sampling

Wetlands
Wetland ecology/bioassessment, tidal flow monitoring and evaluation