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to protect water resources, distribute it sustainably, study and improve its quality, predict and manage its flow, evaluate its effects on its surrounding environment, etc.

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Everglades Modeling

NPS-SFNRC recognizes the need to protect the Everglades NP to safeguard the health and welfare of the South Florida Region, its ecology, freshwater bodies, estuaries and coasts. With that mission in mind, the continuous evaluation of the impacts that land-use and water resources management actions have on these unique ecosystems becomes vital.

Four County Corners Model Update

The Client asked LAGO to perform various tasks, including analysis of model calibration to look for flaws.

Flood Study Western Utility Complex

The Western Utility Complex will be constructed in an approximately 900-acre property located northwest from the intersection of SR-44 and I-95. The main objectives of the proposed flood study are to determine the BFE for the area and to evaluate and reduce potential negative impacts.

Lee County Modeling

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners approved project, a comprehensive regional model will be developed to identify areas of flood high risk and to determine regional effects of proposed flood control projects within the four major County watersheds south of the Caloosahatchee River.

WSA Miscellaneous

The Client asked LAGO to perform various tasks, including data processing and file format conversions. Convert selected seven Lee County rainfall files from Excel format to dfs0 format

Pinellas Park Rate Study

LAGO will be providing services to review the Pinellas County Property Appraiser Data and perform various analysis based on that data.

Hidden Cypress - Edison Farms Preserves Restoration Project

Model Updating and Analysis is being done to evaluate restoration alternatives for the Edison Farms Preserve and Hidden Cypress Preserve. The pre- and post-restoration simulation results will be evaluated to determine flow and stage changes. Hydroperiod difference maps and pre- and post-restoration seepage differences will be prepared.

Hurricane Harvey Flood Inundation Study

Hurricane Harvey produced extensive flooding upstream of the Addicks and Baker Reservoirs near Houston, Texas. Tasks focused on using HEC-RAS models and GIS tools to map the extent of flooding followed by a spreadsheet analysis to evaluate the effect of operations of the outlet gates and to develop a 2-D model of the study area.

Collier County Watershed Improvement Plan

LAGO is providing on-demand services to support knowledge transfer and model application for Collier County's Watershed Improvement Plan. Tasks include presentation materials that will focus on model development history and necessary improvements as well as review and discussion of model assumptions, inputs, and results.

Stormwater Tiered Rate Plan Project

This project for St. Petersburg, FL. focused on methods to calculate the impervious area for residential and commercial properties throughout the City using GIS-based processing and analysis tools. LAGO worked in conjunction with the GIS staff at Stantec to devise the methods used to generate the impervious surface layer for the County.

Bonita Springs Water Quality

The City of Bonita Springs is seeking Engineering Consultants to design drainage projects that incorporate water quality, particularly through nitrogen load reduction, in its future projects. Tasks include but not limited to: Environmental Impact Assessments, Nutrient Load Calculations, and Cost Benefit Analysis.

Corkscrew Crossing Development Project

Lago to provide permitting support for the client. In general, the support would consist of review of existing models and results, development of models focused on the Corkscrew Crossing development, data collection and evaluation for model verification, and assist the client's legal team to define and defend work completed.

South Lee County Model Update

Updating the South Lee County MIKE SHE/MIKE11 model in order to provide boundary conditions for the ICPR model available for the Village of Estero. After the model results were compared with the observation data and the model conceptualization further improved. Read More

C-43 Reservoir Modeling Analysis

The State of Florida is funding the construction, operation, and maintenance of the C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir. The focus was on providing support to the geotechnical studies conducted for the C-43 Reservoir design. The idea was to develop 7 local MODFLOW models at different sections of the reservoir berm. Read More

Naples Park Infrastructure Improvements

The Collier County Stormwater Department is improving the stormwater management systems in the Naples Park community. ICPR models of the stormwater drainage system in this area will support design of management facilities able to convey flows produced by a 10- and 25-year return period design storms. Read More

GIS Support for Estimation of Impervious Area

Develop and apply methods that will provide an acceptable and reasonable estimation of the impervious area on individual lots within Collier County. LAGO worked in conjunction with the GIS staff at Stantec to devise the methods used to generate the impervious surface layer for the County. Read More

Managua Storm Water Modeling

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Pemberton Creek

The Pemberton/Baker Canal Watershed Management Masterplan is being updated on behalf of Hillsborough County. The work effort includes field verification of structures, updates to the GWIS database and the HC-SWMM model, alternatives analysis, and public involvement activities. Read More

Immokalee Stormwater Master Plan Update

Collier County is seeking an update of their XP-SWMM model to use in evaluating the stormwater management system in Immokalee. Design storm simulations for the 10- and 25-year/3-day storm events were utilized. Water quality improvements from the proposed ponds were also evaluated using the Harper Method. Read More

MIKE SHE / MIKE11 Training

Teaching a course on basics of building MIKE SHE and MIKE11 models.This includes questions during model conceptualization, setup, and pre-and postprocessing, as well as the review of the model inputs/outputs and reporting.

Townsend Canal Conveyance Analysis

Developing a 1-dimensional model using either MIKE11 or HEC-RAS and evaluate the conveyance capacity of the Townsend Canal after the recent dredging activities. The canal will be reconfigured to safely convey both stormwater runoff and water pumped to the south for irrigation and water storage purposes. Read More

AQWC Restoration - Feasibility Study

Evaluating the feasibility of maintaining the Aha Quin West Channel as an open water backwater channel. Hydrology and sedimentation issues have demonstrated over time that the AQWC site is not self-sustaining and requires frequent and costly maintenance to continue to provide the originally intended function. Read More

I-10 Corridor MIKEFLOOD Model Evaluation

The California Department of Transportation is seeking a flood risk assessment posed by new interchange at Bob Hope Parkway and I-10 in Thousand Oaks, CA. LAGO provided MIKEFLOOD modeling support to Mr. Rick Van Bruggen, P.E., CFM, D.WRE at Water Resources Consulting Services, Inc. (WRCS). Read More

Hillsborough Stormwater Services

The Silver/Twin Lakes Watershed Management Masterplan is being updated on behalf of Hillsborough County. The work effort includes field verification of structures, updates the GWIS database and the HC-SWMM model, alternatives analysis, and public involvement activities. Read More

Watershed Management Plan

Collier County is seeking the proper way to divert water from the Naples Bay watershed, be used to rehydrate wetlands and improve flows to Rookery Bay. LAGO provided modeling services to support design and evaluate potential project benefits, and participated in Public Involvement activities. Read More

Modeling services for surface water and groundwater

Adapt the Collier County's models for use in developing a surface water and groundwater vulnerability assessment. LAGO developed an updated groundwater model, defined groundwater capture zones for the specified wellfields, assessed contributions from the surface water network and recommend new wellhead protection zones. Read More

Miscellaneous Kirk

Water Science Associates is seeking model updating and analysis, as well as data extracting and post-processing.

BCB Real-Time Hydrologic Monitoring-Modeling Services

The District asked LAGO to update the BCB real-time system MIKE SHE/MIKE11 model (BCBRTHMS) with current available data and to conduct a recalibration. It was also requested to conduct design storm simulations and to adapt the model to be used in the existing real-time model system. Read More

Modeling Argosy Pkwy in SWMM

Conducting emergency modeling support related to a project consisting on replacing a bridge near the Argosy Parkway in the area of Kansas City, Missouri. LAGO was requested to build an existing conditions SWMM model, which will be modified to evaluate different design scenarios. Read More

Collier County Wellhead Vulnerability Assessment

LAGO's services were contracted to evaluate the feasibility of using the MIKE SHE / MIKE11 software with the particle tracking module in order to define wellhead protection zones. Particle tracking analysis was used to obtain the capture zones around the well fields for 1-, 2-, 5-, and 20-years period. Read More

Integrated Groundwater / Surface Water Modeling

An integrated model was built to simulate the surface and ground water in a 130-hectares development. The lakes proposed in the design are fed by a treated water line which is then used for the irrigation of the manicured landscape. The transport and accumulation of contaminants in lakes were predicted by LAGO. Read More

Collier FEMA Analysis

LAGO was contracted to prepare final technical memoranda and summarize the modeling methodology and scenarios, and present the results and finding of the simulations. LAGO estimated the change in Base Flood Elevation (BFE) that may result from the alternative build-out scenarios in the Golden Gate Estates (GGE). Read More

Convert C-51 Basin from HEC-RAS model to MIKE11

The district contracted LAGO to convert a 100-yr, 72-hr event HEC-RAS model of the C-51 Basin into a MIKE11 model. The MIKE11 model will consider all the features in the HEC-RAS model in order to demonstrate and evaluate the applicability of the MIKE11 model in the C-51 basin. Read More

Evaluation of land development scenarios

The client asked LAGO to evaluate different land development scenarios and to estimate potential impacts on water budgets, water table level, wetland hydroperiod, and 100-yr flooding levels. The property with an area of about 3500 acres contained mining pits surrounded by wetland areas. Read More

ECWCD

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BCB Real-Time Hydrologic Modeling Technical Support

LAGO Consulting & Services provided modeling technical support to the BCB Real Time Hydrologic Modeling project. LAGO updated the simulation period of the Collier County MIKE SHE/MIKE11 Model to years 2008-2013. This included the update of time series input data such as rainfall, reference ET, well pumping, and boundary conditions. Read More

STA 1W Expansion Project Hydraulic Study

Develop a post-processing spreadsheet tool to generate plots and check water balance for the flow-ways. Improve model performance performance and extract rainfall and ET time series from MIKE 11 result files. The MIKE11 model performance was also improved. Read More

Installation of a Monitoring Network

Design and supervise the installation of monitoring wells and a rain gauge in order to monitor water table variations and rainfall, respectively. The water table and rainfall measurements from the monitoring network were used to verify a MODFLOW model developed for the area. Read More

I75 Widening - H/H Model

Regional Watershed Modeling to support the Stormwater Management Design for the project of widening a portion of the Interstate I-75.The regional Watershed Model with MIKE SHE / MIKE 11 integrated catchment modeling of groundwater and surface water was used to support the Storm-water Management Design calculations for the project. Read More

Four County Corners

Modeling studies to determine the most effective alternative for addressing flooding problems in County Line Ditch as part of the Four County Corners project. LAGO provided support for the model including updating MIKE 11 files, incorporating new inputs to the model and fixing existing instabilities. Read More

Buckeye Mitigation

Provided processing of water elevation data and used the data to update times series and project documents as part of hydrology and vegetation monitoring.

Berry Groves Water Farming

A pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of using the Berry Groves Reservoir site to store excess wet season C-43 flows. LAGO developed a spreadsheet model for two scenarios in order to analyze the effectiveness of pumping water from the C-43 Canal into the inactive Berry Groves property during periods of high flow. Read More

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