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Representative Clients and Applications

Wright Water Engineers has always been on the cutting edge of water resources engineering technology, beginning with water rights modeling of Clear Creek for Adolph Coors Company over fifteen years ago. Since then, WWE has provided technological water resources engineering expertise for a broad range of clients and needs.

Springfield Design Spreadsheets.  WWE assisted the City of Springfield, Missouri to develop design spreadsheets for users of the City's updatedDrainage Criteria Manual.  The Spreadsheets use macros and embedded calculations programmed in Visual Basic.  

International Stormwater BMP Database.  WWE developed the acclaimed International Stormwater Best Management Practices Database for the American Society of Civil Engineers and USEPA (www.bmpdatabase.org).

South Platte River Decision Support Model.  Chuck Haines of WWE helped to develop the South Platte River Decision Support Model and uses it and other water rights models frequently on behalf of such clients as Exxon and Adam's Rib Recreation Area.

City of Lincoln, Nebraska.  WWE was among the first firms in the U.S. to actively link GIS with hydraulic and hydrologic models. For the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, for example, WWE linked ArcView with HEC-1 for drainageway masterplanning studies. On behalf of Los Alamos National Laboratory, WWE linked GIS with models (including HEC-Geo-RAS ) to quantify flood flows and associated sediment yields.

Software Training.  In addition to applying software to meet project-specific needs of clients, WWE has the capability to train clients to apply software on their own.  WWE has provided training for clients in application of the USEPA SWMMS model and WaterCAD continuing education.

Jensen Precast.  For our client, Jensen Precast, WWE developed proprietary software that enables purchasers of subsurface stormwater treatment units to size and design site-specific applications.

Bioretention Modeling.  WWE collaborated with Dr. Shaw Yu of the University of Virginia and Tetratech's Fairfax, Virginia office to develop a physically-based water quality model of bioretention BMPs for incorporation into the BMP model being developed for Prince George's County, Maryland and the USEPA.  The model and graphical user interface were developed using C++.

Programming Languages

FORTRAN, Visual Basic, C, HTML, Modula2 and ASP

Scope of Services

• Graphical Presentation
• Custom Program Development
• Database Establishment, Management and Linkage 
• Web-based Applications
• User-friendly Code/software Conversions 
• Digital Line Graph Mapping 
• Triangulated Irregular Network Creation
• Automated Surface Water and Groundwater Quality Modeling, Sampling and Analysis 
• Hydrologic Modeling
• Hydraulic Modeling
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Modeling 
• Pipe Network Modeling
• Sediment Transport Modeling
• Water Rights Modeling
• Watershed Modeling
• Teaching/training for Modeling Applications

Representative Clients

• Adolph Coors Company
• American Society of Civil Engineers 
• Allstate Consultants
• Urban Drainage and Flood Control District 
• United States Environmental Protection Agency 
• Exxon
• Adam's Rib Recreation Area
• City of Springfield, Missouri
• City of Lincoln, Nebraska
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Jensen Precast

Featured Software

Land Desktop (LDT), ArcView and AutoCAD, Adobe Photo Shop and Corel Draw graphical applications.

Hydrologic models include CUHP, SWMM, PCSWMM, HEC-HMS, HydroCAD, HEC-1, UDSWMM, STORMCAD, WATERCAD, FLOWMASTER, MODFLOW and VISUAL HEC-1.

Hydraulic models include HEC-2, HEC-RAS, HEC-Geo-RAS and OPCHFLOW.

CDSS and MODSIM water rights models.

Analysis software such as TableCurve, SigmaPlot, Surfer, STATISTIX, and FREQ.

AMMTOX, QUAL2E and SWRRBWQ water quality models.

HEC-6T sediment routing model.

WEPP watershed model.