Barr Lake

Representative Project

WWE developed a major drainageway master plan for a 50-square-mile area northwest of the Denver International Airport known as Barr Lake/Beebe Seep Canal. 

We were retained by the Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Control District, Farmers Reservoir Irrigation Company, City of Brighton, and Adams County. A major aspect of the study centered on feasibility analysis of the use of regional stormwater storage ponds. After extensive discussions with the project sponsors, it became apparent that adequate funds would not be available in the early years to finance such facilities. 

The project sponsors instructed WWE to develop a protocol for near-term implementation of on-site best management practices, with regional facilities projected in long-term plans. At the request of Adams County and Commerce City, WWE developed guidelines for developers on how much detention would need to be provided for projected land-use characteristics. The final document was well received by the project sponsors and other interested parties.

Scope of Services

• Flood Control/feasibility Analyses
• Flood Hydrology Treatment System and Water Quality Analyses
• Floodplain Delineation
• Return Frequency Flood Flow Peak Discharges (and Hydrographs)
• Drainage Improvement Design
• Cost Estimates

Representative Clients

• City of Rogers, Arkansas
• Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Control District 
• San Diego County, California  
• Scottsbluff County, Nebraska 
• City of Tulsa, Oklahoma 
• City of Albuquerque, New Mexico 
• City of Beaumont, Texas 
• City of Springfield and Greene County 
• City of Helena, Montana 
• Missouri and the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks