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- Stormwater ManagementCentered around people
  - Drainage studiesPlus masterplanning
    - Mission Hills Masterplans
      
      For more than 15 years, WRS has helped the City of Mission Hills model, inventory and GIS map its enclosed and open-channel stormwater systems. How it became integral to the city's improvement planning.
    - Ottawa Street Drainage StudySubwatershed-level solutions
    - Dry Branch Watershed Management PlanFuture-aware planning
    - Spring Creek Basin Watershed StudyCombined planning and public involvement
  - System DesignThat works as promised
    - Delmar and Fontana
      
      For two decades or more, the city of Prairie Village, Kansas, had tried to find a solution to this dangerous flooding problem. Here's how WRS found the creative, cost-effective answer.
    - Redrock and ClemstonePlatte County
      
      Sometimes managing an engineering project means managing the problems that aren’t anticipated upfront by a client. Find out how WRS made the process smoother for Platte County in this drainage improvement project.
    - Overhill Road System ImprovementsAgile engineering
    - Oakwood Street System and Street ImprovementsConstant coordination equals minimal disruption
  - Stormwater BMPsProtecting quality
    - VFW Permeable Pavement
      
      This creative use of pervious paving resulted in a fivefold increase in pervious area, changing the project's regulatory definition and thus avoiding the need for costly additional BMPs.
    - BMP System Design, 67th StreetUsing street inlet planters
    - BMP-Focused Designs, Ottawa and 7thPractical alternatives to the traditional
  - Stormwater DetentionReal-world practicality
    - Leavenworth Detention DesignBackyard engineering done right
    - QuikTrip Regional Detention AnalysisBetter modeling = saved dollars
    - Creative Solutions for Tight ConditionsBonner Springs, Kansas
  - Stormwater qualityModeling, monitoring, design
    - Dry Branch Water Quality PlanFor 6,800 mixed-use acres
    - NPDES Outfalls InspectionsActionable compliance
    - Trans Am Parking Lot DesignTreating runoff naturally
  - Erosion and sedimentControl measures
    - Erosion/Sediment Control TrainingBeyond best management
    - SWPP PreparationCost-effective compliance
- Eco-RestorationNature, engineered
  - Stream and riverStabilization and Restoration
    - Residential streamAffordable private solutions
      
      Another engineer assured this homeowner his stream erosion could only be solved using tons of unsightly riprap, Read how Water Resources Solutions solved the problem elegantly and naturally.
    - Missouri RiverBank slumping stabilization
      
      Massive bank slumping along the Missouri threatened this centuries-old Mandan Indian historic site until Water Resources Solutions found an answer.
    - ThreeMile Creek StabilizationPreserving the bank and the space
      
      This stabilization was faced with contaminated soils and potential encroachment on a new parking lot at the top of bank. Here's how Water Resources Solutions rose to the challenge.
    - Huzzah CreekA Missouri success showpiece
      
      This multi-agency Missouri design-build has become a show piece for nature-based approaches to stream management using natural channel design and bioengineering.
    - Restoration DesignAt Independence Court
  - Stream stability studiesPractical river science
    - Independence CourtInvestigating systemic failures
    - NW Barry RoadStream controls to benefit the project
    - Buckeye GreenwayAlternatives to protect infrastructure
  - Wetland designBalanced restoration
    - Hobby Hill WetlandUnderstanding the key success component
    - Willow Lake Wetland RestorationUnderstanding the key success component
    - Lake JavaroUsing bioswale pre-treatment
  - Watershed studiesWith perspective
    - Johnson County MasterplanningBig-picture perspective
    - Muncie RoadHolistically targeted improvements
  - Sediment transportMeaningful data
    - Brush Creek Erosion ModelingUnderstanding real-world hydraulics
    - Loch Lloyd Predictive ModelingBased on rainfall events
    - North Platte Erosion ModelingResult: 61% cost savings!
  - Lake restorationPragmatic protection
    - Loch Lloyd Sedimentation SolutionsAlternatives to control deposition
    - Willow Lake RenovationFrom eyesore to thriving
- Hydraulic StructuresTo improve cost and performance
  - Dam HydrologyFor sustainable water management
    - Pawnee WatershedPlanning in the world's largest district
    - Illinois' Lake Lou YaegerDam rehabilitation modeling
  - Dam and Spillway HydraulicsWhen accuracy is non-negotiable
    - Combined physical/numerical modelingAt Woodson County Lake failed spillway
    - Residential lake evaluationWyandotte County 7.4-acre lake
  - River-training structuresBuilt on deep understanding
    - Urban stream vanesProtecting major traffic thoroughfare
    - Platte River trainingDesign/build to control erosion damage
  - Physical modelingTo understand hydraulic nuance
    - USACE Indian Creek studyTo adjust FEMA models
    - Complex hydraulics explainedUsing combined physical/numeric model
    - Cost savings demonstratedPhysical modeling saved 67%
    - Illuminating ideal solutionsIn this modeled spillway design
  - Levee inspectionsDriven by efficiency
    - 2019 and 2021 USACE Levee InspectionsAutomating for efficiency
  - Dam breach modelingand FEMA Letters of Map Revision
    - Triple dam analysisAt Kansas' Jeffrey Energy Center
    - Brougham Bridge ModelingBeyond regulatory compliance
  - Embankment designGuided by understanding of connectivity
    - Lugar Dam DesignInspection through build
  - Dam inspectionRealistic assessment
    - Carpenter Dam inspectionsCost-effective protection measures
    - Lake Hope DamDemonstrating typical subdivision lake issues
- Integrated Watershed ManagementSeeking the ideal natural balance
  - Watershed hydrology and managementPlumbing the big picture
    - Kansas Dams Watershed PlanAcross a 1.6 million-acre watershed
    - Mixed-use Lake Watershed PlanAnd environmental assessment
    - Wichita Watershed StudyIdentifying over 50 projects
  - Water supply studiesData-intensive analysis
    - Irrigation conservation studyEvaluating Wichita's supply situation
    - Prairie Band Nation studyEnsuring and expanding future water access
  - Water quality studiesIn perspective
    - Mission Hills Runoff Impact FeeHow to quantify development's share?
    - Dry Branch Watershed quality study
    - Lake Javaro quality assessment
  - Agricultural engineeringSolutions scaled to the operation, not vice-versa
    - Engineered buffalo stream crossingStream protection without sacrificing pasture accessibility
    - Illinois Farm BMPsCost-effective and practical water protection
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