Environmental Restoration

The success of environmental restoration projects often hinge on associated hydrologic and hydraulic issues. In fact, the success of one of the world’s largest ecosystem restoration projects — the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program — depends primarily on “getting the water right.” But getting the water right is no easy task, given the complex hydrologic conditions — integrated groundwater and surface water, indistinguishable basin boundaries — and the anthropogenic effects of canals, structures, and pumps on the environment.

To address these complex conditions, Taylor Engineering has performed extensive groundwater and surface water modeling to evaluate project impacts, design freshwater wetland systems, estimate seepage through levees, and establish hydraulic structure operational protocols to control hydroperiods. Projects such as our hydraulic modeling of the C-18 canal, and the G-160 and G-161 hydraulic control structures (designed and built to restore the natural hydroperiod of the system) help water management districts plan and design successful environmental restoration projects.