How We Help
Our team is well versed in the TMDL process and can help you along every step of the way. Our expertise extends to TMDL development, Waste Load Allocation (WLA) compliance, water quality modeling, and Best Management Practices (BMP) evaluation and development. Our GIS professionals provide the necessary spatial data research to support these efforts. Participating in all levels of TMDL development and implementation provides our clients with a unique advantage in complying with these studies.
Get Credit for Your Efforts!
We help localities and state agencies who hold MS4 permits meet their permit requirements by obtaining TMDL credits through services such as stream restoration. Our experience in all phases of stream restoration and outfall retrofit projects enables us to develop the most successful solutions to meet MS4 and TMDL pollutant removal goals.
We can further assist in the implementation of the BMPs by providing feasibility studies, technical engineering for the design of structural BMPs, construction oversight, standard operation procedure development or refinement, programmatic record keeping documentation, mapping, GIS database development, and local ordinance revisions, among others. We have also developed a GIS geoprocessing tool to compute pollutant runoff loadings for TMDL compliance.
Beyond the Bay
While the Chesapeake Bay receives much of the attention in our region, other watersheds do have TMDLs and are an important resource to their respective communities. Our work extends beyond the limits of the bay’s watershed. We have prepared numerous TMDL studies and action plans for General Permit holders in non-Chesapeake Bay watersheds.
There’s No One Better in the Field!
We have been helping local and state agencies meet their MS4 permit obligations for over a decade. Combined with our extensive studies of the various watersheds in our region, our experience brings exceptional insight and understanding into TMDLs and how we can help our clients rise to the challenge of meeting the requirements, and ultimately improve our watersheds and the resulting water quality.