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- Hydrology and Hydraulic Software Training
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- Hydrology, Hydraulics, Erosion Control, and Floodplain Training
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- Expert Witness in Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Floodplain Engineering
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Training and Expert Witness
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WEI has provided formal and informal training in principles and practices of hydrology, hydraulics, erosion control, and floodplain engineering, and has also taught hydrology and hydraulic software training courses. Furthermore, WEI has been hired several times as an expert witness for hydrology, hydraulics, and floodplain engineering.
All the projects listed below were performed by Gerald Williams, owner of WEI, and thus the experience and expertise remains and will remain with the firm.
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Lyman Litigation, Mesa County, CO
Served as an expert witness in a case
involving flooding of a home from an
adjacent detention basin. Showed that the
original design was deficient on several
accounts, and that the situation was
exacerbated by improper construction by
the developer of the infrastructure and
home. Based upon WEI's presentation,
engineer was put on probation by the
licensing agency and the developer had
to pay off the homeowner.
No Thoroughfare Canyon, Mesa Cnty, CO
Served as an expert witness in a floodplain
litigation case. Property was sold and
represented as being out of the 100 year
floodplain. For the courts, showed through
analysis that it would be flooded in a 100
year event, and evaluated the cost to
remove it from the floodplain.
4th Annual Conference, Colorado
Association of Stormwater and
Floodplain Manager, Breckenridge, CO
Gave a presentation at the conference, and
was on the conference committee.
National ASCE Conference on Water
Resources Planning and Management,
New Orleans, LA
Gave four presentations at the conference.
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Floodplain Management Workshop 2004,
Ammon, ID
Taught two sessions of the day course
sponsored by the State NFIP Coordinator.
HEC-1 For Dummies, Grand Junction, CO
Taught full day course on HEC-1. Prepared
own materials. Sponsored by the Colorado
Association of Floodplain Managers.
HEC-2 For Dummies, Glenwood Springs,
CO
Workshop chairman for full day course on
HEC-2. Prepared some of the instructional
materials. Sponsored by the Colorado
Association of Floodplain Managers.
1st Annual Conference, Colorado
Association of Stormwater and
Floodplain Manager, Vail, CO
Conference vice-chair and gave three
presentations.
Annual Conference, Association of State
Floodplain Managers
Co-presented a paper on Yuma Valley, AZ
groundwater and stormwater study and
master plan.
AWRA Symposium on Urban Hydrology,
Denver, CO
Gave a presentation at the symposium.
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