Shannon has been with WWE since she worked here as an intern.  After earning her B.S. in environmental engineering from Colorado State University in 2007, Shannon began working for WWE full time.  Many of her projects relate to water and wastewater design and permitting and stormwater and drainage evaluation, design and litigation investigations.

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Both of these buildings, constructed as a part of the Winter Park base area expansion in the 2000s, have subsurface systems that collect groundwater and discharge it to the Fraser River. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment requires a Subterranean Dewatering Discharge permit to regulate these discharges.

Andrew assisted Kevin with preparation of the renewal application and associated graphics.

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WWE is extremely grateful to have been the designated expert on behalf of these clients.   Jon Jones, Shannon Tillack, Eliot Wong, Kurt Loptien and Kyle Westendorf worked on the analyses.

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There are many wastewater treatment agencies that are affected by this hearing. Town of Crested Butte Public Works Manager, Rodney Due, has asked WWE to provide written testimony on behalf of the town.

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Mayra used to work for the Australian Embassy in Mexico City and for a realtor in Florida.  She brings excellent organizational skills and Spanish and French translation abilities to our office.

Mayra’s language skills have been especially helpful in our correspondence with people in Peru on our Ollantaytambo and Saqsaywaman work.

Mayra’s husband Richard is a civil engineer.  They have two children, Nicole (9) and Paul (12).

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Due to changes in the proposed channel design, Eliot Wong and Andrew Earles were asked to assist with providing information relative to a newly  proposed boulder wall along the river.  With a 100-year peak flow of over 20,000 cubic feet per second, consideration for high velocities and shear forces is crucial in the design of any structure adjacent to or within this major waterway.

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This project concerns Spring Creek in Springdale, where we are providing engineering support on a team led by Alta Greenways (Chuck Flink and Mike Rose) and including DHM (Bill Neumann) and the Greenway Team (Bob Searns) in Denver and USI Consulting Engineers and McClelland Consulting Engineers in Springdale.  Conceptual plans to bring Spring Creek out of a box culvert and make it an urban amenity (illustration by Alta Greenways and DHM) are shown at left.

Rachel made a two-day trip to Springdale in January to participate in public meetings and to work on the technical report with Terry Carpenter and Karen Lasley of USI.

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The court held that the EPA did not have the authority to use stormwater flow or volume instead of sediment in establishing a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Accotink Creek.  They concluded the Act’s definition of “pollutant” includes sediment, but not stormwater.

This decision could have far-reaching consequences for EPA’s TMDL and stormwater programs under the Clean Water Act.  Many WWE clients have had great interest in the increasing trend in establishing TMDLs for water bodies that are deemed “impaired” through EPA’s 303(d ) listing process.

Another potential impact of this ruling is that it might affect EPA’s planned Post-Construction Stormwater Rule, which is expected to rely heavily on control of runoff volume.  This rule is currently under development and scheduled to be formally proposed in June 2013.

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We are delighted to be working with our old friend and colleague Jeff  Winston, who is one of the preeminent land planners and landscape architects in the Rocky Mountain region.  We are also pleased to be working with our friends at Martin/Martin, which is serving as overall site civil engineer.

WWE staff members Noah Greenberg, Gary Witt and Jon Jones are focused on 404 permitting, stream channel and riparian zone enhancement and water rights/ water supply.

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