With over 30 years of comprehensive water resource engineering and management experience on Municipal, State & Federal projects throughout the northeast Woidt Engineering and Consulting brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to your project. From the local procedures for a bridge replacement, to the detailed federal requirements of a Flood Insurance Study, Woidt Engineering has been through the process before and understands your special requirements and needs.

Woidt Engineering and Consulting staff experience includes successfully completed projects and studies in Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey. Woidt Engineering offers a dedicated "hands on" owner, technical excellence, a comprehensive understanding of local and state design processes and long term working relationships with the staff of multiple agencies throughout the Northeast.

There are some 78,000 dams nationwide, and roughly 8,000 in Pennsylvania and New York. Many of these are smaller privately owned dams. The Association of State Dam Safety Officials estimates that approximately 40 % of non-federally owned dams are in need of rehabilitation. Even dams with relatively small storage volumes and low dam heights could cause extensive downstream damage and loss of life in case of an abrupt dam failure.

Dam failures can occur from a wide variety of reasons including inadequate spillway capacity (overtopping), poor design, seepage and piping, structural failure, geotechnical conditions, seismic and even sabotage. WEC has the experience and training to spot potential trouble spots and recommend remedial solutions to repair deficiencies before a problem occurs. We provide dam inspection services, provide hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, dam break and inundation mapping, preparation of emergency action plans (EAP) and design of dam improvements. Our dam projects have ranged in size from large "farm ponds" to high hazard dams that impound over 2000 acre-feet of water. Our staff has completed dam safety training through the Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Evaluation Seminar.

WEC provides a wide range of floodplain management and hydraulic modeling and design. The firm's president, Rick Woidt, is one of only 24 Certified Floodplain Managers in New York State. Our projects have included modeling of streams, culverts, closed stormwater systems, watersheds, bridge replacement hydraulic studies, residential and commercial flood proofing, flood levees and closure structures and interior (pumping) storm drainage systems. Our projects often deal with investigations of Flood Insurance Studies (FIS) requiring preparation of Conditional Letter of Map Revisions (CLOMR) or Letter of Map Revisions (LOMR). As such, we routinely coordinate with FEMA and their technical review contractors offering us a comprehensive understanding of the administrative process. In addition we have helped many of our clients obtain state and federal funding for disaster or pre-disaster mitigation projects.

   Flood Mitigation Projects

   FEMA Letter of Map Revisions

   Culvert & Bridge Hydraulic Studies

   FEMA Flood Insurance Studies

   Floodproofing Projects

   Levees and Flood Control Structures

   Stream Restoration

   FEMA Elevation Certificates

With the passage of "Phase 2" of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) in 2003, the focus of stormwater management and control has been broadened in scale to include smaller construction sites. Phase 2 regulations lowers the threshold to one or more acres of disturbance, thus even large individual home sites may be subject to the regulations of NPDES. "Phase 2" regulations require that discharges leaving the construction site meet minimum requirements for both stormwater quantity (peak release rates) and water quality. Preparation of stormwater controls during construction (erosion and sedimentation control) and post construction (water quality and quantity control facilities) are typically required and included in a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP).

To this end, WEC provides a comprehensive range of services including Erosion & Sedimentation Control Plan preparation, permanent stormwater control design, SWPPP preparation and post construction monitoring and inspection. Our projects have ranged from as small as 2 acres to over 100 acres in size, and have included residential, commercial and planned unit developments. All of our projects include coordination with local municipal authorities, resource agencies and presentation of proposed stormwater treatments at public meetings and planning board sessions. This experience has allowed us to gain a solid working relationship with review boards and agencies resulting in efficient designs and cost savings to our clients.

   Erosion & Sedimentation Control Plans

   Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

   NPDES Permitting

   Storm Drainage Design

   Watershed Studies

   Expert Opinions and Testimony

   Construction Inspections