Bioengineering Group

Bank Stabilization and Wetland Terrace Creation at the Charles River Park

The Army Research Laboratory – Watertown (ARL-WT) was used as a munitions testing, manufacturing, and storage site from 1816 until 1995. In 1994, it was placed on the EPA Superfund National Priority List, with the Record of Decision calling for the remediation of soil and groundwater including organic and radioactive contaminants. The site encompasses a popular urban park designed by More...

Honey Lake / Sierra Army Depot Base Realignment and Closure

The US Army needed to rapidly characterize environmental issues known to include endangered species, historic and cultural sites, unexploded ordnance (UXO), water rights, and recreational interests in order to transfer the Honey Lake parcel to new ownership in less than 150 days, in keeping with Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program goals. Honey Lake, a 62,000-acre site located adjacent to More...

Kettle Creek Section 206 Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Project

The Kettle Creek watershed encompasses 244 square miles in Clinton, Potter, and Tioga counties in north-central Pennsylvania. Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) has severely impacted this highly valued trout fishery such that the lower six miles of Kettle Creek and its major tributary, Twomile Run, which lie within the boundaries of the Sproul State Forest, are devoid of aquatic life. The More...

Mill Creek at Center Hill Landfill

The Bioengineering Group was requested by the City of Cincinnati, Office of Environmental Management to identify a cost-effective, environmentally sensitive bank stabilization plan for a portion of Mill Creek to halt erosion threatening to uncover waste materials contained in the Center Hill Landfill. The eroding bank was approximately 27 feet high and 600 feet long with clay strata overlain by More...

New Bedford Harbor Salt Marsh Restoration

New Bedford Harbor supports a large saltmarsh complex ringed by dense urban and industrial development. In 1983 New Bedford Harbor and some adjacent upland areas were added to the Superfund National Priorities List, and a Record of Decision adopted in 1998 directed its cleanup by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, implemented by the US Army Corps of Engineers. In this More...