
Stormwater
As good stewards of our water resources, we’re constantly challenged to find ways to do more with less. Over the past few decades, traditional methods of stormwater design have focused primarily on managing the quantity of stormwater to mitigate flooding and associated damages. However, continuing development and increased stormwater demands combined with failing older infrastructure are resulting in not only more flooding but an increase in non-point source pollutant loads.
State and federal regulations that will most likely continue to require stricter water-quality standards compound the issue. That is why our team of stormwater management professionals is comprised of engineers, scientists, planners, and GIS practitioners who work in concert with our clients to open a new realm of possibilities that promote urban livability, enhance the quality of our communities and create eligibility for new funding sources.
Areas of expertise include:
- Surface Hydrology
- System Hydraulics
- Dam Analysis and Design
- Watershed Master Planning
- Floodplain Analysis and Mapping
- Water Quality Modeling
- Watershed Assessment and Monitoring
- Sediment Transport Analysis
- Stormwater Infrastructure Inventories
- Coastal Engineering
- BMP Analysis and Design
- Low Impact Development
- Capital Improvement Projects
- Stormwater Treatment Practices Design
- FEMA Studies and Permitting
- GIS Analysis and Application Development
- Stormwater Treatment Practices Design
- Stream/Wetland Restoration
- NPDES Phase II Regulatory Compliance
- Grantsmanship
- Levee Break Analysis and Design
- Groundwater Hydrology
Featured Projects
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This unique project was the highest prioritized project identified in the Lower Booker Creek Subwatershed Study, which WK Dickson prepared. The project reduces flooding in the area affected by major storm events.
The Town Creek Culvert, located in the highly urbanized area of uptown Greenville, addresses a variety of water quantity and quality issues associated with a failing stormwater conveyance system. In addition to upsizing the existing storm drainage system, this project offers significant water quality benefits through the installation of several Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs).
Town leadership reached out to WK Dickson to help them develop innovative rainwater harvesting and reuse concepts that included outside-the-box thinking from NC State University senior design students
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Built on a drained swamp area shortly after World War II, the Hyde Park community in Augusta, Georgia, has experienced numerous flooding events for years…
WK Dickson performed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of a 1.6-square-miles watershed and detailed design of stormwater infrastructure improvements. Project included modeling 21,000 linear feet…
This unique stormwater project included walking trails, educational exhibits, and a park setting within a regional detention pond and bioretention facility. WK Dickson provided the engineering and landscape architecture design for the regional multi-use stormwater management facility.
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WK Dickson led a citywide stormwater master plan for the 35-square mile municipality that also included the complete inventory and master planning for four watersheds totaling approximately 15 square miles.
WK Dickson was selected to complete a watershed study of the 5.2-square-mile Buckhead Creek in Fayetteville, NC.
This capital improvement project required both flood control and stream restoration.
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The project included a detailed study of existing drainage conditions in an 81-acre watershed, improvement recommendations, design of selected alternatives, permitting, and construction observation.
Project included detailed existing conditions analysis of the Five Points drainage system, construction drawings and contract documents for construction bids.
WK Dickson developed feasibility studies and design plans for five ponds as part of the City’s Pond and Dam Rehabilitation/Water Quality Enhancement program.
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WK Dickson worked with the Town of Chapel Hill to develop a Watershed Plan for the Town’s highest priority watershed, Booker Creek.
WK Dickson prepared a stream and wetland restoration plan and design for the creek that involved the design of two regenerative stormwater conveyances (the first of its kind in South Carolina).
Clark Avenue Emergency Culvert Repair was a fast-tracked H&H evaluation and construction design plan project that provided recommendations to replace a 70-year-old failing Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) in downtown Raleigh. A quick turnaround on construction documents allowed the city’s on-call contractor to accelerate construction and replace this culvert in under three months.
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This project involved an emergency culvert repair on the busy Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh in front of the Farmer’s Market to remove and replace a failing 72-inch corrugated metal pipe that had reached the end of its lifespan.
Collins Hill Library needed several stormwater improvements. After evaluation of the site by county and WK Dickson staff, a variety of BMPs including rainwater harvesting, bioretention, enhanced dry swales, permeable pavement and regenerative stormwater conveyance, were carefully chosen.
WK Dickson provided design and construction support of two stormwater best management practice (BMP) rain gardens for the Mooresville Town Hall property.
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Frequent road flooding in this coastal community led to the utilization of a new, innovative concept - dune infiltration. A conceptual design report was prepared that included system locations and potential routes for stormwater pipe layouts, dune infiltration system suitability and layout, required easements, required permitting, construction cost estimates, and an overall feasibility report.
WK Dickson designed a new drainage system utilizing native sandy soils to facilitate infiltration for the Hope Mills Town Hall campus which had experienced frequent flooding.
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This unique project was the highest prioritized project identified in the Lower Booker Creek Subwatershed Study, which WK Dickson prepared. The project reduces flooding in the area affected by major storm events.
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The Town Creek Culvert, located in the highly urbanized area of uptown Greenville, addresses a variety of water quantity and quality issues associated with a failing stormwater conveyance system. In addition to upsizing the existing storm drainage system, this project offers significant water quality benefits through the installation of several Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs).
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Town leadership reached out to WK Dickson to help them develop innovative rainwater harvesting and reuse concepts that included outside-the-box thinking from NC State University senior design students
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Built on a drained swamp area shortly after World War II, the Hyde Park community in Augusta, Georgia, has experienced numerous flooding events for years…
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WK Dickson performed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of a 1.6-square-miles watershed and detailed design of stormwater infrastructure improvements. Project included modeling 21,000 linear feet…
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This unique stormwater project included walking trails, educational exhibits, and a park setting within a regional detention pond and bioretention facility. WK Dickson provided the engineering and landscape architecture design for the regional multi-use stormwater management facility.
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WK Dickson led a citywide stormwater master plan for the 35-square mile municipality that also included the complete inventory and master planning for four watersheds totaling approximately 15 square miles.
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WK Dickson was selected to complete a watershed study of the 5.2-square-mile Buckhead Creek in Fayetteville, NC.
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This capital improvement project required both flood control and stream restoration.
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The project included a detailed study of existing drainage conditions in an 81-acre watershed, improvement recommendations, design of selected alternatives, permitting, and construction observation.
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Project included detailed existing conditions analysis of the Five Points drainage system, construction drawings and contract documents for construction bids.
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WK Dickson developed feasibility studies and design plans for five ponds as part of the City’s Pond and Dam Rehabilitation/Water Quality Enhancement program.
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WK Dickson worked with the Town of Chapel Hill to develop a Watershed Plan for the Town’s highest priority watershed, Booker Creek.
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WK Dickson prepared a stream and wetland restoration plan and design for the creek that involved the design of two regenerative stormwater conveyances (the first of its kind in South Carolina).
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Clark Avenue Emergency Culvert Repair was a fast-tracked H&H evaluation and construction design plan project that provided recommendations to replace a 70-year-old failing Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) in downtown Raleigh. A quick turnaround on construction documents allowed the city’s on-call contractor to accelerate construction and replace this culvert in under three months.
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This project involved an emergency culvert repair on the busy Lake Wheeler Road in Raleigh in front of the Farmer’s Market to remove and replace a failing 72-inch corrugated metal pipe that had reached the end of its lifespan.
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Collins Hill Library needed several stormwater improvements. After evaluation of the site by county and WK Dickson staff, a variety of BMPs including rainwater harvesting, bioretention, enhanced dry swales, permeable pavement and regenerative stormwater conveyance, were carefully chosen.
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WK Dickson provided design and construction support of two stormwater best management practice (BMP) rain gardens for the Mooresville Town Hall property.
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Frequent road flooding in this coastal community led to the utilization of a new, innovative concept - dune infiltration. A conceptual design report was prepared that included system locations and potential routes for stormwater pipe layouts, dune infiltration system suitability and layout, required easements, required permitting, construction cost estimates, and an overall feasibility report.
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WK Dickson designed a new drainage system utilizing native sandy soils to facilitate infiltration for the Hope Mills Town Hall campus which had experienced frequent flooding.