INTERA has been selected by the South Florida Water Management District to provide a wide variety of modeling support services. Work under this 3-year, District-wide work order based contract will include: development, calibration, verification, and application of regional models; numerical and physical modeling; numerical and physical based model development, modification, and enhancement; modeling for storage reservoirs, water control structures, levees, wells, canals and flow-ways; data collection, analysis, and management; hydrodynamic and water quality modeling of wetlands, estuaries, and bays; development of modeling protocols, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, IT and GIS support for modeling; model code peer reviews; and technical writing in support of new computer code user’s manuals, code theory manuals, and computer software educational programs.
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INTERA Awarded Contract from the University of Mississippi
INTERA was awarded a contract from the University of Mississippi to support the development of GIS-based database and vulnerability analysis tools for Mississippi groundwater, surface water resources, and dams. The project scope includes developing complete inventories of critical infrastructure and key resources and performing vulnerability assessments to identify potential areas of weakness and provide guidance for prioritizing vulnerability reduction decisions. A two-tier risk assessment approach for determining the vulnerability of groundwater, surface water, and dams is being developed and applied at the hydrologic basin scale.
A Tier 1 vulnerability assessment using simple indexing and weighting methods is being conducted to rank resources. This assessment is based on the susceptibility of the resource to natural and anthropogenic threats and the economic, public health and safety, and security consequences associated with the threats. Water resources and dams, with high vulnerability based on the Tier 1 analysis, will be subjected to a Tier 2 risk assessment that includes general and specific threat scenarios evaluated stochastically to quantify vulnerability in the presence of uncertainty. The work is being performed by a project team consisting of the University of Mississippi, INTERA, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, and the Mississippi Department of Health.
Continue ReadingINTERA Signs Contract with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
INTERA has signed a contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to provide technical service for the evaluation of crop, land, and irrigation management practices. The Metropolitan Water District service area covers approximately 5,200 square miles and includes portions of six California counties including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura. The District provides approximately 60% of the water used within its service area.
Continue ReadingINTERA to Provide Sandoval County with Hydrologic Services
Under an indefinite scope and delivery contract awarded in 2006, INTERA is providing Sandoval County with hydrologic services to determine/recommend the most appropriate and economical sources for water, improvements to existing systems, and other work necessary to ensure continued and future sources of water in the various areas of the County. INTERA has recently been supporting the County in its efforts to evaluate water availability in the Rio Puerco basin in the area around the Rio West planned development.
Our efforts include monitoring the results from well tests to determine how much water is available. If an adequate water supply is found, the County may establish a “water entity” to sell the water, which would be treated by a desalinization plant built in the Rio Puerco, at wholesale prices to other municipalities in Sandoval County. Several recent articles on this project have appeared in the Albuquerque Journal and other local newspapers.
Continue ReadingINTERA Relocates Corporate Office in Austin, Texas
After 10 years at the 9111A Research Boulevard address, INTERA has moved our corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas to 1812 Centre Creek Drive, Suite 300. The new location includes additional office space to accommodate the company’s growing staff.
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