We frequently receive requests for a number of Balance reports on specific topics or in
particular areas. Occasionally, we also post these documents during development of a general plan or a watershed
plan. Please let us know if and when we can assist in a public process or in developing a restoration plan.
Owens, J., Porras, G., and Hecht, B., 2001, Sediment-transport reconnaissance of the Pilarcitos Creek Watershed, San Mateo County, California,
WY 2000: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for Pilarcitos Creek Advisory Comittee and the
San Mateo County Resource Conservation District, 17 p., 2 tables, 12 figs. (pdf)
Woyshner, M., Hedlund, C., and Hecht, B., 2002,
San Mateo County Mid-Coast aquifers -
literature and data review: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for San Mateo County
Planning Department, 23 p., 6 tables, 1 fig., and 6 appendices (pdf)
Woyshner, M., Parke, J., Hecht, B., and Porras, G., 2005,
Drilling and testing of Montara Water and
Sanitary District's Well 2004-4, APN 036-180-030 - well completion report, San Mateo County, California:
Balance Hydrologics, Inc, Consulting report prepared for Montara Water and Sanitary District, 92 p., 3 tables, 15
figs., and 4 appendices (pdf)
Chartrand, S., Hastings, B., and Hecht, B., 2003, Catalog of active sediment sources and control opportunities, Apanolio Creek, Half Moon Bay, San
Mateo County, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for San Mateo County Resource
Conservation District, 23 p., 1 table, 4 figs., and 6 appendices (pdf)
Balance Hydrologics, 1996, Sedimentation and channel dynamics of the Searsville Lake Watershed and Jasper Ridge Biological
Preserve, San Mateo County, California: Consulting report prepared for Jasper
Ridge Biological Preserve, 72 p., 18 figs., 5 appendices (pdf)
Owens, J., Chartrand, S., and Hecht, B., 2003, Geomorphic and sediment assessment of the Gazos Creek watershed, San Mateo and Santa Cruz
Counties, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for Coastal Watershed Council, 17
p., 4 tables, 14 figs, and 2 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., 1982, Geomorphology
and hydrology of Lower Arana Gulch, Santa Cruz, California, bases for planning habitat restoration and sediment
management: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for Harvey and Stanley Associates, 88 p.,
2 appendices (pdf)
Chartrand, S., Hecht, B., and Shaw, D., 2003, Soquel Creek watershed assessment - geomorphology and baseflow hydrology: Balance
Hydrologics, Inc., project number 200021, Consulting report prepared for Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation
District, 89 p., 6 tables, 38 figs., and 4 appendices (pdf)
Chartrand, S., Owens, J., and Hecht, B., 2003, Hydrologic, assessment of the
Gazos Creek watershed San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project
number 200022, Consulting report prepared for Coastal Watershed Council, 20 p., 2 tables, 9 figs., and 5
appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., 1983, Substrate
enhancement/sediment management study, Lagunitas Creek, Marin County - sediment transport and bed conditions,
1979 to 1982 - Phase IIIb: HEA, A Division of J. H. Kleinfelder & Associates consulting report prepared for the Marin Municipal Water District, 172 p., 21 tables, 12 figs., and 6 appendices
(pdf)
Hecht, B., 1981, Substrate
enhancement/sediment managagement study, Lagunitas Creek, Marin County - sediment transport and substrate
conditions, 1980 to 1981 - Phase IIIa: HEA, A Division of J. H. Kleinfelder &
Associates consulting report prepared for the Marin Municipal Water District, 101 p., 16 tables, 14 figs., and 4
appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., 1980, Substrate
enhancement/sediment managagement study, Lagunitas Creek, Marin County - sediment transport and substrate
conditions, 1979 to 1980 - Phase II: H.Esmaili & Associates, consulting report prepared for the Marin Municipal Water District, 104 p., 17 tables, 12 figs, and 4
appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., 1979, Substrate
enhancement/sediment managagement study, Lagunitas Creek, Marin County - sediment sources and control
alternatives, Phase I: H.Esmaili & Associates,
consulting report prepared for the Marin Municipal Water District, 42 p., 2 tables, 5 figs., and 2 appendices
(pdf)
Hecht, B., and Glasner, A., 2002, Interim analysis of streambed monitoring data - Lagunitas Creek sediment and riparian management
plan, Marin County, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc. consulting report prepared for Marin Municipal
Water District, project number 200052.1, 32 p., 4 tables, 10 figs., and 5 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Kamman, G., 1996,
Initial assessment of Pre- and Post-Klamath
Project hydrology on the Klamath River and impacts of the Project on instream flows and fishery habitat:
Balance Hydrologics, Inc. consulting report prepared for The Yurok Tribe, 39 p., 2 tables, 31 figs., and 2
appendices (pdf)
Porter, S., Mallory, B., and Hecht, B., 2002, Review of phase II instream "unimpaired" flows in the Klamath River: Balance
Hydrologics, Inc., project number 202009, Consulting report prepared for the Yurok Tribe, 32 p., 4 tables
(pdf)
Mallory, B., Hecht, B., Gearheart, R., and Porter, S, 2005, Comments on USBR's December 2004 report of modeling - "Undepleted Natural Flow of the
Upper Klamath River": Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 203125, Consulting report prepared for The
Yurok Tribe, 51 p., 9 figs., 1 appendix (pdf)
Mallory, B., Hecht, B., Porter, S., Gearheart, R., and Guensch, G., 2006, Review of Bureau of Reclamation's
technical memorandum titled "Verification of modeled results in the Upper Klamath River Basin to Keno" dated
April 2006: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 203125, Consulting letter-report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for
the Yurok Tribe, 11 p., 4 tables, 2 figs. (pdf)
Hecht, B., Mallory, B., and Porter, S., 2006, Review of the technical merit of selected testimonies given before the Public Utility
Commission of Oregon: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 205203, Consulting letter-report prepared for
Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations (PCFFA), 43 p. (pdf)
Owens, J., and Hecht, B., 1998, Existing flows,
ground-water and water-quality influences on habitat values in the Shasta Valley, Siskiyou County,
California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 97096, Consulting report prepared The Yurok Tribe
Natural Resources Department, 13 p., 3 tables, 6 figs. (pdf)
Hecht, B.and Kamman, G., 1998,
Review of initial Bureau of Reclamation hydrologic model (KPOP) of the Klamath Watershed: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for The Yurok Tribe, 10 p. (pdf)
Hecht, B.and Owens, J., 1997,
Estimates of accretion below Iron Gate for use in planning WY1997 releases: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for The Bureau of Reclamation, 3 p., 5 tables, 1 fig., and appendix (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Jett, G., 1988, Sedimentology and recharge of a Sierran Glacial-Valley Aquifer, Squaw Valley, California Poster: Poster session presented at The Subapline Montane Watersheds Symposium, June 9-10, 1988, Calneva Lodge, Lake Tahoe, 8 p. + appendix (pdf)
Woyshner, M., and Hecht, B., 1988, Sediment, solute and nutrient transport from Squaw Creek, Tuckee River Basin, California: Proceedings of the Subalpine Montane Watersheds Symposium, June 9-10, 1988, Cal Neva Lodge. Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 32 p. + tables, figures (pdf)
Finnerty, A., and Hecht, B., 1993, Associations between shallow ground water levels, salinities and vegetation at two wetlands fringing
Mono Lake, Mono County, California: Balance Hydrologics Inc., Consulting report prepared for Jones &
Stokes Associates, 115 p., 6 tables, 23 figs., and 1 appendix (pdf)
Finnerty, A., and Hecht, B., 1993, Interactions between surface and ground water in potential riparian habitat zones of the Mono Basin,
Mono County, California: Balance Hydrologics Inc., Consulting report prepared for Jones & Stokes
Associates and the State Water Resource Control Board, 129 p., 49 figs., 1 appendix (pdf)
Hickson, T., and Hecht, B., 1992, Changes over
time In geomorphic conditions sediment transport and riparian cover in the Owens River below Pleasant Valley Dam,
Inyo County, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for Jones & Stokes
Associates and the State Water Resource Control Board, 102 p., 6 tables, 10 figs., and 9 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., Owens, J., Woyshner, M., and White, C., 1998,
Maintaining ponding and water quality in the
Lennar Vernal Pool, Moorpark, California: Balance Hydrologics Inc., Consulting report prepared for Lennar
Homes of California, 50 p, 2 tables, 17 figs., and 4 appendices (pdf)
Knudsen, K., Hecht, B., and Napolitano, M., 1991, Hydrologic processes affecting vernal pools at Yosemite Lake, Merced County,
California: Balance Hydrologics Inc., Consulting report prepared for Blue Star Resorts, 43 p. 4 tables, 7
figs.(pdf)
Hecht, B. and Hickson, T., 1991,
Allometric analysis of
natural drainage in the formation of design criteria for wetland mitigation swales, Yosemite Lake, Merced
County: Balance Hydrologics Inc., Consulting report prepared for Blue Star Resorts in coordination with
WESCO, 20 p., 4 tables, 10 figs. (pdf)
Hecht, B., 1993,
South of the spotted owl - restoration strategies for
episodic channels and riparian corridors in Central and Southern California: Paper presented at the Society
of Wetland Scientists, Western Wetlands Conference, March 25-27 1993, Davis, California, 7 p., 7 figures
(pdf)
Hecht, B. and Woyshner, M., 1984, Restoration of normal bed conditions following the storm of January 4, 1982 in Corralitos and Brown
Creeks, Santa Cruz County, California: HEA, A Division of J. H. Kleinfelder &
Associates, Consulting report as part of The Pajaro River Habitat Management Study, 55 p., 11 tables, 2 figs.,
and 3 appendices. (pdf)
Hecht, Barry, 1981, Sequential changes in bed habitat conditions in the Upper Carmel River following the Marble-Cone Fire of August 1977: California Riparian Systems Conference, University of California, Davis, September 17-19, 1981, 8 p. + tables, figures (pdf)
Hecht, B., 2000, Drought, fire and geology - key watershed influences in northern Santa Lucia Mountains, California: Peninsula Geological Society Spring Field Trip 2000 Guidebook, Salinia/Nacimiento Amalgamated Terrane, Big Sur Coast, Central California, 7 p. (pdf)
Hastings, B., Jacobs, B., and Smith, F., 2003, Rapidly eroding pinyon-juniper woodlands in New Mexico - response to slash treatment: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 32, July-August 2003, 9 p. + tables, figures (pdf)
Breshears, D., Hastings, B., and Smith, F., 2005, Spatial variability in rainfall erosivity versus rainfall depth - implications for sediment yield: Vadose Zone Journal 4, Soil Science of America, 4 p. + tables, figures (pdf)
Gartner, J., 2000, Erosion from watersheds after wildfire: Effect of log erosion barrier treatment, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, poster (pdf)
Gartner, J., 2006, Erosion mitigation in burned watersheds, a quantitative evaluation of log erosion barriers (abs): In review at Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 3 p. (pdf)
Hastings, B., and Hecht, B., 2005, Hydrologic monitoring plan for sustaining a separated wetland near Calle Joaquin, San Luis
Obispo, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 205053, Consulting report prepared for Cannon
Associates, 22 p., 2 tables, 5 figs., and 4 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Malmon, D., 2003, Conceptual plan for intercepting sediment in the lower Los Osos and Warden Valleys, Morro Bay Area,
San Luis Obispo County, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 200060, Consulting report
prepared for Morro Bay National Estuary Program, 47 p., 6 tables, 7 figs., and 2 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Hastings, B., 2004, Hydrologic sufficiency for sustaining a separated wetland near Calle Joaquin, San Luis Obispo,
California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 204044, Consulting report prepared for Cannon
Engineers, 40 p., 7 tables, 13 figs., and 10 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., 2006, Streamflow,
sediment transport and water quality in Pismo Creek, a phase 1 watershed perspective: Balance Hydrologics,
Inc., project number 205133, Consulting report prepared for Central Coast Salmon Enhancement, 23 p., 2 forms, 4
tables, 10 figs., and 2 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Hayes, G.E., 1994, River mining plan, Sisquoc Plant, Sisquoc, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 9204.10, consulting report prepared for Zitney & Associates, and SP Milling Company, 27 p., and 3 appendices (pdf)
Knudsen, K., Hecht, B., Holmes, D.O., and Flaschka, I., 1992, Hydrologic and geomorphic factors affecting management of the lower Sisquoc River alluvial corridor, Santa Barbara, County, California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project number 9204.9, consulting report prepared for SP Milling Company, 72 p., 8 tables, 8 figs., 1 plate, and 5 appendices (pdf)
Brown, S., Porter, S., and Hecht, B., 2006, Hydromodification
management plan for the Fairfield-Suisun Urban Runoff Management Program - submitted in partial fulfillment of
the FSURMP stormwater discharge permit (NPDES permit number CAS612005): Balance Hydrologics, Inc., project
number 204126, Consulting report prepared for the cities of Fairfield and Suisun, and the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer
District, 38 p., 4 tables, 9 figs, and 5 appendices (pdf)
Hecht, B. and Woyshner, M., 1984, Effects of riparian woodlands on roughness and channel capacity of the Pajaro River near Watsonville,
California: Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Consulting report prepared for Harvey & Stanley Associates, 38 p.,
6 tables, 3 figs., and 1 appendix (pdf)
Hecht, B., and Owens, J., 1996, Approaches to in-situ calculation of floodplain roughness, in Coast to Coast, Association
of State Floodplain Managers 20th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, 1996, Proceedings: San Diego,
California, Association of State Floodplain Managers, p. 142-148 (pdf)
Bartholomaus, T., Anderson, R., and Anderson, P., 2008, Response of glacier basal motion to transient water storage: Nature Geoscience, Letters, Vol 1, pp. 33-37. (pdf)
Bartholomaus, T., Anderson, R., and Anderson, P., 2008, Midnight glacier hikes: Nature Geoscience, Backstory, Vol 1, p. 1 (pdf)
Hecht, B., and LaChapelle, Ed, 1999, Hydrologic and Hydrogeologic Factors Affecting Aquifer Protection: McCarthy Area, Alaska, p. 1-102 (pdf)
