Projects
Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal
California American Water (CAW), the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the project owners, cooperatively removed the San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River, Monterey County, California. San [...]
Yerba Buena Pedestrian Bridge Design
Yerba Buena Creek, in the Evergreen neighborhood of San Jose, has become deeply incised, likely beginning near 1968, which correlates to when suburban development began in the watershed. As part of a Project team [...]
CSA 50 Flood Control Plan
Balance Hydrologics was the lead for an inter-disciplinary team that was selected to prepare an updated flood control plan for the Carmel River in County Services Area 50, which encompasses the north overbank areas [...]
Sardine Meadow Restoration Design
The Truckee River Watershed Council (TRWC) partnered with the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the U.S. Forest Service Tahoe National Forest (TNF) to restore Sardine Meadow, a 900-acre meadow located in the Davies [...]
Stormwater Design for Gale Ranch in San Ramon
Balance Hydrologics developed and designed the stormwater management strategy for the large Gale Ranch Project in southern Contra Costa County. Initial work was carried out to identify opportunities and constraints for stormwater infrastructure related [...]
Hydrology for the City of Santa Cruz Habitat Conservation Plan
Since 2004, Balance Hydrologics (Balance) has assisted the City of Santa Cruz, in cooperation with other project team members prepare a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for the watersheds from which the community draws its [...]
Upper Penitencia Creek Mitigation and Restoration Design for BART to San Jose
Balance Hydrologics was retained to prepare a complete set of construction documents for the mitigation and restoration of Upper Penitencia Creek at the future site of the Berryessa BART station and campus. Mitigation and [...]
Truckee Meadows Regional Stormwater Quality Management Program
Since 2014 Balance Hydrologics has implemented the Truckee Meadows Stormwater Monitoring Program for the Municipal Regional MS4 permit which includes the Cities of Reno and Sparks and Washoe County. The current program includes water [...]
South San Ramon Creek Stream Maintenance
As part of an updated stream maintenance plan for the City of San Ramon, Balance Hydrologics assessed the geomorphic conditions of South San Ramon Creek and its tributaries. Our effort concentrated on evaluating the [...]
Elizabethtown Meadow Trail and Drainage Restoration
In 2011, Balance Hydrologics completed a watershed assessment of the larger Martis Creek watershed which identified priority restoration and re-naturalization projects related to meadow restoration, channel stability, habitat enhancement, groundwater recharge, water quality improvements, [...]
UC Davis Tahoe City Field Lab Stream and Wetland Restoration Design
Balance Hydrologics provided the conceptual and construction-level channel and wetland restoration designs for the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Lab Restoration Project. The field lab is a former fish hatchery in Lake Forest, California, [...]
Update of the Canyon Del Rey Master Drainage Plan, Monterey County
Balance Hydrologics was contracted through the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District to provide an update of the Canyon Del Rey Master Drainage Plan. This study served to guide future watershed management decisions including drainage [...]
Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project
The Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project is a multi-objective effort on a 645-acre parcel to attenuate flooding in the community of Knightsen, restore a mosaic of wetland and upland habitats for special status [...]
Upper Truckee Marsh Restoration Design
Beginning in the 1800s and continuing through intense land development in the 1960s and early 1970s, the Upper Truckee River was channelized through Lake Tahoe’s largest delta and marsh complex, which resulted in most [...]
Verdi CMAR Riverbed Restoration Design
The Nevada Department of Transportation has classified two bridges along Interstate 80 as scour critical, and has contracted Granite Construction on a Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) basis to design and implement a scour [...]
San Felipe Creek Restoration
The Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (Habitat Agency) represents multiple stakeholders in providing long-term protection of ecosystems and biodiversity within Santa Clara County. The Habitat Agency contracted with Habitat Restoration Sciences (HRS), Balance Hydrologics, [...]
Zaca Post-Fire Sediment Control
The 2007 Zaca Fire burned 248,000 acres of northern Santa Barbara County; including portions of the watersheds supply most of the County’s water supply. Over 60 percent of area contributing runoff to the City [...]
Hydrologic Site Assessment for the Benicia Urban Waterfront Enhancement and Master Plan
Balance Hydrologics was part of a multi-disciplinary team brought on by the City of Benicia to develop the Benicia Urban Waterfront Restoration Plan (Plan). This Plan was partly funded by a Coastal Conservancy grant [...]
East Cypress Groundwater Monitoring and Mitigation Wetland Design
The Cypress Preserve Project (Project) is a large-scale mixed-use and density diverse master-planned community in eastern Contra Costa County. The Project avoids and preserves 129.4 acres of jurisdictional Waters of the U.S. (WOUS) and [...]
Dry Creek Stream and Habitat Restoration
Balance Hydrologics is working with Trout Unlimited-Nevada to restore aquatic habitat along Dry Creek, a tributary to Salmon Falls Creek (Columbia River Basin) in remote northeast Elko County, Nevada. Dry Creek is a spring-fed, [...]
Stanford University Hydrologic Support
Balance staff have been conducting a wide-range of hydrologic and hydraulic studies for Stanford University, the Stanford Lands Company and their cooperators in watershed management since 1994. Among these efforts have been: Searsville Dam [...]
Monitoring Channel Substrate and Bed Conditions for Salmonid Habitat and Floodplain Management in Corralitos and Soquel Creeks following the 2008 Summit Fire, Santa Cruz County, California
The County of Santa Cruz asked Balance Hydrologics, Inc. to assist in managing public safety, salmonid habitat, and riparian corridors in the Corralitos and upper Soquel Creek watersheds following the Summit Fire of May [...]