Design

Polaris + Pomin Restoration Feasibility Study 

The Polaris-Burton Creek wetland complex was once one of the largest wetlands on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Placement of fill for a fish hatchery, athletic fields, campgrounds and a boat ramp, combined with dredging for residential and recreational development, has left the complex in a fragmented state, with severely impaired functions and values. While [...]

Polaris + Pomin Restoration Feasibility Study 2023-04-18T23:21:25+00:00

East Fork Carson River Fish Barrier Feasibility Study 

Trout Unlimited (TU), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and other resource management entities are working toward Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT) recovery in the Lahontan Basin. As part of this effort, Balance Hydrologics was hired to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a physical barrier on [...]

East Fork Carson River Fish Barrier Feasibility Study 2023-04-14T22:10:09+00:00

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 Clemente Dam was 106 feet tall and constructed in 1921.  After more than 10 years of alternatives analysis, dam removal [...]

Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal2020-04-27T22:37:43+00:00

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 including Jacobs Engineering and Callander Associates, Balance collaborated on the design of a pedestrian bridge replacement over the creek that [...]

Yerba Buena Pedestrian Bridge Design2020-04-23T17:41:23+00:00

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 Creek watershed.  Extensive historical disturbance resulted from road and railroad construction for logging and milling operations.  More recent ranching activity [...]

Sardine Meadow Restoration Design2020-03-28T01:03:21+00:00

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 to both runoff quantity and quality.  Balance engineers assisted in the refinement of designs for specific structural best management practices [...]

Stormwater Design for Gale Ranch in San Ramon2020-10-02T20:20:34+00:00

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 restoration design is needed to offset impacts related to extension of BART to San Jose. The project offers a unique [...]

Upper Penitencia Creek Mitigation and Restoration Design for BART to San Jose2019-03-15T22:47:36+00:00

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, flood control, and recreation.  Elizabethtown Meadow, a discharge-slope wetland and formerly a short-lived mining town that existing in 1863, has [...]

Elizabethtown Meadow Trail and Drainage Restoration2018-07-12T16:58:44+00:00

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, and is surrounded by Polaris Creek and its associated wetlands, including an abandoned spring-fed hatchery pond. The riparian wetland system [...]

UC Davis Tahoe City Field Lab Stream and Wetland Restoration Design2018-07-12T16:59:44+00:00

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 of the marsh being dewatered, eroded, or obliterated. In an effort to preserve functioning areas and restore the sediment and [...]

Upper Truckee Marsh Restoration Design2020-11-02T18:27:04+00:00