Jonathan Owens is a principal hydrologist and engineer who manages projects that quantify flow hydraulics, riparian roughness, channel morphology, sediment-transport and hydrologic effects of proposed land use changes. He supervises the construction of creek and river restoration projects, leads streamflow, constituent-transport, and recharge simulations, evaluates historic flow records and identifies hydrologic patterns, and models stream network discharges and temporal requirements for targeted biological species to establish water availability for consumptive uses. Jonathan also coordinates Balance’s stream gaging program and manages the firm’s weekend on-call storm-response monitoring program to collect high-flow and sediment field data. He participates in EIR/EIS analyses of drainage, water budgets, and likely effects of proposed land- or water-use changes on sensitive wetlands, and he performs field investigations and modeling to assess flood levels in both natural streams and vegetated, urban, flood-control channels.
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
- B.S. Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1990
Creek and River Restoration, Flow Measurements, GIS Analysis, Geomorphology, Grant Strategies and Management, Ground Truthing, Groundwater, Hydrology, Illustration, Outreach, Real-time Gaging, Sediment Budgets, Stream Gaging, Water Policy