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Scott Brown has more than two decades of experience in geomorphology and geologic mapping applied to watershed and environmental issues involving stream corridors, floodplains, and surface/ground water interaction. Major projects he has led include assessments of the effects of urbanization on streamflow and channel stability, hydrogeologic interpretation of groundwater sources and flowpaths, geomorphic basis-of-design for stream and wetland restoration, assessments of physical stream characteristics affecting habitat, and baseline hydrologic assessments and monitoring. Scott is the technical and quality assurance lead for Balance’s real-time monitoring and early-warning systems. He specializes in integrating monitoring data with real-time applications for flood-warning systems, water-rights compliance, and water-diversion operations.

  • California P.G. 8722
  • M.S. Geology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001
  • B.A. Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1998
  • Alameda County Hydrologic Data Acquisition and Management, ACFCWCD, Alameda County, California
  • Napa Logistics Water Supply Assessment, City of American Canyon, Napa County, California
  • San Francisquito Creek Early Flood Warning System, SFCJPA, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California
  • Fairfield-Suisun Hydromodification Management Plan, Fairfield-Suisun Urban Water Management Program, Solano County, California
  • "Documenting Stream Response to Hydromodification in a Sandy Watershed, Gobernadora Canyon, Orange County, California." S. Brown and B. Hecht
  • "Sources and pathways of ground-water flow to canyon streams and implications for channel-habitat mitigation as inferred from variability of dry-season baseflow conditions, Carmel River watershed, California." S. Brown, M. Woyshner, and B. Hecht

I enjoy the wide variety of projects that I am able to work on at Balance, from vineyard erosion management to urban runoff control, surface/groundwater interaction in the Carmel River Watershed to post-fire flood effects in the Santa Clara River.

Olema Creek, Marin County, California