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LWI Nature Based Solutions Capacity Building Presentation: Natural Channel Design (NCD) - A Nature Based Solution for Floodplain Management and Watershed Resiliency. 

Gravity, nature, climatic events, and development can all impact the function of our water resource infrastructure. Understanding and applying natural stream form and function is critical to the sustainable management of our natural and man-made water conveyance systems. Whether the goal is to improve drainage or flood plain management, meet surface water quality goals, develop urban/suburban green corridors and linear parks, reduce long-term maintenance costs, restore critical aquatic and riparian habitat; NCD is emerging as the best practice for the sustainable management of these critical water resources infrastructure systems. NCD emulates natural river systems and was initially developed to help redirect the manner in which past traditional river works have impacted natural river systems. 

SWCA will be providing an overview of Natural Channel Design methods and some example projects where they have applied NCD-based channel designs to manage, stabilize, and restore flood control channels and their tributaries.

Speakers

Will Norman

SWCA Texas/Gulf Coast Water Business Line Lead

• 20 years of experience in the planning, development, and management of multi-disciplinary water resource projects and programs along the Gulf Coast

• SWCA Baton Rouge | will.norman@swca.com
  (225) 663-3830

Lee Forbes, P.E., D.WRE

• SWCA National Director - Ecological Restoration Engineering

• Civil/Environmental Engineer with 33 years of experience

• He has served as project manager/lead design engineer for numerous fluvial geomorphological assessment, natural channel design, ecologically-enhanced channel design, wetland restoration, and hydro-dynamic modeling
  projects in Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Alabama, California, and Washington.

• SWCA Baton Rouge | lforbes@swca.com
  (225) 663-3830

Contacts

Rachelle Sanderson
Region 7 Regional Watershed Coordinator, CRPC
rsanderson@crpcla.org

Chuck Berger, P.E.
Engineer 6 DCL, LA DEQ
Chuck.Berger@LA.GOV

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