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Thanks for the response, Red. I did go through their mapper (both the old one, and the new one, CRIS). The closest hit on the old mapper was a couple miles up the road, so I was optimistic we would not be requested to do the Phase 1. Unfortunately our site hasn't been excavated to the extent...

All, I'm developing a residential subdivision in New York State that will result in the need to obtain a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit for stormwater discharges associated with construction activity (specifically, NYS SPDES GP-0-15-002). I'm unsure how many of you...

All, Has anyone come across or have a spreadsheet that can calculate culvert flow characteristics utilizing the 6 basic types of culvert flow? I'd like to incorporate it into an excel spreadsheet I'm trying to build. Thanks in advance.

IRStuff, you seem to be a pretty good resource, thanks for all the responses. What you say makes a lot of sense, and I know that one of the ultimate paths for this project is to end up on mobile devices. Apparently I will need to do more research on the capabilities of Java. I assume Java can...

Thanks for the replies. I think ideally, this program would be web-based, but might have the option of being downloaded, so it could reside on one's local harddrive to speed up computations. After which, the results would be returned back to the web for storage and archiving on "our" server...

All, Looking for any insight here, and I apologize for the vagueness, but there is a gag order on the project. I'm tasked with researching the feasibility of a web-based program that will utilize a GUI and reference a database that will perform calculations, and spit the results back to the...

Ok, so why don't the civil guys and petro guys each pull it out and see which is bigger? Seriously. As flawed as it may be, based on whatever opinion you have, local code, politics, and money make the decisions. You're kidding yourself thinking otherwise.

In a perfect world, I'd agree with you. But it all depends. Is the road functioning adequately or are there problems? How long is the overlay section? How much money is available? All depends...

How does your road perform in the winter? What type of inlets do you have? Curb inlets? Could you build up the left curb of the downhill median enough to pitch it to the west, into the uphill travel way? That would help eliminate some runoff from the median reaching the problematic...

The trench drains or "vane drains" do not seem like much of a solution to me. You said the road is 5 lanes wide (plus a median), so I'm assuming we are talking about 65' of street width approximately? If that is the case, I'd have to say the best option would be to redo the road. Granted you...

When doing this exercise, you have to make sure you carefully select an appropriate "C" value. Based on my Civil Engineering Reference Manual, the recommended "C" values used for a PVC pipe range from 120-150, with a suggested design value of 130. Applying the Hazen Williams equation with...

Thanks for the responses. Hg, I must admit, what you say is more than a little discouraging. I will have to hope that your situation is an isolated one, and not the norm. If anyone else has any other experiences, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for the posts. I guess my initial thinking (possibly misinformed thinking) is that employers or perhaps companies looking to be competitive globally would look at my resume and think "Wow, technical expertise as well as bilingual! We'd be crazy not to interview this guy!" Perhaps my...

So I have long had an interest in learning a second language, and have finally decided to take the plunge and make a go for it. I'd like to know if anyone here is bilingual or knows someone who is (that practices in engineering), and how they apply it to their profession. I am still a young...

I would never lie or deliberately mislead in an interview. I would agree with what rbulsara said, and either accept/reject/counter whatever offer you get. It would not be in your best interest to get caught in a lie. In the geographic region that I work, there are many places that employ...

The bearing capacity of the soils should only be affected if the underlain soils do not have the capability to infiltrate the runoff. In this situation, the only thing that would affect the effective stress (bearing capacity) of the supporting soils is if an increase in the pore pressure (water...

It would be an application of a pump. Sorry for the confusion. I'm looking to investigate injection well designs for stormwater pumping similar to what is/was done in the Key West of Florida. Thanks.

I'm looking for a guide on the approach to designing/sizing injection well pumps. Does anybody have any or know where to find published procedures for this? Thanks in advance.

Well said Beej67. I suppose the root of my position is, even with all that said, why don't we do it anyway? If you are in an area with clayey soils, you will get very little infiltration.... so it would essentially be acting the same way closed systems do now. But if you were in a sandy soil...

I'd like to open a discussion regarding catch basins and why they are not replaced with drywells with overflows (essentially catch basins with holes in them to promote infiltration). The two theories I have come across are: 1. Way back in the day, many sewer systems were combined sewers and so...