Selected Projects
Watershed Restoration Research Project (Woodchip-Based Bioreactors)
Scott is currently working as a member of a research team that includes USEPA Office of Research & Development, United States Geological Survey (USGS), The Nature Conservancy, the Town of Barnstable and the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition. The project is designed to research, develop, and pilot-test multiple nature-based technologies to reduce nutrient loads to the coastal embayment known as Three Bays. Scott assisted in the design of a woodchip-based bioreactor/ permeable reactive barrier (PRB) and is now working with the research team to construct and monitor it as part of a wetland restoration project in a cranberry bog at the headwaters of the watershed. He is also advising on a project to evaluate the use of a new class of innovative and alternative septic systems that utilize a woodchip-based bioreactor. Preliminary data from these systems indicate nutrient reductions of 90%. The project includes the development of a Responsible Management Entity (RME) to oversee the operation, maintenance, and monitoring of the systems.
Wellfleet Targeted Watershed Management Plan – Town of Wellfleet, MA
As consultants to the Town of Wellfleet, we prepared a Targeted Watershed Plan including an adaptive management plan integrating non-traditional (nature-based) and traditional (wastewater treatment facilities) nutrient reduction technologies. The plan includes a permeable reactive barrier (PRB), shellfish and aquaculture, ecosystem restoration, stormwater remediation, fertilizer management, and the use of decentralized on-site septic systems that utilize innovative and alternative technologies. The overall goal of the project is to provide the town guidance in obtaining a MADEP Watershed Permit and compliance with the Clean Water Act.
River Restoration for the Atlantic Salmon
As a consultant to the United States Army Corps of Engineers and State of Maine, Scott designed and implemented a hydrologic study of river systems in northeastern Maine to assess the relative impacts of various water users including irrigation pumping associated with the blueberry industry on the flow regimes of the Narragaugus and Pleasant Rivers. The project included numerous meetings with a broad range of stakeholders including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State of Maine, blueberry industry representatives, and local government officials. The project resulted in a decision-making model and adaptive management plan to restore natural flows within the rivers for the purpose of providing an adequate habitat for the Atlantic Salmon.
Nicaragua Source Water Protection Project
As a consultants to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), we conducted a two-year case study of three communities in Nicaragua (Matagalpa, Esteli, and Ocotal) designed to strengthen the sustainability and resilience of local public drinking water supplies. The project included delineation of wellhead protection areas, identification of contaminant sources and the development of management strategies. It included numerous public hearings and the development of a comprehensive training manual
Innovative Wastewater and Storm Water Technologies, State of Hawaii
We were retained by US EPA Region 9 and the State of Hawaii to develop a course manual and to provide a training workshops on a broad range of innovative and alternative wastewater and stormwater technologies. This included both centralized and de-centralized wastewater solutions and a full range of innovative stormwater management techniques.
Smart Growth and Smart Energy Toolkit, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental and Energy Affairs (EEA):
We served as a consultants to the EEA to design an outreach tool for local governments and the development community. The Toolkit includes descriptions of twenty techniques, including transfer of development rights (TDR), transit-oriented development (TOD), village center zoning districts, open space residential design (OSRD), LID, agricultural preservation, integrated water, and wastewater management, brownfields redevelopment, and the newly-legislated Chapter 40R smart growth overlay districts. It also includes case studies and model bylaws on the twelve subject areas.