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Water:
Flood Control

Barr has provided flood-control planning
services to a variety of clients, including the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, state and local governments, and watershed
management organizations. These projects have ranged in size
from large, complex river and basin studies to small stream
and lake management efforts.
Barr's staff of water resources planners,
designers, engineers, and scientists are knowledgeable about
federal, state, and local requirements for conducting flood
control and floodplain management investigations. Our staff
also includes several former employees of the Corps of Engineers
who have firsthand knowledge of the Corps' flood control planning
and policy procedures. It is this staff that makes Barr the
leading regional firm in providing flood control planning
and management services to all our clients.
Barr has expertise in the following
flood control measures:
- Levees
- Dams
- Control structures
- Flood storage reservoirs
- Floodwalls
- Flood pumping stations
- Diversions
- Channel modifications
- Floodproofing
- Relocations
- Floodplain management
Water-related engineering services:
Erosion
Control | Flood Control
| Industrial
and Contaminated Water Treatment | Municipal
Water and Wastewater |
Pumping Systems
| River and
Stream Analysis | Stormwater
Management and Permitting | Watershed
Planning and Management
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