WRCS specializes in the analysis of water resources projects involving the hydraulic design of stormwater conveyance and detention facilities and studies of surface water hydrology and hydraulics, meteorology, sediment and debris production, and water quality. Our expertise covers the design, operation and maintenance of: dams and reservoirs, highway drainage systems, storm drains, natural and man-made channels, levees and embankments. We also have extensive experience in statistical analysis and data management, water resources project alternative plan development, benefit/cost analysis and NPDES Storm Water Quality Program compliance, through participation on the California State Storm Water Quality Task Force and its sub-committees.
XPSWMM Model Animation of Storm Drain System Flooding Scenario
The Principal Engineer, Mr. Richard Van Bruggen, has over
thirty
years of engineering experience specializing in the use of systems engineering and
modeling techniques to define and evaluate water resource systems and alternatives. He has both a B.S. and M.S. degree from UCLA in Water Resources Engineering and worked for the Los Angeles District
of the Army Corps Of Engineers for four years where he was a Project Manager. As such, he developed and screened alternatives for flood control and other civil and military construction projects and
conducted public workshops for community review. He has also worked as a Project Engineer for two prominent civil engineering consulting firms. He has, most recently, been the owner of WRCS for the
past twenty three years. Mr Van Bruggen is licensed as a Registered Professional
Engineer in California (RCE #41202), Nevada (RCE #10324), Arizona
(RCE #27078) and Oregon (RCE #79574).
Mr. Van Bruggen has experience as an expert witness in cases ranging from the Standard of Care for the design of storm drain systems and operation of reservoir systems, to the forensic re-creation of storm and flood events, to the hydraulic factors leading to a wrongful death by drowning. He has performed hydraulic environmental impact analyses, redefined floodplains and developed storm drain master plans. If the project concerns surface water resources engineering, he probably has the capabilities.
Mr. Van Bruggen's resume is available here.