We provide surface and ground water restoration planning and remediation services.  Our modeling skills are applicable to the control and clean-up of residual contaminants after a short-duration spill event or a long-term accumulation. Point and non-point pollution can be mitigated under plans developed by modeling existing field conditions and adding various mitigation scenarios.

Agricultural Best Management Practices Development and design for all agricultural operations, including dairy, swine, poultry, row crop, sugarcane, vegetables, citrus, horticultural, and beef. Complete irrigation, drainage, and fertility system designs for optimal crop production and water quality management are also available through SWET.  Also, SWET has designed numerous animal waste management systems.

We like nothing better then to get our feet on the ground and our hands dirty!  SWET has extensive experience in all aspects of field research and data collection.  We put our experience into practice when planning a sampling program to identify areas in which to concentrate activities, allowing for a through appraisal of the situation.  SWET has a LICORR1000 with associated climate chambers for infield measurement of ET and CO2 uptake.  SWET has a highly sensitive pond/lake leakage measurement system as well as sediment coring device, soil sampling equipment, laser survey instrument, autosamplers, CR10 weather loggers, and GPS equipment.

Integration of these technologies into research design and sampling procedures allows for a programmatic protocol to be utilized, automating the data collection and ensuring a high level of quality control.  Our expertise allows for an intuitive assessment of the records collected once they have been analysed for their statistical and geospatial significance.

SWET has been internationally recognized as experts in the area of watershed modeling, flood assessment, agricultural BMP development, and bio-energy.  Dr. Bottcher has lead cutting edge  research on sustainable environmental practices and general water resource assessment and associated abatement strategies development.  This has also involved completing  technical review of Water Supply, Environmental, and Economic Aspects of development plans and review of technical reports.  Careful and scientific review of plans early in a major project can often guide the planning process by finding the lowest-cost, highest-return alternatives.

SWET has also been very active in the development of BioEnergy from animal manure. Swet has workied with Suwannee Farms to design and install the first large scale animal methane digester in Florida.  The 600 KW system uses beef cattle manure from a 5000 head feeding operation in Suwannee County.  SWET has completed an extensive literature and data review for Southeast

Models are typically created for general use in academic or government agency settings.  However, these do not necessarily represent the specific needs for each client. Our ability to customize a wide variety of models for a specific set of conditions allows for scientifically-based adjustments to better represent the physical systems being modeled. These adjustments and modifications can greatly increase the accuracy of the model.

Our reputation for understanding the physical systems in water resources, and developing state-of-the-art models, provide assurance of the increased accuracy and value our clients receive from our services. Increased accuracy introduces smaller bounds of uncertainty, and can lead to more convincing cases in permit review and hearings, or a more tightly defined conceptual plan to decrease construction costs.

The SWET team is composed of internationally-known modelers of water quality, water quantity, and economic impact . Members of our team have developed or created major modifications for several computer models, including:

Our team has applied many other models, often creating minor modifications for particular projects. A partial list of model applications in which SWET has expertise includes:

Statistical modeling is a normal progression from our modeling expertise. Stochastic treatment of models reveals performance of the system in terms of a probability density function, which is useful for determining levels of risk represented by various modeled scenarios.

SWET has been working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) since its development in the early 1980's, through the development of the Watershed Assessment Model (WAM).  The first WAM GIS based interface was developed before commercially available GIS software was even available, which resulted in SWET developing its own version of a GIS.  SWET have moved on from then, and are fully compliant with the latest advances in all geospatial technologies including GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing platforms.

The SWET team has unique experience in combining the capabilities of both vector and raster spatial datasets, tabular databases, spreadsheets, and programming languages into a powerful combination to allow user friendly modeling, enhanced analysis and impressive report generating capabilities, including professional cartographic products.

We have  worked closely with regulatory agencies on the development and evaluation agricultural and industrial environmental compliance with the goal of minimizing  impacts on  the surface and groundwater resources of Florida.  Our expertise and familiarity with these agencies has enabled us to efficiently assist private operations in obtaining permits even under difficult conditions by developing defensible solutions.  SWET has worked with the following agencies in permitting processes including:

Our planning services emphasize environmentally sound practices for sustainable use of resources without depleting, eroding, or otherwise damaging the site or surrounding areas while maximizing economic return for the owner.  Our expert knowledge of Sustainable Development and Best Management Practices (BMPs) emphasize economically viable and beneficial use of natural resources.  BMPs must maintain the financial vitality of the operation while meeting acceptable, regulated environmental standards to decrease the negative impacts to the environment of the site and surrounding areas.  This is often achieved through the development of a regulated conservation plan that identifies the most appropriate management activities to maximize the use of natural resource without jeopardizing its availability to future generations.

SWET has provided technical evaluation and expert testimony in several cases of legal conflict including animal waste permit hearings, flood damages, and ground and surface water contaminant transport.  We use our excellent reputation of unbiased and ethical decision making to defend the credibility we have established in our areas of expertise.

Often regulations can be modified to achieve the policy objective, while minimizing the impact on continuing and potential economic development. SWET has extensive experience in the rulemaking process and assessing regulatory ramifications on environmental compliance and operational costs.  SWET has been involved in all aspects of policy development, including:

We have also had experience working with grass-root organizations to both explain how policies or regulations may affect them, as well as use the feedback from these conversation to mold policies around their objectives.

Gainesville

3448 NW 12th Ave.

Gainesville, FL.

32605

352-378-7372 (voice)

352-378-7472 (fax)

Atlanta

3960 Magnolia Leaf Ln

Suwanee, GA

30024

770-932-1205 (voice)