The placemarkers on the above map indicate regions in which Water & Air Research has provided environmental services. The map itself is interactive and can be adjusted to view the areas in which we have worked outside of the United States.

Water & Air field efforts and site visits often involve: chemical and physical assessments of water, sediments, and soils; oversight of groundwater well installation followed by sampling by Water & Air personnel; biological assessments, delineations, and mitigations; noise and air quality monitoring for modeling; data gathering for Environmental Impact Statements and Assessments; and participating in or managing project-related public meetings.

Every field effort requires planning to ensure that project goals will be met by deploying appropriate field team members and equipment in the most efficient way possible. The ideal project will have well-defined goals for which specified data will be collected using accepted methods and compared to predetermined criteria. With typical projects, there is adequate planning and scheduling time for Water & Air to develop project-specific, preprinted field sheets to ensure that all required data are collected and properly documented. For some tasks, electronic data entry occurs in the field and typically includes location information and meta-data for GIS databases. In rare cases when adequate planning time is not available, experienced staff members must identify project goals and use good professional judgment to rapidly field an appropriately equipped team. One example for Water & Air was fielding a 4-person team for a 10-day effort to chemically characterize candidate hurricane debris reduction sites throughout Puerto Rico; the team and equipment were airborne within 24 hours of the request for help.

With adequate information about the site or system being assessed, Water & Air can develop a cost-efficient approach for a site assessment. A good approach practically eliminates the possible need for, and expense of, restaging a field effort because the initial effort was understaffed or poorly equipped or lacked logistical support.

Babcock Ranch Preserve Water & Air teamed with other entities to prepare the Babcock Ranch Preserve Conceptual Management Plan.

Egans Creek Greenway Creation of a Park Master Plan and Ecological Management Plan.

Everglades Nutrient Removal Area Phytoplankton and periphyton Analysis of samples from the Everglades Nutrient Removal Area.

Florida Stream Condition Index Evaluation Florida state-wide stream condition index evaluation and surface water monitoring.

Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Survey Phytoplankton analysis of samples from the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Survey.

Ponce De Leon Inlet A program to mitigate environmental impacts resulting from historic dredging and navigation improvements at coastal inlets.

Powerline Corridor Delineation and evaluation of wetlands along multiple power line corridors throughout Florida.

SRWMD Collection of surfacewater quality samples in river basins of the Suwannee River Water Management District.

Upper Ocklawaha River Basin Collection of water quality and plankton samples in the Upper Ocklawaha River Basin.

Circle B Bar Ranch An ambitious ecological restoration plan including conceptual planning, landscape design, and installation.

Dredge Material Management An effort to inventory existing and establish new dredge material management areas along Florida's Intracoastal Waterway.

Florida Nature Parks Water & Air has helped municipalities in Florida achieve their land acquisition and management goals.

Cumberland Farms Action Plan Remediation of a petroleum contamination site using resourceful project management strategies.

Hurricane Debris Reduction Site Assessments Site assessment for hurricane relief efforts performed for the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Turbidity Monitoring Projects Assessment of turbidity in South Florida ship lanes.

Water Circulation and Dilution Projects Water system investigation in and around Key West Harbor.