Summer 2019

Hey Peoples,

    Quick update:
  
    Just finished an interesting semester at university. Didn't do as well as I had hoped but managed to scrape by with a 3.05 out of 4.00. Looking forward to graduation in spring 2020. Taking a prerequisite Structures course to qualify for Senior Design in the fall.
    Finished Problem Solving in GIS course with a B and made a solid connection with the professor--I may adopt her as an unofficial advisor, she inspires me to go far with my ideas and uncovers my weaknesses at the same time. Was able to incorporate personal project into the courses final project and succesfully complete a suitability analysis. The course was an elective I chose to help me with my Senior Showcase Project(SSP) which has the current title of Drought Mitigation In The Lower San Joaquin Valley.
    Really excited about a grant I received from CHI for a PCSWWM license to build a flow model for my showcase project. I used PCSWMM in an internship I completed last year and could only scratch the surface of it. During the said internship I worked under a civil engineering hydrologist who was gracious enough to give me a variety of tasks and introduce me to the field in a broad sense.
     I expect my SSP to display my knowledge of Python, ArcMap, Civil3D and PCSWWM. A little intimidated by the scope of my SSP because my advisor said it was more likely to get completed as a doctoral thesis and I have no immediate plans for graduate studies. Never the less, I am passionate about completing the project--at least enough to showcase it, even if I have to list research I don't have time to complete as 'Further research needed'.
    Realizing that my hopes and dreams are temporal, I intend to complete as much as possible in case I end up in another field of civil engineering after graduation. I have have a strong intuition that I have a valid and simple solution to arid-California's water resources problem--the problem that our water cycle is not annual cycle but more near a ten year cycle. Basically, if the vegetation was better equipped for drought it would be more resilient to fire and thus quicker to regrow/thrive/support wild things. More relevant to current human concern, it would be more suited to transfer water to the subsoil and recharge aquifers during the high rainfall years--not to mention healthier ground-cover prevents erosion and protects the reservoirs that currently suffer from sediment deposits. If you have not yet guessed, Underground water storage is the way forward. Dams are too detrimental to the natural environment--something we are more and more dependent on in the age of climate change. Dams also offer a temporary fix to a permanent problem, the solution exists in controlling how water flows over and into the land not trying to hoard it behind a dam. In short, we must figure how to slow it down not stop it. This can be done by utilizing aquifers where water can be slowed and tapped as it travels downstream towards the ocean.

Thanks for Caring,

Take Care,

Carl

Wish Me Luck

Hello All,

To date, I have been fortunate to have completed a few years at university and some internships. Going into my last year towards a degree in civil engineering with intermediate GIS experience and an introduction to water modeling software. Filling up spare time with a research project to answer the question 'Can ground water recharge rates be increased by adding bio mass to soil?', which is intended to be published in a Jupyter notebook. Nervous about finding a job that will nurture my development and pays well in the water resources field. Posted on an engineering forum pointed at civil engineers. Hope this gets traction.

Thanks,
Carl

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Hello and thanks for stopping by.

This blog will share some things learned on a mission to contribute towards humanity's adaptation to climate change. With seasonal weather becoming increasingly unpredictable, our mission is to build the infrastructure's capacity to supply water to municipalities during droughts that span multiple years. This blog is to account of accomplishments and failures experienced along the path to this goal.

The tools meant to be implemented are ground water recharge, forest rehabilitation, hydraulics and hydrology, civil engineering, minor earthworks(not dams), web applications, open source publication(s) and social media.

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Thanks again,
Carl

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