Biography

Dr. Willardson has 18 years of professional experience in water resources and stormwater management prior to teaching at UVU. He also worked for 2 years as a graduate student at the Utah Water Research Laboratory in Logan, UT, testing meters, valves, pump sumps, and other hydraulic structures. He has extensive experience in the development and review of hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport models. He has been heavily involved in the implementation of stormwater management programs for compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit requirements for the County of Los Angeles and has guided the development of methodologies to evaluate the effective use of Best Management Practices within the County. He has reviewed hydrologic and storm water quality methodologies for implementations as standards. He has operated 14 dams and 27 spreading grounds for flood control and water conservation within the complex flood control system serving Los Angeles County. He has represented the interests of the County during discussions with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding discharge of water from Superfund sites into the flood control system. He has acted as an in-house expert witness for Los Angeles County Counsel for litigation related to flooding. He has also conducted asset assessment for asset management programs related to flood control channels and road pavements. The projects worked on include_ hydrology and hydraulics, hydrologic methods and software development, scour and sedimentation, dam analysis, operations and maintenance, river restoration and fish passage, coastal analysis, and legal and expert witness.

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