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<br />j <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />DAMES 8 MOORE <br /> <br /> <br />ERIC WILL <br />Water Resources Planning <br /> <br />ERIC WILL, an associate of Dames & Moore, has more than 20 years' experience in <br />planning and design of water-resource development projects of all kinds. His responsibilities include <br />preparation of hydrolOgic and hydraulic studies for irrigation, flood control and hydroelectric <br />power, reconnaissance and feasibility studies and reports, economic and environmental analyses, <br />and multidisciplinary project management. <br /> <br />At Dames & Moore, Mr. Will has managed, conducted or reviewed several water-resources <br />planning studie.s, including a storage and diversion project for a taconite mine in Minnesota, a flood <br />cOntrol and river diversion project for a copper mine in Tennessee, a water control and supply <br />project for a phosphate mine in North Carolina, and a storage dam reconnaissance study for an oil <br />shale project in Colorado. <br /> <br />Most recently he has conducted a review of the spillway design for a major dam in Colorado, <br />and is presently in charge of a comprehensive environmental study of the Windy Gap - Colorado <br />Big Thompson Transbasin Diversion Project, as well as an irrigation feasibility study for one of the <br />Indian tribes in southwestern Colorado. <br /> <br />For five years prior to joining the firm, Mr. Will was Chief Planning Engineer for Engineering <br />Consultants, Inc. in Denver. In that assignment he was responsible for direction and preparation of <br />reconnaissance and feasibility studies and reports for water-resources development projects, and <br />supervised a staff of hydrologists, agriculturists, planners and engineers. He was responsible for a <br />basin study, financed in part by USAID, to establish a program for land and water development in <br />the Citanduy River Basin in Java, which featured two feasibility studies and a master plan, with <br />emphasis on flood control, riceland irrigation, tideland reclamation and hydroelectric power. <br /> <br />Other projects included a transbasin diversion scheme in Luzon, Philippines, to divert water <br />from an adjoining basin into the existing Pantabangan reservoir for irrigation and hydropower; an <br />urban drainage and flood control project, utilizing detention storage, channel improvements and <br />floodplain zoning to reduce costs in the Denver Metropolitan Area; and a reconnaissance level study <br />for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of alternatives to supply irrigation water to the Fort Logan <br />National Cemetary in Denver. <br /> <br />Prior to his experience with Engineering Consultants, Mr. Will spent nearly 10 years with the <br />Harza Engineering Company, Chicago. His duties included supervision of engineers and draftsmen <br />engaged in project layouts, hydraulic designs, hydrology and power studies, economic analyses and <br />report preparation. Activities in field and office included analysis of field data; preparation of <br />preliminary designs; project layouts; cost estimates; and economic studies including site <br />reconnaissance, collection of field data and client contact on assignments in EJ Salvador, Bolivia and <br />Ethiopia. <br /> <br />8.76 <br />