Project portfolio
From champion to completed project
We help coastal cities move water quality and habitat projects from idea to the water. These eight projects show how we get there.
- 8project use cases
- 6Florida local governments
- Up to $200Kin fee-free technical assistance
The portfolio
Eight projects. One proven process.
Each project shows how we connect the right people, do the research and work in enough detail to reach a concept a local government can build and fund.
Six are project concepts, one is a management plan and one is a field study. Three are shown without the client's name.
- 1 Regional treatment wetland on a closed golf course Charlotte County, Florida
- 2 Spoil island restoration with dredged lagoon muck Brevard County, Florida
- 3 Mangrove island building and living shorelines Martin County, Florida
- 4 Roadside ditch and swale maintenance standards Charlotte County, Florida
- 5 Baseline water quality testing for a small city Everglades City, Florida
- 6 Outfall treatment wetlands for bacteria and nutrients City of Jacksonville
- 7 Stormwater pond restoration with on-site muck reuse Charlotte County, Florida
- 8 Springs corridor wetland and land foundation City of Tampa
The projects
What we found, what we built, and where each one stands
- 1
Charlotte County, Florida
Regional treatment wetland on a closed golf course
A closed golf course becomes a marsh that cleans canal water and gives neighbors a park.
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2 Brevard County, Florida
Spoil island restoration with dredged lagoon muck
One project for two agencies: restore a buried island with muck that has nowhere to go.
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3 Martin County, Florida
Mangrove island building and living shorelines
New mangrove islands built from clean sand the navigation district already holds.
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4 Charlotte County, Florida
Roadside ditch and swale maintenance standards
Field standards that keep ditch cleanouts from feeding the problem they're meant to fix.
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5 Everglades City, Florida
Baseline water quality testing for a small city
A city of 352 had no research budget. We brought 15 years of data, new samples and a film.
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6 City of Jacksonville
Outfall treatment wetlands for bacteria and nutrients
We mapped every impaired creek, then chose where outfall wetlands would help most.
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7 Charlotte County, Florida
Stormwater pond restoration with on-site muck reuse
Take out the muck feeding a pond's algae, and use it to rebuild the shoreline.
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8 City of Tampa
Springs corridor wetland and land foundation
Clean the river beside the springs, and give the city a way to acquire the land to do it.
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Our proven process
Four stages from idea to the water
C-HAWQ is an advisory network for local governments. We bring the science, the experts and the proposal, and you keep control of the project.
- 1
About 1 month
Discovery
We learn your waterway and goals, then define the project together.
- Site and problem session
- Research on prior studies
- Key people at the table
- 2
1 to 2 months
Development
We build the technical case alongside your engineers.
- Field studies and sampling
- Engineering and model review
- Planning-level cost estimates
- 3
Alongside the work
Mobilization
We help residents and leaders understand the work and back it.
- Council and staff briefings
- Public meetings, site visits
- Mobile science museum
- 4
1 to 2 years
Close
We prepare the proposal and connect you with partners to see it through.
- Proposal to request and solicit the work
- Grant identification
- University-partnered research
Who reviews our concepts
University scientists and licensed professionals behind every concept
C-HAWQ is an advisory network, not an engineering firm. University scientists and licensed technical professionals review our concepts so a local government can take them to its own design team with confidence.
They shape the research and test habitat and design feasibility, ecosystem effects, site conditions, planning-level costs, value engineering and constructability.
Meet our advisors
Let's start your first exploration together
Pick the sites, agree on what we want to learn with our advisors and university partners, and define the vision together. There is no fee, obligation or match at any point.