Wisconsin Administrative Code › Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists › Chapter GHSS 3 - Professional Hydrologist License › Section GHSS 3.03 - Experience as a professional hydrologist

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) To qualify as
			 satisfactory professional hydrologic work for the purposes of s.
			 470.04(3) (c),
			 Stats., an applicant's experience shall include the application of accepted
			 principles in the practice of hydrology and shall demonstrate an applicant's
			 progressive development of competence to practice as a professional
			 hydrologist. The experience shall be acquired in the areas of the practice of
			 hydrology listed in sub. (2) (a) to (c), or in other areas of the practice of
			 hydrology which in the opinion of the professional hydrologist section provide
			 the applicant with a knowledge of principles and data related to the practice
			 of hydrology at least equivalent to that which would be acquired by experience
			 in the areas of practice listed. Experience in every listed area is not
			 required.
(2) Areas of experience
			 in the practice of professional hydrology include but are not limited to:
(a) Collection and inventory of hydrological
			 data, including monitoring and characterizing surface and subsurface water
			 quality and flow; monitoring precipitation quality, quantity and distribution;
			 assessing surface and subsurface water quality, conditions and impacts;
			 inventorying and assessing sources of water contamination; assessing conditions
			 affecting surface and subsurface water quantity, quality and timing of flow;
			 conducting field tests to determine the hydraulic characteristics of saturated
			 and unsaturated media; inventorying channel and flood plain conditions
			 affecting flow and habitat; inventorying physical, chemical or biological
			 characteristics of lakes and wetlands; designing, installing and maintaining
			 monitoring networks and equipment, such as stream gauges and monitoring wells,
			 used to evaluate surface and subsurface water flow and quality; selecting
			 sampling protocols for measuring surface and subsurface water; measuring
			 surface water flow utilizing current meters and flow control structures; and
			 conducting boring programs and tests to characterize conditions that affect
			 subsurface water flow, contaminant flux, and the source and extent of
			 subsurface contamination.
(b)
			 Interpretation, analysis and modeling of hydrological processes, including
			 estimating the frequency of hydrologic events; estimating water budgets of
			 surface water and aquifer systems; estimating pollutant loads; modeling and
			 assessing surface and subsurface water contaminant fate and transport; modeling
			 and assessing watershed hydrology; modeling and assessing urban watersheds and
			 stream flow; modeling and assessing surface water quality, modeling and
			 assessing soil erosion and sediment transport; delineating regulatory
			 floodplains; interpreting water chemistry data; evaluating subsurface water
			 flow and quality characteristics; evaluating subsurface water discharge and
			 recharge areas and rates; modeling subsurface water flow, quality and
			 transport; analyzing the hydraulic characteristics of saturated and unsaturated
			 media; and evaluating subsurface contamination and remedial
			 alternatives.
(c) Planning, design,
			 and management of hydrological systems, including designing water control
			 structures, designing watershed management plans, designing runoff and erosion
			 control measures, designing slope stabilization measures, designing detention
			 and retention ponds, designing urban storm water management plans, designing
			 for stream bank and lakeshore protection, designing channels and stream
			 restoration work, designing subsurface remediation systems, and designing water
			 supply wells and wellhead protection plans.