Surface Water Institute
The Surface Water Institute at CBU is an inter-agency research center under the Science and Water Resource Advisory Board. The institute works on complex surface water issues and provides a platform for addressing critical surface water resource challenges facing the Greater Memphis Metro-Region. This is done through collaboration, research, and project development.
What We Do
The main functions of the Surface Water Institute are to:
- Identify, develop, and implement effective management strategies that address our stakeholders’ watershed quality challenges.
- Assist local, state, federal and private agencies with water quality and quantity evaluations, including watershed assessments and plans.
- Identify the shared interests, needs, and opportunities in watershed management from among diverse groups.
- Perform as the watershed agency of choice for the Greater Memphis Metro-Region.
- Define watershed stewardship and management criteria for the area’s environmental, social, and economic benefit.
- Provide a leadership platform for organizing water governance programs that promote sustainable water balance, quality, and health.
Current Projects
- City of Memphis, Envirofish 2.0 Project
- City of Memphis, Drainage manual project
- City of Memphis, QA/QC Extension
- City of Memphis, QA/QC Study for the H&H Drainage Master Plan
- City of Memphis, Sanitary Sewer Access System Project
- City of Memphis, CBU Soccer Field Monitoring Program
- City of Memphis, Gayoso Creek Monitoring System
- Malasri Engineering, Stream Crossing Inspection
- National Weather Service, COMET Collaboration Project
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, Arlington Flood Respond and Warning System
- Shelby County, Resilience Project HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS Models for QA/QC Study
