(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.
(3) Not more than one year of satisfactory
experience credit may be granted for any calendar year.
