Author: Deziree Dizon

RMA has joined GEI Consultants as a wholly owned subsidiary. A leading consulting engineering firm, GEI provides multi-disciplined engineering and environmental services to a range of private and public sector clients, both domestically and abroad. For RMA, joining GEI is a perfect fit of shared values, technical expertise, and client service.

“For 50 years we have prided ourselves on being on the cutting edge of developing numerical models and software solutions to address environmental challenges. We are excited for our clients, employees, and partners as we embark on this next chapter for our firm.”

~John DeGeorge, President of RMA

July 24-27, 2023 – Davis, CA

HEC-ResSim WQ Enhancements
Presented by: John DeGeorge (RMA)

June 12-14, 2023 – Trento, Italy

Hatching distribution, abundance, and losses to freshwater diversions of longfin smelt inferred using hydrodynamic and particle-tracking models
Presented by: Ed Gross (RMA)
Supporting Authors: Wim Kimmerer, Josh Korman, Levi Lewis, Scott Burdick (RMA), Lenny Grimaldo

Predicting Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Concentrations in the Northern San Francisco Estuary
Presented by: Scott Burdick-Yahya (RMA)
Supporting Authors: Ed Gross (RMA), Richard Rachiele (RMA), Rusty Holleman (RMA)

Title: Using Age Tracers to Estimate Ecological Rates in a Phytoplankton Model
Authors: E. Gross (RMA), R. Holleman (RMA), W. Kimmerer, S. Munger, S. Burdick (RMA), J. Durand

E. Gross (RMA), R. Holleman (RMA), W. Kimmerer, S. Munger, S. Burdick (RMA), J. Durand (2023). Using Age Tracers to Estimate Ecological Rates in a Phytoplankton Model, Water, Volume 15, Issue 11.

April 17-19, 2023 — Folsom, CA

Modeling and the Continuum Between Research and Application
Presented by: Rusty Holleman (UC Davis, RMA)
Supporting Authors: David Senn (SFEI), Lawrence Sim (SFEI), Allie King (SFEI), Pradeep Mugunthan (SFEI), Farid Karimpour (SFEI), Brian Bergamaschi (USGS), Tamara Kraus (USGS), Raphe Kudela (UCSC)

If You Could See Me Now: Implementation of the Central Valley Project Water Temperature Modeling Platform
Presented by: Tom Evans (RMA)
Supporting Authors: John DeGeorge (RMA)

Estimating Biogeochemical Rates by a Novel Tracer Approach
Presented by: Edward Gross (UC Davis, RMA)

Hatching distribution, abundance, and losses to freshwater diversions of longfin smelt inferred using hydrodynamic and particle-tracking models
Presented by: Edward Gross (UC Davis, RMA)

Conference website: 2023 CWEMF Annual Meeting

Title: Multi-year landscape-scale efficacy analysis of fluridone treatment of invasive submerged aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta
Authors: S. Khanna, J. W. Gaeta, E. Gross (RMA), J. L. Conrad

S. Khanna, J. W. Gaeta, E. Gross (RMA), J. L. Conrad (2023). Multi-year landscape-scale efficacy analysis of fluridone treatment of invasive submerged aquatic vegetation in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta, Biological Invasions, Volume 25, Issue 6.

April 4-6, 2022 — Folsom, CA

Design of the CVP Water Temperature Modeling Platform
Presented by: John DeGeorge (RMA)

Using Machine Learning to Predict Recovery Strategies for Delta Levee Failure Events
Presented by: Laurence Sanati (DWR) and Ryan Ripken (RMA)
Supporting Authors: John DeGeorge (RMA), Steve Andrews (RMA)

Protocols for Water and Environmental Modeling
Presented by: Rich Satkowski (CWEMF Member) and John DeGeorge (RMA)
Supporting Authors: Jamie Anderson (DWR), Will Anderson(CCWD), Mike Deas (Watercourse Engineering), Ben Geske (Delta Stewardship Council), Tariq Kadir (DWR), Josué Medellín-Azuara (UC Merced), George Nichol (SWRCB, ret.), Nicky Sandhu (DWR), Tad Slawecki (LimnoTech), Ali Taghavi (Woodard & Curran), Chuching Wang (MWD), Sujoy Roy, (Tetra Tech), Paul Hutton (Tetra Tech), Katherine Heidel (Tetra Tech), John Rath (Tetra Tech), and Arushi Sinha (Tetra Tech)

Hydrodynamic, Water Quality, and Ecological Impacts of Levee Breaches in Suisun Marsh
Presented by: Scott Burdick (RMA)
Supporting Authors: John Takekawa (Suisun Resources Conservation District), Richelle Tanner (Chapman U.)

Transport Pathways and Processes in the Northern Delta
Presented by: Steve Andrews (RMA)
Supporting Authors: Paul Stumpner (USGS), Jon Burau (USGS)

Conference website: 2022 CWEMF Annual Meeting