Wetland Solutions, Inc. (WSI), located in Gainesville, Florida, is an environmental consulting company that is internationally recognized for the design, permitting, and implementation of natural and constructed treatment wetlands for water quality enhancement, wildlife habitat creation, and public use. WSI also has extensive experience troubleshooting and optimizing the performance of existing treatment wetland systems. WSI specializes in the use of innovative monitoring and modeling techniques in the study of aquatic ecosystem structure and function. WSI provides additional environmental consulting services including wetland delineation, wetland mitigation planning and design, and environmental permitting. WSI is certified by the State of Florida (Certificate of Authorization No. 28785) and State of South Carolina (Certificate of Authorization No. 4556) to perform civil engineering services.
Key Staff
Chris Keller, ME, PE, PWS
President and Senior Engineer
Chris began his professional career in 1994 and is experienced in a wide range of environmental disciplines, including water resources engineering, water quality and biological monitoring, water quality treatment, and environmental permitting. He has specialized expertise in the design, construction, operation, and optimization of treatment wetlands.
Ron Clarke, MS
Vice President and Senior Scientist
Ron began his career in 1995 and is an environmental scientist with experience in a number of environmental disciplines including: water quality and biological monitoring, springs ecology, water quality treatment, environmental data analysis and interpretation, database design and management, and environmental permitting. He has wide-ranging experience in the development and implementation of comprehensive monitoring plans for ecological and environmental studies.
Scott Knight, PhD, PE
Vice President and Water Resources Engineer
Scott has been working as a water resource engineer since 2006. He has experience in environmental and water resources engineering, treatment wetland design and modeling, biological assessments, environmental sampling, water quality sampling, and water quality modeling. His water resources experience includes hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, floodplain analysis, and consumptive use modeling.
Amy Goodden, ME, PE
Senior Engineer
Amy began her professional career in 1996 and is a professional engineer specializing in natural systems projects, treatment wetlands, stream restoration, stormwater treatment, and wastewater treatment systems. Her experience also includes extensive knowledge of and familiarity with environmental permitting regulations.
Sky Notestein, MS
Senior Scientist
Sky began his professional career as an environmental scientist in 2000, and specializes in aquatic ecology, biological assessments, water quality investigations, and restoration project management. Working on environmental projects throughout the state of Florida, he has proficiency in Florida’s springs, aquatic vegetation ecology, minimum flows and minimum levels evaluation, and scientific writing.
Baris Yildirim-Alicea, ME, EI
Environmental Engineer Intern
Baris is an environmental engineer with experience in environmental monitoring including wetland delineation, water quality and flow monitoring, plant identification, hydric soils evaluation, and general soil sampling and classification.