Date: May 20, 2025 11:30AM – 1:00PM
Location: Tulsa District USACE Office – 1st Floor Auditorium (Map)
CityPlex Tower – 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK
Environmental COI Topic: Water Quality Monitoring for Zink Lake. City of Tulsa’s Brook Caviness along with Barney Austin (of Hazen & Sawyer) will be presenting on Arkansas River, Zink Lake water quality monitoring.
Box lunch from McAlister’s will be provided.
POC: Anna Childers
Brook Caviness, Stormwater Design Lead City of Tulsa
Barney Austin PhD, PE, Vice President, Hazen and Sawyer (and Adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University).
Barney Austin has 30 years of experience in water resources science, engineering and planning. He obtained his BSc in Agricultural Engineering in Canada in 1989 and his PhD in Civil Engineering in England in 1995. He was a consultant in England for a few years prior to joining the Texas Water Development Board in 1999. Dr. Austin became Director of the Surface Water Resources Division at the Board in 2004 where he provided oversight on nine statewide programs and was heavily involved in Texas’ regional water planning process. Dr. Austin recently sold his company – Aqua Strategies – and is now Vice President at Hazen and Sawyer, a company that specializes in helping clients understand and manage their water supply, water quality and wastewater needs. One of his most interesting projects involves coordination with the City of Tulsa on monitoring the water quality in Zink Lake.