C. Qualifications and Experience
Southern DataStream is a new hydrologic engineering and scientific consulting firm composed of
staff experienced in local and regional water research and monitoring. Southern DataStream was
established for the specific purpose of providing water management/research agencies with reasonably
priced data collection services conducted by professionals with a commitment to both the goals of regional
projects and to the critical QA/QC aspects of these projects.
The delivery of quality data provides the foundation for all subsequent management decisions.
Prior experience in similar projects over the past 15 years has clearly demonstrated that the regional
research and management projects are seriously limited by the lack of specialization of tasks. All too often,
those assigned the tasks of developing management strategies and its associated scientific foundations are
also required to perform the field site development and monitoring tasks because of lack of properly trained
support personnel available at a reasonable cost. It is this niche in southwest Florida’s environmental and
water management system that Southern DataStream seeks to fill.
Southern DataStream currently has only two other projects: (1) the SFWMD/DEP-funded data
collection and analysis project at Buck Island Ranch for cattle agro-ecology and (2) a Suwannee River
Water Management District contract to provide water use estimates for the agricultural industries of its
jurisdiction. Both are described in detail on the proposal website. In addition to our staff having extensive
experience in the use of commercial hydrological instrumentation, Southern DataStream designs and
manufactures a line of custom dataloggers and stage/flow measurement equipment. Our staff is also very
experienced with monitoring site construction, installation, instrument maintenance, and data collection
under severely adverse conditions and in remote locations.
Dr. John C. Capece, Supervising Engineer
A resume is attached. A complete CV is available at www.pastures.com.
Dr. Capece holds a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from University of Florida with specialization in soil
and water (hydrology). He is experienced in the design, development, and use of various hydrological
instruments as applied to south Florida pasture conditions. He has graduate coursework experience in most
component aspects of hydrology (surface, ground, stochastic, etc.) and computer modeling. Dr. Capece is
also very familiar with southwest Florida water resource issues and thus has a direct appreciation for the
need for data accuracy.
Mr. Ed Rawlinson, Technician
A resume is attached.
Mr. Rawlinson holds a A.A. from Edison Community College. He has served in the Army National Guard
and has experience as an EMT (emergency medical training). Prior experience in the field of hydrologic
instrument systems includes one year employment (1997) under Dr. Capece as a site installation and data
collection technician and a second year of employment (1998) under Dr. Hilary Swain of Archbold
Biological Station as a data collection technician for the Buck Island Ranch MAERC project. Within this
assignment he was responsible for data collection, maintenance and water quality sample processing for a
project involving 20 CR10X stations equipped with digital encoders and ISCO 3900 automatic water
samplers plus 3 full weather stations and 5 supplement tipping bucket raingages. Mr. Rawlinson has
completed the formal CSI training course offered by AMJ in the operation and programming of CR10
dataloggers. His recent re-employment (1999) with Dr. Capece has provided him with valuable data
analysis experience, reinforcing his appreciation for the critical importance of complete, clean, and accurate
data sets and thus the pivotal role hydrologic technicians play in the water science and management team.
Dr. George A. O’Connor
A brief resume is attached.
Dr. O’Connor is a professor at the University of Florida Soil and Water Science Department in Gainesville.
Dr. O’Connor is a national scientific expert on the application of waste materials to soils.
Dr. Thomas A. Obreza
A brief resume is attached.
Dr. Obreza is an associate professor of Soil and Water Science at the University of Florida Southwest
Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee. He has extensive experience in south Florida
applications of residuals to agricultural lands.
Current Clients (new clients of Southern DataStream)
Dr. Kenneth L. Campbell, Professor
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Frazier Rogers Hall – UF
Gainesville FL 32611
Tel: 352-392-8534 Fax: 352-392-0242
Dr. Patrick Bohlen, Assistant Director
MacArthur Agroecology Research Center
300 Buck Island Ranch Road
Lake Placid, FL 33852
Tel: 941-699-0242 Fax: 941-699-2217
Mr. David Still, Director
Resource Management Department
Suwannee River Water Management District
9225 CR 49
Live Oak, FL 32060
Tel: 904-362-1001 Fax: 904-362-1056
Former Clients (former clients of Dr. Capece while with UF-IFAS)
Mr. Anata Nath, Supervising Engineer
Big Cypress Basin, SFWMD
Tel: 941-597-1505
Served as peer review consultant for the Big Cypress Basin hydrologic model providing
independent academic evaluation of the modeling approaches and products provided by SFWMD
contract consulting engineers. Completed December, 1997.
Dr. Ken Cummins, Distinguished Scientist
Ft. Myers Service Center, SFWMD
Tel: 941-338-2929
(Sample Document Attached w/ more on website)
Provided data collection and analysis services for Caloosahatchee River hydrology and water
quality study. Developed extensive SOP manuals and web resources. Conducted monthly data
collection trips with support technicians. A complete description of this project is available on the
proposal web site. Completed March, 1999.
Dr. Charles Vavrina, Associate Professor
SWFREC-UF/IFAS
2686 SR 29 North
Immokalee, FL 34143
Tel: 941-658-3400 Fax: 941-658-3469
(Sample Document Attached w/ more on website)
Designed, installed, and monitored an irrigation freeze protection system in Collier County at
Pacific Tomato Growers property (near Hwy 858 and Camp Keais Strand). This project involved
4 CR10 systems with a total of 150 sensors (thermocouples) plus weather station. A complete
description of this project is available on the proposal web site. Completed March, 1999.
Mr. Michael Boyle, Director of Utilities
City of LaBelle, 481 W. Hickpoochee Av.
LaBelle FL 33935
Tel: 941-675-2872
Researched, designed, established and currently maintain an information web site describing water
quality issues, risks and solutions related to the drinking water contaminant Trihalomethanes.
This is perhaps the most extensive web page on the subject in the country. The page also
documents with photographs and schematics for local consumers the processes employed by the
LaBelle and Port LaBelle water treatment plants. Access to this project is provided on the
proposal web site. Completed November, 1998.
Dr. Robert McGovern, Professor
5007 60th Street East
Bradenton, FL 34203-9324
Tel: 941-751-7636
Designed, installed, and monitored a solarization study in Collier County at SWFREC. This
project involved 4 CR10 systems with a total of 100 sensors (thermocouples) plus weather station.
Completed December, 1997.
Availability of the Firm
Southern DataStream is available to handle C-11653. We currently have only two other projects:
(1) the SFWMD/DEP-funded data collection and analysis project at Buck Island Ranch for cattle agroecology and (2) ) a Suwannee River Water Management District contract to provide water use estimates for
the agricultural industries of its jurisdiction.
SubContractor Agreements
University of Florida IFAS has agreed to provide laboratory services as outlined in the cost
proposal (Section D.). IFAS will also provide technical and educational assistance to this project. A
signed proposal authorization form is attached as documentation of UF-IFAS agreement to provide the
laboratory services.
TVA Environmental Chemistry Laboratory has agreed to provide water quality analytical services
as priced in the attach quote. Current and previous clients of the TVA ECL are listed below. (Linda Crean
is the SFWMD water quality monitoring specialist in charge of the current SFWMD contract with TVA
ECL).
TVA ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
3 Current Clients
Carrie McCarty- Environmental Program Administrator, TVA Cumberland Fossil Plant
Phone: 931-827-6278. Analysis of NPDES, RCRA, and Industrial Hygiene Samples in support of
compliance and regulatory issues for Cumberland Fossil.
Linda Crean – SFWMD and John Capece- Project Manager, MAERC Stormwater Project
Phone: 863-674-5727. Analysis of TKN, Ammonia Nitrogen, Nitrate/Nitrite Nitrogen, and Low-Level
Total Phosphorus samples in support of SFWMD funded stormwater research project.
Tyler Baker- Water Quality Specialist, TVA River Systems Operation and Environment
Phone: 423-751-8962. Analysis of TKN, Organic Nitrogen, Ammonia Nitrogen, Nitrate/Nitrite
Nitrogen, Total Organic Carbon, and Chlorophyll Pigments in support of TVA
Reservoir Monitoring Program (Vital Signs Project).
5 Former Clients
Jim Ruane- COE Water Quality Project J. Strom Thurman Reservoir
Phone: 423-892-2868
Philip Murphy- Miscellaneous Reservoir Monitoring Projects for EPA Region IV
Phone: 706-355-8711
Pam Stachler- US Forest Service Acid Mine Drainage/Water Quality Projects
Phone: 614-592-6644
Trudy Carr- TVA Land Between the Lakes NPDES and Drinking Water Projects
Phone: 502-924-2120
Greg Brodie- TVA Zero Aqueous Pollutant Discharge (ZAPD) project for waste
stream characterizations at TVA fossil plants.
Phone: 423-751-2784
Clay C. Cherry
TVA Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
Laboratory Product Development Specialist
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
Phone: 423-751-8871
Fax: 423-751-3717