Served as lead engineer to assist Salt Lake County in bringing the Jordan River Surplus Canal levees into compliance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) standards and the canal’s operation and maintenance manual. The Surplus Canal provides flood protection for Salt Lake County by diverting excess water from the Jordan River and conveying this water to the Great Salt Lake. USACE identified over 500 deficiencies in over 18 miles of levees during a 2012 inspection. These deficiencies included unauthorized encroachments into the canal right-of-way (e.g., fences, structures, pipelines, culverts, etc.), deep-rooted vegetation that could weaken the levee embankments, depressions that could collect water, vegetative growth that precluded proper visual inspection, etc.). As long as the levees were out of compliance with USACE standards, the County would not be eligible for federal rehabilitation assistance in the event of damage to the canal caused by a flood. The project included a review of existing engineering design drawings; discussing potential improvement projects with the USACE; performing records searches to identify permits that match features identified in the USACE inspection report; updating the GIS database to show which features have been permitted; assisting the County in obtaining proper permits from responsible parties where non-permitted features exist along the canal; identifying common features along the canal that need mitigation; designing retrofits that may be needed along the canal; performing right-of-way surveys; interacting with the District Attorney’s office; and providing construction management services. Mr. White also served as senior writer of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment to address resolution of the existing deficiencies and provide a framework for decision-making as future actions are proposed.