Matt Vanaskie, P.E.
Senior Quality Lead
Matt serves as senior quality lead for hydraulics and hydrology. He’s also responsible for the management of various projects related to water resources, permitting, and municipal representation. He has more than 20 years of experience in flood control, hydraulic modeling, and stormwater management and has presented on these topics before the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association, the Water Environment Federation Stormwater Symposium, Pennsylvania Floodplain Managers Conference, and the Villanova University Stormwater Symposium.
At a previous firm, Matt served as the team leader for the hydrologic and hydraulic modeling team for the Philadelphia Water Departments wet weather services. His duties included ensuring regulatory compliance with Clean Water Act, NPDES, TMDL, MS4, and Chesapeake Bay PRP requirements as well as providing task management and technical analysis for projects and tasks involving hydrology and hydraulics, combined sewer/storm water management, green stormwater infrastructure, comprehensive watershed management, and surface water quality.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: mvanaskie@hrg-inc.com
Office: 570.524.6744
LinkedIn: Matthew Vanaskie
EDUCATION
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Villanova University
- B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University
CREDENTIALS
- Professional Engineer, PA
AFFILIATIONS
- Planning Commission, City of Williamsport
- ACE, Philadelphia – YouthBuild Program
- Water for People
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Project Management
- Regulatory Compliance (Clean Water Act, NPDES, TMDL, MS4, Chesapeake Bay)
- Capital/Operational Planning for Water, Sewer, Stormwater Utilities
- Asset Management for Water, Sewer, Stormwater Utilities
- Stormwater Utility and Stormwater Management Planning and Design
- Hydrologic and Hydraulic Computer Modeling
- Water Quality/Data Analysis and Watershed-Based Planning
PRESENTATIONS
“The City Beautiful H20 Program Plan: Rebuilding and Enhancing Infrastructure through an Integrated Wet Weather Plan for Harrisburg.” Pennsylvania Water Environment Association PennTec 2018, Hershey, PA, June 2018
“Reducing Pollutant Loads from Philadelphia’s drainage System while maximizing benefits Utilizing Green Stormwater Infrastructure.” Stormwater Association of Maryland (SWAM), February 2013 meeting.
“Reducing Pollutant Loads from Philadelphia’s Combined Sewer System and Green Stormwater Infrastructure.” 2012 WEF Stormwater Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July 2012.
PUBLICATIONS
Baldridge, A., Myers, R.D., Vanaskie, M. White, S., Malter, S., Raj, V. “Overview of Philadelphia Water’s Five-Year Green Infrastructure Pilot Program.” Proceedings of the 2017 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2017.
