Expert Engineering. Resourceful Solutions.
John McEnery, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, is Principal Engineer for McEnery Water Resources, LLC bringing over 35 years of experience as a water resources engineer, modeler, researcher, instructor and designer. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he is licensed as a Professional Engineer and Certified Floodplain Manager in multiple states; including Missouri and Texas. Dr. McEnery holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and both an M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. His recent consulting includes unsteady floodplain modeling of the upper Houston watersheds during Hurricane Harvey in support of litigation, as well as multi-dimensional modeling of complex flows at a white-water section of the Trinity River, TX for the City of Dallas. Additionally, his research activity has included decadal modeling of river bed development in the Brazos River, TX and the creation of a computer server for automated exchange of hydrologic data such as precipitation and river flows. His professional activity includes project collaboration with the City of Dallas, the Texas Department of Transportation, Tarrant Regional Water District, the Texas Water Development Board, the U.S. National Weather Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S Geologic Survey. While serving as a faculty member at the University of Texas - Arlington, he was Coordinator of the Water Resources Program.
Dr. McEnery is an expert in the areas of hydrology and applied fluid mechanics. He has an advanced background in both physical and numerical modeling of riverine hydraulics. His numerical modeling expertise includes application of the state-of-the-art multi-dimensional AdH model, the HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS models and instruction of university courses in the use of numerical models. His work has assessed contaminant exchange within river sediments and developed hydrologic modeling techniques for the optimization of regionalized storm water detention. Dr. McEnery has also served as a research scientist in both the Hydrologic Research Office and National Water Center of the National Weather Service. He has several years of professional experience designing drainage projects conforming to St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) and St. Louis County standards in both the private sector and for the stormwater division of a municipal public works department.
Selected Publications, Conference Presentations and Workshops:
Hydroinformatic Services for Missouri. McEnery, J., MWEA Stormwater & Watershed Management Conference, Columbia, Missouri, September 17, 2019. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-mwea
McEnery, J., Swain, N. and Harmon, A. Foundational Data Services for Water Resources Intelligence within the NWS Office of Water Prediction. Open Water Journal. Vol. 4 : Iss. 2, November 29, 2017. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-owj
Building Foundational Data Services for Actionable Water Resources Intelligence within the NWS Office of Water Prediction. McEnery, J., Swain, N. and Harmon, A., CUAHSI 2017 Conference on Hydroinformatics, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 25, 2017.
Gregory, J. and McEnery, J. Process-Based Friction Factor for Pipe Flow. Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, (7) 2017, pp. 219-230. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojfd.2017.72015
Depth-area-duration characteristics of storm rainfall in Texas using Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates. McEnery, J., Jitkajornwanich, K., 93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, January 7, 2013.
Jitkajornwanich, K., Elmasri, R., McEnery, J., Chenkai,L., Extracting Storm-Centric Characteristics from Raw Rainfall Data for Storm Analysis and Mining. Proceedings of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Big Spatial Data, Redondo Beach, CA, November 2012. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-acm
McEnery, J., Shelton, G., McKee, P. and Ramsey, R. Hydrologic Information Server for Benchmark Precipitation Dataset. Computers and GeoSciences. August 2012. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-cageo
Hattan, S., McGuire, E., Kruzic, A., and McEnery, J. Determining the Effectiveness of Chlorine-based Biofilm Control in Large Diameter Pipelines. Proceedings of the ASCE Pipelines 2012 Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, August 19-22, 2012 ISBN 9780784412480.
McEnery, J. and Morris C., Muskingum Optimization used for Evaluation of Regionalized Stormwater Detention. Journal of Flood Risk Management, (5) 2012, pp. 49-61, DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01125.x. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-jfrm
Hydrological Information Systems for Watershed Management in South Central U.S., 14th Annual EPA Region 6 MS4 Storm Water Conference, June 24-29, 2012, Fort Worth, Texas.
Invited Speaker: Hydrologic Information System for Texas. Texas Web Services Data Conference: OGC Conference, Austin, TX, March 20, 2012. http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/meetings/Jamboree20March/McEnery.ppt
Hydrological Information System for North Texas, McEnery, J., Shelton, G., McKee, P., National Hydrologic Warning Council Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2011.
Implementation of a National Weather Service information data server in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. McEnery, J., Shelton, G., McKee, P., 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, January 25, 2011.
DFW Water Resources Information System. McEnery, J., American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2010.
Implementation of a Hydrologic Information Data Server in the DFW Metroplex. Texas Floodplain Managers Association Fall Conference, October 14, 2010.
Flux of a conserved contaminant between stream beds of varying composition and overlying stream flow. McEnery, J. Water Across Interfaces: CUAHSI's Biennial Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, July 19, 2010.
Invited Speaker: Regional Hydrologic Information System. McEnery, J. Tarrant Regional Water District Interagency Quarterly Roundtable Seminar. Fort Worth, TX, March 31, 2010.
Muskingum Optimization for Analysis of Regionalized Stormwater Detention. AWRA 2009 Annual Water Resources Conference, Seattle, WA, Nov. 9-12, 2009.
Shultz, M., McEnery, J. and Crosby, E. Kinematic Wave Technique Applied to Hydrologic Distributed Modeling Using Stationary Storm Events. ASCE, Texas Regional Conference. October 3, 2008. EWRI, pp. 1-12.
Gregory, J., McEnery, J., and Fedler, C. Predicting Dust Concentrations Downwind from Eroding Sites. 2006 Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science. Potomac, Maryland, June 5-8, 2006. pp.643-646.
Comparison of Methods to Estimate Hydrologic Response of TX Watersheds. 2005 AWRA Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, November 9, 2005. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-awra
Lessons in Regulation of Groundwater Rights. 2005 AWRA Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, November 7, 2005.
McEnery, J., Ingram, J., Adams, T., Anderson, L., and Duan, Q. NOAA’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Building Pathways for Better Science in Water Forecasting. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March 2005. https://mcenerywater.com/mcenery-bams
Applications of Groundwater Rights in the State of Texas. 2004 Conference on High Plains Groundwater Resources: Challenges and Opportunities. Lubbock, TX, December 7-9, 2004.
Contaminant Exchange Mechanisms at the Sediment-Stream Interface. 2002 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference for Ground Water / Surface Water Interaction. Keystone, CO, July 2, 2002.
University Courses Taught:
Water Systems Design
Mechanics of Fluids
Hydrology
Water Resources Infrastructure
Open Channel Hydraulics
Advanced Hydrology
Surface Water Modeling
Storm Water Management
Water Resources Management
Surface Water Quality Modeling
Professional Affiliations:
National Hydrologic Warning Council
The Engineers Club of Saint Louis
Texas Flash Flood Coalition
Texas Floodplain Management Association
Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science
American Geophysical Union
Society of American Military Engineers
American Water Resources Association
American Society of Engineering Educators
Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society
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