Beginning in 2011, the City of Batesville used funds from the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Drinking Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund (DWSIRLF) to upgrade their existing meters with an Automated Meter Readering (AMR) System for all drinking water customers.

Upon completion of an evaluation of the long-term wastewater management needs, the City of Batesville contracted Mendrop Engineering Resources to develop a Wastewater Facilities Plan, including cost estimates and plans and specifications.

In 2018, the City of Batesville requested Mendrop Engineering Resources (MER) help the City develop a plan of action to help locate potential infiltration and inflow sources into the sanitary sewer collection system throughout the entire city-wide system. Upon completion of the survey, MER helped develop a plan to rehabilitate the identified problems.

In 2019, the City of Batesville bonded $8 million for several projects, including sanity sewer improvements along Highway 35 and Sand Creek. Located on the north side of Batesville, the project will upgrade existing infrastructure as well as provide critical infrastructure for this rapidly developing area of the City of Batesville and Panola County.

The Vicksburg National Military Park (VNMP) has a history of slope stability issues due to the erodibility of the loess bluffs upon which the park and national cemetery sit. A landslide of approximately 0.5 acres occurred in February 2020, impacting approximately 200 feet of roadway, displacing nine military graves, and exposing several drainage pipes. While the initial landslide resulted in a vertical displacement of over 6 feet, by March 2020, the road had dropped approximately 12 feet and rotated backwards towards Trindle Circle of the southwest corner of the Indian Mound. The landslide overrode part of the brick wall bordering the cemetery which extends upslope from a monumental archway. Further site visits indicated continuing erosion due to runoff discharges.

A Mississippi Designated Landmark and a notable part of the Mississippi Mounds Trail, the City of Batesville has acted diligently to preserve this important piece of history. Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC (Mendrop) has worked closely with the City of Batesville to enhance and further improve the Batesville Mounds Park, including the design and construction of a new parking pad. Mendrop coordinated with the Mississippi Department of Transportation and Iowa Pacific Railroads to design and construct a new railroad crossing, providing safe access to the park. A grant from the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) funded through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) helped provide over 0.75 miles of paved concrete trails. Mendrop was responsible for creating the plans, overseeing the construction, and coordinating with MDWFP to ensure the proper RTP reporting processes were completed. A second RTP grant from MDWFP funded the construction of additional concrete and natural trails, an observation deck along the Tallahatchie River, a wooden bridge over a historical river meander scar, and other improvements.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) proposed a plan to widen U.S. Highway 11 between Cayten Street and Lakeshore Drive from a 3-lane section to a 4-lane divided boulevard through Picayune in Pearl River County, MS. Mendrop Engineering Services, LLC (Mendrop) was retained by MDOT to perform a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of the proposed storm drainage system for the roadway widening. The study included the development of a hydraulic storm sewer model of the storm drainage system as currently designed in order to evaluate and document the hydraulics of the system.

Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC was selected by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to prepare conceptual, preliminary, and final bridge hydraulic recommendations and bridge plans for Jourdan River, Bayou Talla, and a tributary of Bayou Talla on a proposed project to bypass Kiln, MS by relocating a portion of State Route 43/603. Initial conceptual bridge recommendations for the bridges over Jourdan River and Bayou Talla were originally prepared by Mendrop during the Environmental Planning Phase of this project.

Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC (MER) was selected by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to provide hydraulic recommendations and bridge plans for the hydraulic crossings of Mattie Creek (Bridge #33.2) and Nelson Creek (Bridge #33.6) on State Route 310 (SR 310). In a separate contract, MER was selected to develop Phase “A” Final Right-of-Way plans for the bridge replacements (Bridges # 33.2 and #33.63) on SR 310 in Panola County.

Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC was selected by the Mississippi Department of Transportation to evaluate the potential for scour and develop a plan of action at the bridge site on U.S. Interstate Highway 55 (I-55) Bridge #266.8A & B over Hickahala Creek in Tate County. The bridge scour evaluation study was performed in four phases, including hydrologic, hydraulic, and scour analysis and a geotechnical and structural assessment. Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc. was subcontracted to perform subsurface exploration at the site, while Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) was subcontracted to perform the structural assessment. Mendrop then utilized the data and analysis to provide MDOT with a recommended plan of action.