He specializes in urban hydrology and stormwater management and planning. Brandon has worked as a project manager and design engineer on stormwater, water distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment system projects for major urban cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition to producing high quality work, he is known for his strong project management skills and finding solutions to meet deadlines for simultaneous projects. Dedicated to the water sector, Brandon serves as chair of the Virginia Water Environment Association's (VWEA) Membership Committee. He is also on VWEA's Collection System and Young Professional committees.

Professional affiliations:

• Virginia Water Environment Association

Areas of expertise:

• Stormwater and wastewater collection and treatment design
• Master planning
• Sanitary sewer evaluation surveys/sewer condition assessment
• Sewer creek crossing improvements
• Sewer rehabilitation and replacement design (including combined sewer systems)

Publications and presentations:

• Cooper, Brandon, Susan Hamilton, and Quinton Nottingham. “Can You Dig It? Chimborazo Sewer and The Chamber of Secrets.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Virginia Beach, 2024.
• Cooper, Brandon, Susan Hamilton, and Supriya Kurudula. “Shifting through the Gears of Sewer Rehabilitation – A Pit Stop to Review the CSMP Effort in Richmond, VA.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Virginia Beach, 2021.
• Cooper, Brandon, Benjamin Custalow, and Susan Hamilton. “Creek Crossing Risk Assessment – A Dual Condition Assessment of Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure and Urban Streams for Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Stabilization Projects to Prevent Sewer Failures and SSOs.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Virginia Beach, 2019.
• Cooper, Brandon, Benjamin Custalow, and Susan Hamilton. “Creek Crossing Risk Assessment – A Dual Condition Assessment of Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure and Urban Streams for Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Stabilization Projects to Prevent Sewer Failures and SSOs.” WEF Collection Systems. Indianapolis, 2019.
• Cooper, Brandon, George Guhse, Susan Hamilton, and Quinton Nottingham. “Keeping History Alive: A Phased Plan for Revitalizing an Aged Combined Sewer Interceptor in Conjunction with the Ongoing Redevelopment of the Richmond, Virginia Riverfront.” WEF Collection Systems. Indianapolis, 2019.
• Cooper, Brandon, George Guhse, Susan Hamilton, Quinton Nottingham, and Rick Underhill. “Spiraling Downhill: The Study and Design of a Vertical Drop Shaft Complete with Vortex Units and Replacement of an Existing Combined Sewer Interceptor.” WEFTEC. New Orleans, 2018.
• Custalow, Benjamin, Brandon Cooper, and Erin Hawkins. “In-Stream BMP Retrofit - Converting a Detention Pond to a Thriving Wetland for Better Water Quality and Improved Facility Maintenance.” WEFTEC. Chicago, 2017.
• Custalow, Benjamin, Brandon Cooper, and Erin Hawkins. “In-Stream BMP Retrofit - Converting a Detention Pond to a Thriving Wetland for Better Water Quality and Improved Facility Maintenance.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Hampton, 2017.
• Cooper, Brandon and Erin Hawkins. “Don’t Sweep the Credit Under the Rug - An Evaluation of Street Sweeping Practices and Crediting Methodologies.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Hampton, 2017.
• Cooper, Brandon. “Don’t Sweep the Credit Under the Rug - An Evaluation of Street Sweeping Practices and Crediting Methodologies.” APWA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Conference. Fredericksburg, 2017.
• Cooper, Brandon, Randel Dymond, and Yang Shao. “Impervious Comparison of NLCD versus a Detailed Dataset over Time.” Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (2017).
• Cooper, Brandon and Erin Hawkins. “Thousands of BMPs - TMDL Compliance Planning for the Next Permit Cycle.” Virginia AWWA/VWEA WaterJAM Conference. Virginia Beach, 2016.
• Cooper, Brandon. “The Mean pH of the Main Stem of Maracossic Creek versus the Mean pH of Its Surrounding Tributaries.” Virginia Junior Academy of Science. Richmond, 2010.