Newport National Golf Club is a private golf club located in Middletown, Rhode Island. The club will comprise two 18-hole Championship Golf Courses. The East Course, or Orchard Course will be exclusive to members, while the West Course, or Vineyard Course will be open to the public.

Orchard Course
An eighteen-hole private championship golf course. The course was originally permitted through RIDEM in a format that was unsuitable to the client, and town authorities. NE&C undertook a comprehensive re-design of the drainage system to serve a new course layout, and to satisfy the concerns of the town authorities regarding potential detrimental impacts to downstream areas. Several innovative storm water management techniques were incorporated into the re-design, including reduced pipe sizes and the extensive use of depression storage throughout the course. Dry swales were recommended to replace water quality basins minimizing areas of standing water and reducing the possibility of creating nuisance habitats for insects. Excess volume in the irrigation storage pond was used to provide detention for storm runoff flows. The irrigation pond capture system, stream crossings and site infrastructure were also re-designed to conform to the new course layout, and to provide improved facilities.

A small rural stream and an associated wetland flood plain bisect the project site. NE&C performed a detailed stream catchment analysis, including prediction of flood and drought flows and flood plain delineation throughout the site to support the permit application to RIDEM, and to demonstrate that the project would have no detrimental impacts on the flow in the stream. The revised permits were received in time for the construction to begin on schedule. The course is now substantially complete, and due to open in July 2002. NE&C has been retained to design a second course for the Newport National Golf Club. The design of the West Course, or Vineyard Course is currently underway.