Core Offerings
Water supply and water rights investigations within the prior appropriation system.
Diligence efforts to ensure rights can be used on the whole property and you understand the opportunities and limitations involved.
Developing applications for water rights – Well rights, Storage rights, Transfers of use, Mitigation for new rights – and filing Claims of Beneficial Use with the Oregon Water Resources Department.
Technical analysis to support Colorado Water Court filings, supply plans and augmentation plans.
Identifying needs and helping with modifications to system operations and the acquisition of supplies to meet unmet demands in the context of the users’ existing water supply, infrastructure and financing mechanisms.
Reviewing the flexibility and redundancy of supplies to address drought conditions, interruptions to delivery systems (e.g., mechanical failure, water contamination), etc.
Analyze the value of a water right based on reliability during a drought, active market for the water, recent sales, etc.
Identify issues and risks associated with the use of water under the system or other planned uses for the water rights.
Analytical tools used and developed to meet water users’ specific needs and to evaluate demand and supply in the context of conveyance and storage systems
Models used to help answer questions related to water rights and water infrastructure alternatives.
Models used range from simple, off-the-shelf software to more complex models including StateMod, a prior appropriation based water rights planning model that can be adapted to any river or tributary river basin.
