Water Resource Management & Ecological Services

Water Supply Development

ESS helps clients find, permit, and manage water supplies. Our services address water supply, water quality, and water management. ESS has worked with clients on public and private drinking water supply resources, irrigation water supply for recreational facilities, and water supply for power generation and industrial facilities.

Water Supply Development

ESS provides innovative and cost-effective solutions for water supply development and water management. Our water supply and water quality specialists have considerable experience characterizing groundwater and surface water systems and assessing their water supply potential. ESS is also expert in evaluating the impact of water supply withdrawals on adjacent resources.

Our comprehensive water supply development services include:

• Water Quality Analysis
• Demand and Flow Studies
• Test Well Development
• Groundwater Modeling
• Safe Yield Analysis
• Reverse Osmosis Evaluations
• Streamflow and Drought Analysis
• Wetland and Ecological Services
• Withdrawal and Diversion Permits
• Board of Health Permitting and Reporting

Irrigation Water Supply

Developing and maintaining an on-site water supply for irrigation is of increasing concern to developers and owners of facilities with landscaped and open space features. ESS has worked with several golf facilities to develop new irrigation water supply resources and to manage existing water features for use as supplemental irrigation. We also work with land development clients to implement stormwater management features, such as rain gardens and rain barrels, which provide natural on-site irrigation. For some facilities, gray water can also be a viable irrigation resource. ESS services in irrigation water supply development and management include:

• Irrigation Supply Planning
• Drainage and Stormwater Management Analysis
• Wastewater System Analysis
• Well and Pond Development
• Aquatic Weed Control
• Nutrient and Pesticide Transport Studies
• Ecological Impact Assessments

Water Management

ESS helps clients manage water supply resources by protecting water quality and monitoring flows. We implement water sampling and testing programs and model safe yields based on existing and historic flow data. ESS water supply scientists prepare and submit reports to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements and support clients with permit modifications and renewals. ESS also works with clients to mitigate water use impacts and implement best management practices, including practices that reduce water use. ESS has worked with several clients to develop gray water resources for reuse in industrial operations that do not require a potable water supply.