Colorado River Return Project

• Year: 2002
• Title: Colordao River Return Project
• Author: Boyle Engineering Corporation
• Description: Colorado River Return Project
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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facilities, conveyance and distribution facilities, pumping plants, computerized monitoring
and control systems, and environmental impact mitigation measures.
URS Corporation
URS Corporation (URS) is a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering consulting
firm specializing in water resources, transportation, and infrastructure. The firm has been
providing professional services to a wide range of private industry and government clients
since 1950. With a professional staff representing more than 50 engineering and
scientific disciplines, URS can provide a team to assist clients in meeting the challenges
they face. The majority of its professionals hold advanced degrees in engineering or in
the biological, natural, chemical, or physical sciences. URS has successfully completed
hundreds of water resources projects, from preliminary planning through design,
permitting and construction.
URS is also recognized as a world leader in geotechnical engineering and design and has
broad in -house experience in dam and tunnel design and construction and in recent years
has designed some of the largest dam and tunnel construction projects in the United
States including the Award - Winning 800,000 ac -ft Diamond Valley Reservoir Project in
Southern California and the 1 -70 Glenwood Canyon Tunnels project in Glenwood
Springs, Colorado.
URS is one of the leading tunnel design firms in the US and has a broad experience in the
design of a wide range of tunneling applications including water and wastewater
conveyance tunnels, transit tunnels and highway tunnels. The firm maintains a Tunnel
Technology Group comprising more than 100 full -time personnel dedicated to the
planning, design and construction of tunnels and underground structures. In the past 10
years, URS' Tunnel Technology Group has successfully completed engineering and design
services on over 100 projects involving over 200 miles of tunnels.
ERO Resources Corporation
ERO Resources Corporation (ERO) provides research, design and coordination of
solutions to natural resource issues. Since 1981, ERO staff has been actively involved in
water resource projects throughout Colorado. Over the past 20 years, ERO has assisted
municipalities, conservation districts, irrigation districts, and other water providers with
addressing the environmental issues and permitting requirements associated with water
storage and distribution. ERO water resource clients in Colorado include: numerous
cities; Bureau of Reclamation; Colorado River Water Conservation District; Water Supply
and Storage Company; Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; Southeast
Colorado Water Conservancy District; Vail Associates; and other entities across the state.
ERO Resources possesses expertise in numerous natural resource disciplines including
wetlands, wildlife biology, vegetation ecology and management, hydrology, and GIS
mapping. This expertise is complemented by ERO's knowledge of numerous
environmental laws and procedures, such as the National Environmental Policy Act,
Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act. This interdisciplinary knowledge,
F, combined with our demonstrated project management experience, allows ERO Resources
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to create innovative and effective solutions to natural resource issues. ERO water resource
expertise includes: