Overview of Qualifications: Water Resouce Planning Services Apr 2003

• Year: 2003
• Title: Water Resource Planning Services
• Author: Boyle Engineering Corporation
• Description: Overview of Qualifications
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

Firm Qualifications - Continued
Through work for numerous municipalities, Boyle engineers are experienced
in developing water use estimates for in- house, irrigation, and commercial
uses. Boyle is familiar with a number of crop consumptive use models,
including the Blaney - Criddle model as well as Penman- Monteith.
Water rights evaluations typically require the analysis of the amount, timing
and location of return flows associated with crop irrigation or depletions
associated with pumping wells or changed operations such as transferring or
retiring shares under a ditch or changing the point of diversion and place of
use. Boyle engineers have used relatively simple methods, including Glover
and the SDF method, to evaluate return flows and stream depletions. Boyle
engineers have identified and analyzed augmentation measures to provide
adequate replacement of out -of- priority depletions in amount, location, and
timing, and have developed terms and conditions to proposed decrees
necessary to prevent injury to other water rights.
Another major component of water rights investigations where Boyle
engineers have considerable experience is settlement negotiations and expert
testimony. Examples of water rights investigations where Boyle engineers
have provided expert testimony or technical support in settlement
negotiations include the following:
➢ Expert testimony provided for the City of Louisville for multiple
water rights transfer applications;
➢ Expert testimony for water rights diligence for the Upper Gunnison
River Water Conservancy District;
➢ Over an 11 year period, prepared river basin planning studies and
feasibility assessments if major dams, hydroelectric power plants,
irrigation systems and municipal water supply facilities for the Salt
River Project and the Gila and Little Colorado River adjudications
covering 2/3 of the State of Arizona;
➢ Expert testimony for hearings on the Kern Delta Water Bank;
➢ Engineering and expert witness services provided for the State of
Colorado to support the defense of a lawsuit filed by the state of
Kansas regarding alleged violations of an interstate compact that
governs administration of the Arkansas River;
➢ Expert technical analysis and testimony provided during hearings on
Rules and Regulations in connection with Senate Bill 5;
➢ Deposition provided for Southern Pacific Lines regarding a
hydrologic and flood frequency analysis;
➢ Settlement negotiations for the Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir
Company in the Clear Creek basin in support of an adjudication of
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