Home Expertise News Software Projects Publications About Contact Careers Water Resource Studies Given the protracted nature of many water-resource problems, it is critical that a consultant has the ability to define and focus on the relevant issues in order to develop timely and cost-effective solutions. Through its years of experience, SSP&A has developed that ability -- to pinpoint the technical and regulatory issues confronting our clients, to conceptualize the most pragmatic and cost-effective approach for the particular issue at hand, and to provide state-of-the-art technical services for investigating and addressing our clients water-resource needs and issues. SSP&A's water-resource services include: Groundwater Surface Water Identification of the direction and rate of groundwater movement; Analysis of aquifer recharge / discharge mechanisms; Analysis of vadose-zone and design of groundwater monitoring networks; Development of groundwater supply, and evaluation of suitability of a water-resource for irrigation and industrial use; Testing and analysis of aquifers to define: Hydraulic properties of water-bearing units, Secondary or low permeability characteristics, Leakage of confining units, Storage capacity, Safe yield of aquifer systems, and Pumpage rate estimates; Analysis and implementation of subsurface disposal/injection of liquids; Dewatering (of mines and for slope stability). Analysis of groundwater/surface-water relationships and conjunctive use; Identification of local and regional water use; Evaluation and simulation of circulation and flow in rivers and estuaries and of sediment transport; Identification of sediment deposition and impact zones; Water-quality monitoring of springs, seeps, streams and ponds; Monitoring stream-stage/piezometer relationships Expertise Water Resource Studies Contamination Studies Remediation Feasibility Studies & Design Geochemical Studies Modeling Ecohydrology Database, GIS, & Mapping Software Development Applied Research ESI - Electronically Stored Information Featured Projects Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Montana For the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation, SSP&A has prepared comprehensive groundwater assessments for three major stream-connected groundwater basins. Present uses within the groundwater basins on the Reservation include irrigated agriculture of non-Indian lands under a federal irrigation project; and, tribal priorities include maintenance of instream flows for fisheries, wetlands and cultural purposes, in addition to water use for economic development. SSP&A has been working for several years to develop and apply groundwater models to assess groundwater management approaches. Read More Kansas vs Colorado SSP&A serves as a technical assistant to the State of Kansas in a legal dispute involving the availability of waters from the Arkansas River. The State of Kansas claimed that the State of Colorado was pumping extensive groundwater from alluvial aquifers in Colorado to an extent that it reduced stream flow in violation of the Arkansas River Compact. Other claims involved Colorado’s operation of surface reservoirs and their impact on stateline streamflows. Read More Kickapoo Surface-Water and Land Use Impacts Kansas On behalf of the Native American Rights Fund, SSP&A investigated impacts of watershed land use and conservation practices on the surface water supply for the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians in Northeast Kansas. Land use changes, including construction of ponds, sediment and flood-water control structures and application of Best Management Practices to agricultural and range land, were evaluated with respect to their impact on runoff that would otherwise be available to the Tribe in the Delaware River. Read More Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study New Mexico For this water supply planning study, SSP&A quantified the inter-related groundwater and surface water supply and its variability, and provided a common basis for regional and New Mexico water planning activities. Read More Home Expertise News Software Projects Publications About Contact Careers Site Map © 2011-2021 S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., all rights reserved Web Design by Blue Water Media