Surface Water Hydrology Projects
Surface Water Assessments - Abandoned/Inactive Mine Lands
Ouray, San Miguel, San Juan, Gunnison Counties, Colorado Western Water & Land has conducted surface water assessments at more than 25 abandoned/inactive mine sites throughout western Colorado. The assessments are designed to evaluate the potential threats posed by former mine operations to human health and the environment. The assessments consider all impacted media, including groundwater, surface water, waste rock, tailings, soil, and vegetation. Read more... |
Colorado River Fish Inlet/Outlet Design
Mesa County, Colorado Western Water & Land was responsible for the hydrologic elements in the design a fish inlet and outlet for a sand and gravel mine pit lake on the floodplain of the Colorado River. The goal of the project was to provide habitat to endangered fish on the river, reduce the possibility of permanent capture of the pit as a river channel, and allow the pit to reclaim itself over time through the sedimentation process. Read more... |
Colorado River Bank Stabilization
Mesa County, Colorado Western Water & Land was retained by a local municipality for a riverbank stabilization project in Mesa County, Colorado. The stabilization effort was required to mitigate damage caused by flood-level flows in the Colorado to the riverbank along a 1,000-foot reach of the river adjacent to a municipal park. Read more... |
Stormwater Design & Construction Oversight
Garfield County, Colorado Western Water & Land prepared a comprehensive stormwater control and design plan for an inactive underground oil shale mine in western Colorado. The design plan was submitted to and approved by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety as a technical revision to the existing mine permit. Read more... |
Hydrologic Assessment: Inactive Uranium Mines
San Juan County, Utah and Montrose County, Colorado Assessment of surface water resources was a primary component of the La Sal Creek Watershed Project conducted to evaluate impacts resulting from former operation of five uranium mines in eastern Utah and western Colorado. The project was conducted under the direction of the US BLM with US EPA oversight. Read more... |
Watershed Baseline Study: Municipal Watersheds
Mesa County, Colorado Western Water & Land developed and implemented a surface-water baseline study of source waters in one of Colorado’s pristine watersheds. The project was initiated as a result of potential oil and gas development on Grand Mesa within the watersheds two municipalities. Read more... |
Hydrologic Reconnaissance & Hazard Assessment: Municipal Watersheds
Mesa County, Colorado Western Water & Land conducted hydrologic reconnaissance and an assessment of an active landslide impacts within two adjacent municipal watersheds in Mesa County, Colorado. The reconnaissance component of the project included a spring inventory, water quality sampling, and recommendations for potential water resource development. Read more... |
Watershed Protection: Municipal Watersheds
Mesa County, Colorado Western Water & Land provided hydrologic oversight for a program designed to assess and mitigate hydrologic impacts associated with construction of the TransColorado Gas Transmission Inc. pipeline across the Grand Mesa Slopes Area. Read more... |