Nearly every type of water resources project requires a permit to get underway and be seen through completion. Necessary water permits are plentiful, diverse, and often difficult to obtain without proper guidance. SWCA permitting specialists have been helping clients navigate the water permitting system for more than two decades. We’ve dealt with every type of permit and have developed relationships with several regulatory agencies in the process.
• Clean Water Act, Sections 404 and 401
• Water quality certification
• Stream alteration permits
• NPDES Permits
• SWPPP
• BMP design and implementation
• Aquifer protection permits
• Water rights investigations
• Basic water right data compilation
• Administrative processes (i.e. sever and transfer)
• Field studies and expert opinions to support water rights
and water right transfers
• Water and wastewater infrastructure
• Expert testimony and litigation support
• Surface/groundwater basin adjudications
• Practicably irrigable acreage
• Water project Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental
Assessments, and Environmental Impact Reports
