Lawrence & Associates has over 30 years of experience related to water-resource evaluation. We have extensive experience investigating groundwater and surface-water occurrence and quality for a variety of project types:
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analyses
- Regulatory agency directives
- Commercial and residential development
- Agricultural water supply
- Wastewater management
- Stormwater management
As part of our water-resources work, we have the capabilities to conduct many types of studies:
Groundwater
- Production- and monitoring-well design, permitting, aquifer testing, construction oversight
- Groundwater interference and pumping impact studies
- Groundwater monitoring and reporting
- Groundwater contamination investigation, remediation system design, installation, and operation
- Water-budget development
Surface Water
- State Water Resources Control Board permitting, including spring-water extraction permitting
- Stream gauging
- Surface-water quality characterization
Wastewater
- Wastewater treatment system design for domestic, commercial, and industrial discharges
- Permitting support and for all types of process-water or wastewater discharges
Stormwater
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention (SWPPP) and Erosion Control Plans
- Statewide industrial storm-water discharge permitting
- National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits Storm Water Pollution Prevention (SWPPP) and Erosion Control Plans
- Statewide industrial storm-water discharge permitting
- National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits
- Best Practicable Treatment and Control (BPTC) plans
- Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plans (SPCC)
- Storm-water sampling and reporting
- Flood-risk evaluation & flood-plain analysis (HEC-1 or HMS and HEC-RAS)
- Peak Flow and Detention requirements (HMS or FLOW)
- California dredge and fill permits, technical reports, and applications
- Regional Water Quality Control Board 404 water-quality certification permits
- Army Corps of Engineers 404 dredge and fill permits
- California Department of Fish & Wildlife 1602 stream-bed alteration permits