Glorieta Geoscience
We are pleased to announce that Glorieta Geoscience is now a division of GZA. Glorieta Geoscience has been providing professional consulting services in groundwater development, water rights, geomorphology, dairy regulatory compliance and environmental science since 1979, with active environmental and water resource projects in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, and Idaho.
Focus Areas of Glorieta Geoscience:
Water rights are a complex subject where regulations and accounting procedures vary from state to state. Many water rights have a complex history that requires an excellent working knowledge of regulations and water rights records to determine the validity and transferability of a right.
GZA staff are experienced in all water right processes and can assist in developing an initial strategy that best suit a client’s needs: from verification of the water right, filing the appropriate application(s), to providing technical and expert witness services if the application results in an Office of the State Engineer hearing or litigation.
Water rights permits are public records created and maintained in New Mexico by the Water Rights Division of the Office of the State Engineer (OSE). These records include documents (forms, maps, correspondence, records of field checks, meter readings, technical analyses, etc.) pertaining to declarations, existing permits, and changes of ownership. Some documents (such as legal staff review) related to enforcement action or application review are not publicly available. The publicly available records can be found in district offices located throughout the state. Records for some basins are available online through the agency’s database.
- Water Rights Research and Management
- Litigation Support & Expert Witness Testimony
- Groundwater and Surface Water Modeling
GZA has qualified experts in geology, hydrology, agronomy, water rights, ecology and environmental science to provide expert litigation support and testimony covering a range of topics, encompassing water quality, contaminant tracing, discharge permits, water supply, water rights (including those involving nutrient management), and spills/discharges.
GZA staff specializes in evaluating the problem, the costs involved, the related regulations and can act as a professional liaison between regulatory agencies and clients. We have worked with renowned attorneys on a wide variety of due diligence and environmental litigation projects as technical experts, assisting in developing a cohesive and sensible approach to complex environmental cases.
- New appropriation
- Senior water rights impacts
- Endangered species flow requirements
- Compliance with permit conditions requiring offset
- Exchange for development rights from a municipality or utility
- Payback for over diversion
- Municipal/Tribal/Domestic
- Limited duration project (e.g. construction)
- Avoiding cutoff under priority administration
- Investment
- Historical nutrient loading in surface water bodies
- Contamination tracing/source location
- Compost operations
GZA provides a diverse range of environmental services designed for the needs and requirements of the client to satisfy the regulatory requirements of the local, state, and Federal authorities. GZA works with the client to address the regulatory obligations while ensuring financial accountability.
GZA offers groundwater development, groundwater availability studies and hydrology services, ranging from regional scale studies of aquifer production potential and water quality to more local water availability assessments. With over 30 years experience developing groundwater resources throughout New Mexico and the Southwest, GGI draws on extensive first-hand knowledge to meet your water resource development needs.
- Groundwater Discharge Permits (Residential, Commercial, and Industrial)
- Aboveground & Underground Storage Tank Investigation & Remediation
- Groundwater Contamination
- Groundwater Monitoring & Contaminant Assessment
- Sediment and Contaminant Transport
- Permitting & Monitoring Compliance Support for Storm Water Pollution Prevention
- Permits & 404 Permits of the Clean Water Act.
GZA provides a wide range of services to farming and dairy operations located in several states that present different challenges in regulations, climate, geography, hydrology, and public interest.
GZA incorporates new techniques and applications developed by industry and professional specialists such as New Mexico State University and the NRCS to assisted dairy owners in their efforts to stay current and in compliance with federal and state regulations, and has provided expert support to facilities under environmental scrutiny, whether legal or by agencies.
- Dairy & CAFO Compliance Services
- Environmental Services
- CAFOweb™ – Nutrient Management and Recordkeeping Software (web-based)
- GIS Analysis & Map Production
- Wetlands Delineation, Mitigation and Restoration
- Mineral Resource Assessments
- Litigation Support