Services we provide
Agronomy
GZA provides a wide range of agronomy consulting services to farming and dairy operations across the United States that present challenges in regulations, climate, geography, hydrology, and public interest.
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GZA incorporates new techniques and applications developed by industry and professional specialists such as New Mexico State University and the NRCS to assist dairies and farms in their efforts to stay current and in compliance with federal and state regulations and has provided expert support to facilities under environmental scrutiny as part of its agronomic consulting.
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All CAFO operations require environmental permitting to operate due to the potential to discharge nutrients to ground and surface water: State agencies require permits for any operation that produces water in its operation (discharge) with the potential to impact ground water quality.
GZA provides agronomy expertise in all aspects of preparing a discharge permit (renewal) application and in designing the environmental aspects of a new or remodeled facility as part of our agronomy services.
- Groundwater rights
- Hydrogeology
- Groundwater Quality Assessments
- Water Risk Management
- Discharge Planning
- Permitting
- NRCS Funding Assistance
GZA's agronomy experts offer site inspection and monitoring services that provide an accurate assessment of environmental status of the operation. This assessment allows the farmer to address problems before they become a violation or deficiency in an inspection performed by a government agency.
GZA also utilizes these inspections to address the multiple documentation requirements for state Discharge Permits and the USEPA CAFO Permits, among other regulatory requirements.
- Case Review
- Site and Operation Data Analysis
- On-Site Record Review
- Inspection Reports
- Site Mapping
Farming operations can produce significant oversupply of nutrients, which can be a beneficial resource for crop production or a source of contamination if managed poorly.
GZA provides a range of services and tools to help farmers quantify and track nutrient levels while maintaining regulatory compliance at the state and federal levels.
- Groundwater abatement plans
- Documentation evaluation
- Regulatory compliance
- Litigation support
- Nitrate source-tracking
- Crop protection services
GZA has extensive experience with placing, designing, and overseeing the installation of production wells ranging from domestic wells to large production wells for municipalities and farmers.
Because of this experience, GGI staff designs optimal monitoring well plans and oversees the installation of monitoring wells so that they are completed properly. In addition, GGI staff specializes in water rights research and administrations.
- Hydrogeology
- Well location
- Drilling oversite
- Monitoring well installation
- Water rights
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CAFOweb™ stores and analyzes data and prints compliance reports for sustainable land application rates, water quality, lagoon water chemistry, metered discharge to lagoons, crop irrigation, inspections, water rights and more. CAFOweb™ is a web-based nutrient application forecasting system that provides real time management tools to the CAFO operator for sustainable land application of lagoon water, manure, and fertilizers at agronomic rates.
CAFOweb™ is a unique concept developed by a team of agricultural, bioinformatics, hydrogeology, and water rights professionals with years of CAFO field experience and a thorough understanding of state and federal regulations. CAFOweb™ was successfully tested at CAFOs in NM and NV and over-application issues were significantly reduced during 2010-2011.
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