Often the water rights for a given property are unknown or not adequate to accomplish the needs of the property owner. Upon request Idaho Water Engineering can:
- Assess the water rights for a given property,
- Recommend water rights solutions to the property owner, and
- Follow through with implementing the solution selected by the client.
Analysis
Typically we will prepare a water right assessment for a given property. The report will often contain a combination of the following elements:
- Background for the Engineering Water Rights Analysis
- Description of the Property
- Geographical Information System Depiction of the Property
- Recorded Water Rights Associated with the Property
- History of Changes Related to these Water Rights
- Availability of Water to Satisfy the Water Rights
- Other Water Rights from the Source(s) of Supply
- Applicable General Provisions
- Analysis: Distribution of Water to the Water Rights – Past
- Analysis: Distribution of Water to the Water Rights – Future
- Analysis: Recommended Actions Relative to Water Rights for this Property
Solutions
Idaho Water Engineering focuses on finding solutions to water rights needs by identifying a variety of choices and providing recommendations on the pros and cons of each choice. Solutions include but are not limited to:
- Acquisition of a new water right
- Transfer of an existing water right
- Mitigation for a water right
- Acquisition of storage