Domestic Projects

Domestic Projects

NRCE is engaged in all levels of project development, management, and design, from preliminary data collection to construction management. All services are customized to meet client demands from appraisal-level feasibility studies to detailed engineering design reports, investigations, expert witness testimony, and project management oversight. Our work in the United States covers virtually every aspect of civil, water resource, and environmental engineering, with a successful history of working on high profile and complicated projects involving diverse regional and local interests.

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  • Pechanga Indian Reservation

    Project
    Pechanga Indian Reservation
    Client
    Pechanga Tribe
    Service

    Water Rights Negotiation and Water Resources Evaluation NRCE was retained as an engineering consultant to provide technical evaluation of water rights issues in the Santa Margarita River Basin as part…

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  • Potter Valley Project

    Project
    Potter Valley Hydropower Project (FERC No. P-77)
    Client
    U.S. Department of Interior (DOI); Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, California
    Service

    The Potter Valley Project (PVP), FERC Project No. P-77, is located in Mendocino County, California near the community of Potter Valley. The PVP diverts flows from the Eel River to…

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  • Ute Pumped Storage Project at Flaming Gorge Reservoir

    Project
    Ute Pumped Storage Project at Flaming Gorge Reservoir
    Client
    Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah
    Service

    NRCE assisted the Ute Indian Tribe with conceptual and early-feasibility level analyses of a pumped storage project located at Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northeast Utah. NRCE subsequently developed the preliminary…

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  • Seneca Pumped Storage Project Relicensing

    Project
    Seneca Pumped Storage Project Relicensing
    Client
    Seneca Nation of Indians and Kinzua Dam Relicensing Commission
    Service

    NRCE provided technical assistance in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Relicensing Proceedings for the Seneca Pumped Storage Project near Warren, Pennsylvania. NRCE’s hydropower experts provided technical assistance to the…

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  • Pelton – Round Butte Project Relicensing

    Project
    Pelton-Round Butte Project Relicensing
    Client
    The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon and Warm Springs Power Enterprises
    Service

    NRCE provided technical assistance in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Relicensing Proceedings for the Pelton-Round Butte Project, Deschutes River, Oregon. NRCE performed hydrologic analyses of the Deschutes River Basin…

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  • Owens Valley Indian Reservations, California

    Project
    Owens Valley Indian Reservations, California
    Client
    Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
    Service

    As part of the negotiations for settling the Tribes’ reserved water right claims, NRCE developed a conceptual design and cost estimate for pumping reserved groundwater from the exchanged lands and…

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  • Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico

    Project
    Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico
    Client
    Pueblo of Acoma
    Service

    Baca Pipeline Project NRCE was hired by the Pueblo of Acoma to develop a conceptual design and reconnaissance-level cost estimate for groundwater development. This project involved a series of tasks…

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  • Cahuilla Indian Reservation

    Project
    Cahuilla Indian Reservation
    Client
    Cahuilla Band of Indians
    Service

    The Cahuilla Indian Reservation encompasses 18,884 acres in southern Riverside County, approximately 90 miles northeast of San Diego, California. The Reservation is located within the Santa Margarita River watershed near…

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  • O’Toole v. United States

    Project
    O’Toole v. United States
    Client
    United States Department of Justice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Service

    Some firms might be intimidated by a job site as isolated as the Yomba Indian Reservation, located near Austin in Central Nevada. NRCE gladly accepted work rehabilitating irrigation diversions and…

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  • Gila River Basin Water Rights Adjudication, Arizona

    Project
    Gila River Basin Water Rights Adjudication, Arizona
    Client
    U.S. Department of Justice/Stetson Engineers, Inc.
    Service

    As a part of the Practicable Irrigable Acreage study for the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) in Arizona, NRCE conducted a surface water supply study of the Gila River Basin…

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  • Water Plan Development Project

    Project
    Water Plan Development Project
    Client
    Cherokee Nation
    Service

    NRCE uses the latest version of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) software to capture, manage, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS software helps us answer questions…

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  • CAD Example Project Capabilities

    Project
    CAD Example Project Capabilities
    Service

    NRCE strives to ensure we are using the most up-to-date versions of software and latest technologies available. NRCE uses software contained in the Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite for most of…

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  • Ute Indian Tribe Sundance Reservoir Project

    Project
    Ute Indian Tribe Sundance Reservoir Project
    Client
    Ute Indian Tribe
    Service

    Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc. (NRCE) has provided design and construction management assistance to the Ute Indian Tribe for the Sundance Reservoir Project (Project). The proposed Project modifies an existing…

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  • Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon

    Project
    Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Oregon
    Client
    The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon, Warm Springs Power Enterprises
    Service

    Water Rights Settlement Agreement After many years of negotiation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon (CTWS) entered into a settlement agreement with the State of…

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  • Pueblo of Jemez – Various Projects

    Project
    Various Projects
    Client
    Pueblo of Jemez
    Service

    The Jemez Pueblo is located in north-central New Mexico, roughly 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque along the Jemez River which is tributary to the Rio Grande. NRCE has worked with…

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  • Imperial Irrigation District, California

    Project
    Imperial Irrigation District, California
    Client
    Imperial Irrigation District
    Service

    Imperial Irrigation District (IID) is a large irrigation district located in the Imperial Valley of Southern California. IID is in charge of ordering and distributing roughly 3.1 million acre-feet per…

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  • Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

    Project
    Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
    Client
    Pueblo of Zuni
    Service

    NRCE, under contract with the U.S. Department of Justice, is conducting a hydrographic survey of the Zuni River Basin in New Mexico as part of the water rights adjudication process.…

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  • Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona

    Project
    Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
    Client
    Tohono O'odham Nation
    Service

    NRCE was hired by the Tohono O’odham Nation to conduct an appraisal-level study to quantify the historic, present, and future agricultural and non-agricultural water uses and water rights for the…

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International Projects

International Projects

NRCE has worked internationally for decades, with project experience largely in Africa. We have completed studies for water supply, agricultural development and expansion, and groundwater and surface water resources; developed flood mitigation strategies; provided construction management; and rehabilitated irrigation projects. Within Eritrea, NRCE established the first automated stream gauge network, and designed a dam and reservoir, pumping plant, and raw water pipeline to meet water needs of the capital city of Asmara.

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  • Rehabilitation and Expansion of Aligidir Irrigation Project, Eritrea

    Project
    Rehabilitation and Expansion of Aligidir Irrigation Project
    Client
    Minister of Agriculture
    Service

    NRCE performed a study to assess the feasibility of the rehabilitation and expansion of the Aligidir Irrigation Project, a large cotton plantation in the western lowlands of Eritrea that is…

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  • Toker Water Supply Project, Eritrea

    Project
    Toker Water Supply Project, Eritrea
    Client
    Department of Water Resources
    Service

    NRCE was contracted by the Government of Eritrea (GOE) to design a dam, pumping plant and pipeline to augment the municipal water supply of the city of Asmara. The designed…

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  • Keren Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Project

    Project
    Keren Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Project
    Client
    Libyan Arab Investment Company (LAAICO)
    Service

    In response to anticipated increased water demands, combined with the limitations of the existing water system, the Ministry of Public Works of the Government of Eritrea contracted with NRCE to…

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  • Ghedem Agricultural Project, Eritrea

    Project
    Ghedem Agricultural Project, Eritrea
    Client
    Libyan Arab Investment Company (LAAICO)
    Service

    NRCE was contracted by the Libyan Arab African Investment Company (LAAICO) to conduct detailed investigations of the Zula Plain, a.k.a. Ghedem, area for the purposes of agricultural development. The ultimate…

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  • Adi Nefas Water Treatment Plant and Treated Water Pipeline, Eritrea

    Project
    Adi Nefas Water Treatment Plant and Treated Water Pipeline, Eritrea
    Client
    Ministry of Land, Water & Environment, Eritrea
    Service

    To alleviate the critical water supply shortage and meet the future needs of the City of Asmara (population 500,000), the Government of Eritrea (GOE), on behalf of the City of…

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  • Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Zula Irrigation Project, Eritrea

    Project
    Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Zula Irrigation Project, Eritrea
    Client
    Ministry of Agriculture, Eritrea
    Service

    The Zula Plains Irrigation Project’s primary source of water is the Haddas River, which is joined by several upstream tributaries and captured by the Foro Dam. The dam was constructed…

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USAID Water & Development IDIQ

USAID Water & Development IDIQ

USAID’s Water and Development IDIQ (WADI) is a 5 year multi-award contract, whose purpose is to provide services in water programming to improve health through the delivery of sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and to advance water resource management in agriculture for enhanced food security. NRCE serves USAID as a small business prime contractor, and with it’s partners provides services and technical support related to water in assisting sponsoring units in Bureaus and Missions worldwide to achieve their goals and objectives across all sectors. Learn more:

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  • USAID Senegal ACCES Project

    Project
    Senegal ACCES Project
    Service

    Project Dates: 2016-2022     In 2016, NRCE was awarded the Senegal Projet Assainissement – Changement de Comportement et Eau pour le Senegal (ACCES) Task Order under the US Agency…

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