Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc.

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About the firm

Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc. (NRCE) is a civil, environmental, and water resources consulting engineering firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, with offices in Oakland, California, and Asmara, Eritrea. NRCE specialists cover irrigation and agricultural engineering, surface and groundwater hydrology, hydraulics, and civil engineering design, serving government agencies, water utilities, irrigation districts, tribal councils, and attorneys throughout the western United States and in over two dozen countries internationally.

Established
1989
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering

People

Woldezion MesghinnaPresident and Principal Engineer

Assad SafadiSenior Vice President

Capabilities

Water Resources Engineering

Service website

Surface and groundwater hydrology, hydraulics, and water resource management covering data collection, computer modeling, and feasibility through final design.

  • Surface water hydrology

    Analysis and characterization of surface water systems from ungauged creeks to large watersheds, including data collection, custom modeling, and feasibility studies.

    • Streamflow gauge installation and monitoring
    • Climate and meteorological data analyses
    • Flood frequency and probable maximum flood analyses
    • Dam-break analyses and streamflow forecasting
    • Sedimentation and sediment management studies
    • Reservoir sizing, operation, and management
  • Groundwater hydrology
  • Hydraulic analysis and modeling

Irrigation and Agricultural Engineering

  • Irrigation System Design And Agricultural Water Engineering
  • Practicably Irrigable Acreage Studies
  • Conveyance And Pipeline Design
  • Storage System Design
  • Crop Suitability Studies
  • Evapotranspiration Determination
  • Water Conservation And Management
  • On-farm Efficiency Analyses

Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Project Development and Management

Full project lifecycle services from preliminary data collection through construction management.

  • Appraisal-level Feasibility Studies
  • Detailed Engineering Design Reports
  • Investigations
  • Project Management Oversight

Expert Witness Testimony

Litigation support for water rights claims.

  • Research
  • Quantity Assessments
  • Formal Testimony By Credentialed Water And Irrigation Specialists

GIS and CAD Services

Geographic Information System and Computer-Aided Design services producing professional plans, maps, and decision support information; supports hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, topographic surveying, and geomorphic studies.

WASH and International Water Development

  • Worldwide Water
  • Sanitation
  • Hygiene (WASH) and agricultural water management services under USAID contracts
  • Data Collection
  • Strategic Planning
  • Capacity Building
  • Performance Monitoring

Industries

Water Resources · Agriculture · Natural Resources · Environmental & Remediation · Water Supply · Wastewater · Government

Projects

USAID Senegal ACCES Project

Senegal · Water Resources · Client: USAID

Project details

NRCE was awarded the Senegal Projet Assainissement - Changement de Comportement et Eau in 2016, running through 2022.

Potter Valley Project

Mendocino County, CA · Water Resources

Project details

FERC Project No. P-77, located in Mendocino County, California.

Rehabilitation and Improvement of the Zula Irrigation Project

Eritrea · Agriculture

Project details

Irrigation project in Eritrea sourced from the Haddas River.

Adi Nefas Water Treatment Plant and Treated Water Pipeline

Eritrea · Water Supply

Project details

Water supply project to address critical shortages for the City of Asmara (population 500,000).