The problems posed by increasing demands for fresh water and uncertain future supplies is inadequately addressed by current water management mechanisms. Interested parties pursue water supplies at the local and regional levels through negotiation, litigation, administrative processes, and market practices. Disparate federal agencies implement fragmented water resource functions in an uncoordinated manner. Nobody is charged with optimizing the use of water resources in the nation’s interest. As neutral experts, Noblis professionals are helping the water resources community develop and implement an integrated, rational system for water resources optimization in the public interest.
Department of the Interior
Noblis groundwater experts are expanding the U.S. Forest Service’s understanding of the occurrence and usability of the groundwater resource within several Western National Forests, and also providing a GIS-based modeling approach for mapping the vulnerability of groundwater to degradation by oil and gas development. Protection of groundwater resources is important to many stakeholders, including the Bureau of Land Management, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Upper Colorado River Water Management District, and the general public. To address impacts on the quality and quantity of groundwater, Noblis has performed, and is now expanding, an independent characterization and assessment of groundwater resources within several National Forests. Noblis brings to this controversial issue its reputation for objectivity and its nationally-recognized technical expertise.