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Water Quality Assessment & Compliance

While Cardno ENTRIX has strengths in all disciplines of water resource management, our surface water quality capabilities are among some of the longest running services Cardno ENTRIX provides. We are experienced with water and sediment quality evaluations in all types of freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems.  Our services range from simple monitoring of turbidity for construction projects to evaluating and addressing the potential implications of a broad array of heavy metals, organic substances, nutrients and biological parameters for clients including agriculture, industry, mining, water management agencies, and state and local governments. 

Cardno ENTRIX employs experts with advanced degrees in chemistry, biology, geology, engineering and resource economics to assess water quality issues from all perspectives, so we can offer accurate, reliable, academic quality data and analysis for our clients and teaming partners.

Recent developments in water quality regulation and management, such as Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) establishment, numeric nutrient criteria development, improvements in stormwater management, and the growing list of Emerging Contaminants, represent some of the most significant changes in environmental regulations in the last decade.  Cardno ENTRIX’s work in this realm keeps us at the forefront of these developments—and our extensive data collection, analysis, modeling, and policy services help clients successfully navigate complicated and potentially costly water quality concerns, while maintaining compliance with water quality standards and permit limits.  Cardno ENTRIX is uniquely positioned, experienced, and capable to serve as a client advocate in uniting water quality science and policy.

Related Services: Project Examples:
  • Water Quality and Aquatic Chemistry Assessments (collection and interpretation of data on nutrients, organics, metals, toxics, bacteria and physical measurements)
  • Aquatic Biology Evaluations (fisheries, invertebrates, aquatic plants, algae and other water-dependent biota)
  • Wetland and Aquatic Habitat Characterizations (functional evaluations, habitat equivalency measures and ecological modeling)
  • Total Maximum Daily Load Development and Compliance Management
  • Water Resource Impact Assessments (including Natural Resource Damage Assessments)
  • Marina, Waterfront and Coastal Development Support
  • Wetland and Water Body Mitigation and Management (creation, restoration, enhancement, reclamation and remediation design and planning)
  • Created Wetland Systems for Water Quality Treatment
  • Permitting and Compliance for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Similar Outfalls (stormwater, domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater)
  • Economic Evaluation of Water Resource Issues