WES has obtained Water/Consumptive Use Permits from Water Management Districts statewide for a broad spectrum of uses that include mining, agriculture, industrial operation, golf course management, municipal supply and surface water augmentation and dewatering. As part of the permitting process, we collect and evaluate support data to determine what, if any, level of impact may be associated with the water use. We typically design and monitor data collection networks as required to demonstrate our client's compliance with applicable regulations.

Our water supply development experience has ranged from small, single well supply permitting to the evaluation of large industrial and municipal wellfields where supply capacity exceeds 30 million gallons per day. 

Bottom contours from bathymetric mapping performed for lake water balance investigation. The study showed that water pumped to maintain lake levels was beneficially recharging the Floridan Aquifer.

Left: Installation of water level data logger into standby production well

Right: Permitted citrus grove along Lake Wales Ridge

Linear wellfield - Andros Islands, Bahamas. The wellfield consists of miles of shallow trenches cut directly into limestone deposits. WES evaluated the productivity of the wellfield and the position of the fresh-water/salt-water interface.