Riparian Area Irrigation Investigation - Wyoming State Engineer's Office

The Wyoming State Engineer's Office is seeking professional services to perform a Riparian Area Irrigation Investigation in the Colorado River Basin of Wyoming. The project tasks may include quantifying surface water, irrigation water, and groundwater, conducting field work and modeling investigations, and studying hydrologic components of evapotranspiration and consumptive use. The selected consultant will be required to have knowledge of Wyoming water rights operations, water right records, and water right law, as well as a good understanding of flood irrigation settings and methods. • The project will involve field work, table-top, and modeling investigations of groundwater-surface water interactions in irrigated lands in riparian areas. • The consultant will be required to design and implement hydrologic data collection methods and extrapolate field study results to larger regional areas. • The consultant will also be required to use GIS for data and methods mapping and data transfer, and investigate and interpret existing study results, methods, and literature of similar methods. • The consultant must have a good understanding of flood irrigation settings and methods, including irrigation in bottomland/riparian areas.