Geoscience Support Services Wins Contract for Sustainable Groundwater Basin Management
May 07 2024 - 3:16PM
Business Wire
New project for the Mojave Water Agency supports strategic
planning for sustainable groundwater basin management and
conjunctive use projects.
Geoscience Support Services, Inc., a leading geohydrology firm
providing specialized hydrogeology and groundwater consulting and
services, today announced a new contract with the Mojave Water
Agency (MWA) to evaluate groundwater resources and develop advanced
recovery and management strategies.
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MWA’s planned recharge basin viewed from
the west with the California Aqueduct on the left side. The
recharge basin will help store groundwater for future supply and
facilitate excess water discharge back into the State Water
Project. (Photo: Business Wire)
The project supports MWA’s mission to manage groundwater basins
and address risks to sustainable water supplies. Headquartered in
Apple Valley, California, MWA, which doesn’t provide water directly
to homes, is charged with sustainably managing, producing, and
augmenting water supplies including ensuring the High Desert
communities’ groundwater aquifers are adequately replenished or
recharged by natural runoff or with water imported from the State
Water Project, California’s statewide water storage and delivery
systems.
As part of their groundwater management and State Water
Allocation optimization goals, MWA is developing the West
Victorville Groundwater Banking Pilot Test Project to provide
essential information characterizing existing groundwater
conditions, including water quality and extent of the native
aquifer system, as well as establishing accurate groundwater
banking potential and associated recharge and recovery
solutions.
Under the contract, Geoscience will evaluate the recharge areas’
lithologic structure, update existing groundwater modeling for the
native aquifer, evaluate current groundwater quality, prepare
predictive scenarios for groundwater recharge and recovery,
establish basin designs for groundwater recharge facilities, and
identify groundwater recovery management strategies.
Mark Williams, Geoscience CEO, shared that “Conjunctive use
projects will be critical to California’s water future, and we’re
excited to support MWA’s strategic plan to ensure sustainable water
supplies for years to come.”
In addition to developing water banking systems, Geoscience will
prepare California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents and help identify
potential State and Federal implementation funding opportunities.
Project execution will include the following partners for specific
services and deliverables:
- Stantec, Inc. will provide recharge basin design and
construction along with grant funding services and is currently
completing construction of the High Desert Water Bank design in the
Antelope Valley for AVEK.
- Collier Consulting, Inc. will partner on geophysical
investigations.
- Kleinfelder, Inc. will partner on geotechnical
investigations.
- Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. will provide environmental
assessment.
About Geoscience Support Services, Inc.
Geoscience is a collaborative team of engineers, geologists and
hydrologists focused on delivering innovative solutions for
clients’ groundwater needs. Pioneering groundwater management and
production for more than 46 years, we empower clients with
comprehensive consulting, flow and solute transport modeling,
design and construction oversight for high-capacity municipal
wells, and groundwater basin management to ensure safe, sustainable
yields. Learn more at www.gssiwater.com and connect on LinkedIn and
YouTube.
About Mojave Water Agency
The Mojave Water Agency was formed by voters in 1960 to address
critical overdraft of the region’s basins. Governed by a
seven-member Board of Directors, MWA is one of 29 State Water
Contractors eligible to deliver water from the California Aqueduct
to ensure its 4,900-square-mile service area has a sustainable
water supply. Learn more at www.MojaveWater.org and connect on
Facebook.
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