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<br />purchase, and we network with local realtors,
<br />attorneys, conservation groups, and other
<br />stakeholders to connect potential water right buyers
<br />and sellers. With experience supporting over 20
<br />water banking projects, our team brings substantial
<br />institutional knowledge and understanding of
<br />private and public water banking, No other firm
<br />has permitted more water rights in the last 10
<br />years, and no other firm has worked as closely
<br />with counties, cities, public utility district, and
<br />irrigation districts to explore or set up water banks.
<br />As a long-term trusted Aspect teaming partner,
<br />Gray& Osborne joins ourteam to provide project -
<br />specific civil engineering or survey services. With
<br />a staff of 140 located in six offices throughout the
<br />state, Gray & Osborne has provided professional
<br />civil engineering and surveying services to public
<br />agencies throughout Washington since 1935. They
<br />serve Kittitas County from their Yakima office,
<br />with convenient project meetings and quick
<br />access for assistance during emergencies. Gray
<br />& Osborne has extensive experience working in
<br />Kittitas County, with recent projects for Ellensburg,
<br />Kittitas, Roslyn, and Kittitas Water District No. 4.
<br />Gray & Osborne's extensive civil engineering
<br />and survey experience is primarily specialized in
<br />the planning, funding, design, and construction
<br />administration services for water, wastewater,
<br />stormwater, utility, and transportation projects. Their
<br />broad experience in the water industry includes water
<br />comprehensive plans, hydraulic modeling, source
<br />development, water treatment, storage reservoirs,
<br />seismic retrofits, pump stations, and distribution
<br />system design. Gray & Osborne's survey services
<br />include right-of-way research, topographic survey,
<br />construction staking, site and settlement monitoring,
<br />property staking, and easement acquisition services.
<br />Additionally, Gray & Osborne's unmanned aircraft
<br />systems (drone) program, which was launched
<br />in 2017, provides high-quality aerial imagery and
<br />survey -grade digital surface model (DSM) data
<br />to assist our effort to planning and assessment
<br />of water resources. By minimizing the need for
<br />time-consuming, ground-based, water resource
<br />evaluation, Gray & Osborne's drone program
<br />provides invaluable and up-to-date information
<br />for large areas of land and other environmentally
<br />sensitive areas at a fraction of the cost and time.
<br />This Statement of Qualifications presents our
<br />team's relevant experience, provides examples
<br />of our experience performing similar work, and
<br />details our key team member's qualifications.
<br />Qualifications
<br />.1. Experience in Hydrogeology
<br />Investigations
<br />Water resource science is a core technical
<br />strength and capability of the Aspect team and
<br />the fundamental basis for resource management
<br />decisions involving water allocation. Our team
<br />brings sound judgment and technical expertise
<br />in hydrologic sciences gained through advanced
<br />technical training and extensive experience in Kittitas
<br />County and throughout the region. Aspect's key
<br />staff have developed and implemented hydrologic,
<br />hydrogeologic, and water quantity and quality
<br />related studies on a wide range of watershed scales,
<br />from stream restoration in small catchments, to
<br />watersheds for Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA)
<br />projects throughout the state, to large regional river
<br />systems in the Pacific Northwest.
<br />Many of Aspect's projects involve developing
<br />a hydrogeotogic conceptual model and using
<br />analytical or numerical models to understand
<br />multiple scenarios, and to support water resource
<br />allocation and water right litigation efforts. We
<br />maintain an extensive reference library of geologic
<br />and hydrogeotogic studies from across the state,
<br />have access to a complete in-house supply of modern
<br />field data collection equipment, and routinely rely on
<br />Geographic Information Services (GIS) and Ecology's
<br />Geographic Water- Right information System (GWIS)
<br />as an information management tool for a wide variety
<br />of projects.
<br />Our technical staff includes hydrogeologists and
<br />hydrologists with advanced degrees and extensive
<br />applied water resource project experience
<br />throughout Washington. We have a keen
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