Planning & Management

Wilson Water Group is a leader in Water Resources Planning and Management in Colorado. We have worked on basin wide planning projects in every basin in Colorado and specialize in using the Colorado Decision Support System (CDSS) to help our clients understand historical, current, and future water availability and water uses. Example projects completed by Wilson Water Group include:

Water Supply and Demand Planning:

  • Water Availability Studies: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study, CRWAS
  • Historical Water Use Studies: Yampa, White, Upper Colorado, Gunnison, San Juan/Dolores, North Platte, South Platte, and Arkansas River Basins
  • Future Demands Assessment: State Water Supply Initiative, Technical Update to the Colorado Water Plan

Water Storage and Conveyance Concepts and Feasibility Studies

  • Homestake Partners
  • Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding
  • Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, Coal Creek
  • Mancos Water Conservancy District, Jackson Gulch Reservoir

Stream Management Plans/Integrated Water Management Plan

  • Rio Grande, Conejos River, and Saguache Creek Stream Management Plans
  • Upper Gunnison Basin Watershed Management Plan
  • Mancos Watershed Drought Resiliency Plan