Agriculture

Agriculture in Florida has a long and successful history of sustainable water resource management and continues to provide improvements in operations that benefit regional water management programs. Water Science Associates staff have over 50 years of experience providing water resource consulting services to agricultural clients in Florida including citrus, sugar, cattle, and vegetable crop operations. We provide water resource planning and water supply development for long-term sustainable production. We work closely with Agencies and land owners in water supply, water storage and groundwater recharge programs that can benefit our Clients and regional resource initiatives. We provide water use permitting services through State and Local Agencies and production well design and installation oversight. We also offer permit compliance services for long term management of the resource and to aid in future renewal of permits. Water Science Associates believes in providing scientific and technically based consulting services and pride ourselves on customer service and responsiveness to our clients.

Water Science Associates can provide a range of services in support of managing your surface water and groundwater resources. Examples of services we provide include:

  • Water Use Permitting (modifications, renewals, and new permits)
  • Long range water resource planning and strategic development
  • Groundwater and surface water irrigation demand assessments
  • Compliance services and reporting for pumpage, water levels, and salinity
  • Well design, drawdown analysis, and safe yield assessment
  • Well installation oversight to ensure owner’s needs are addressed
  • Expert witness and consulting for water use disputes
  • Facilitation of Public-Private Partnerships in development of regional water resource management solutions