Precision Water Resources Engineering is excited to announce our selection, alongside teaming partners Follum Hydrologic Solutions and Strike Consulting Group, to support the Wyoming State Engineer's Office in a Riparian Area Irrigation Investigation in the Upper Green River Basin. The project aims to better distinguish evapotranspiration derived from applied irrigation water from ET supported by natural groundwater and surface water sources. The team will integrate remote sensing, field measurements, and geospatial analysis to develop a practical, defensible framework for partitioning water sources and refining consumptive use estimates. This work continues FHS and PWRE's involvement in the Green River Basin of Wyoming following the previous support of transit loss evaluation. We look forward to working collaboratively with the SEO and our project partners on this three-year effort!
Precision welcomes Helen Flynn to their staff!
Helen earned a B.S. in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and an M.S. in Geosciences from Colorado State University. Her M.S. research evaluated and improved a physically based snow model in post-wildfire landscapes to support water resource management. Between degrees, she spent nine months in Zaragoza, Spain, researching snow hydrology and forest ecology at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology. Helen is excited to join the Precision team and grow her skills in water resources engineering.
Best Paper Award at EWRI!
Precision Water Resources Engineering is proud to announce that our Utah Colorado River Accounting and Forecasting (UCRAF) team received the Best Paper Award at the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI) for the paper, “Development of the Diversion Runoff Calculator to Estimate Agricultural Water Consumption and Irrigation Diversions at the Field- to Basin-Scale in Northeastern Utah,” published in the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. The effort was led by Mike Follum with Follum Hydrologic Solutions, our key subcontractor on this project. The recognition highlights the team’s innovative work advancing agricultural water-use estimation and basin-scale water management tools in Northeastern Utah. Team members traveled to Mobile, Alabama to accept the award on behalf of the Colorado River Authority of Utah, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Follum Hydrologic Solutions, & Precision Water Resources Engineering.
To find a copy of the article, please refer to the following link: https://doi.org/10.1061/JIDEDH.IRENG-10452
UCRAF Brush and Ashley Creeks System Site Tour
The PWRE UCRAF Team recently traveled to Vernal, Utah to kick off the renewal of the UCRAF-DST contract with the Colorado River Authority of Utah (CRAU). The renewal expands the UCRAF-DST into the Brush Creek and Ashley Creek (BCAC) basins and extends coverage to the remainder of the Colorado River Basin in Utah. As part of the kickoff, the team joined CRAU, Division of Water Rights (DWRi), Uintah Water Conservancy District (UWCD) personnel, and River Commissioners on a basin tour of key water conveyance and storage infrastructure in the BCAC basins.
Tour highlights included a visit to Red Fleet Reservoir — a critical water storage facility flanked by impressive geologic formations (pictured) and fossils. The PWRE team is excited to be back at work on this important project and looks forward to what's ahead!
Lianne Daugherty returns to Precision!
Lianne Daugherty is excited to return to Precision as a part-time contractor. In 2025, she took a career pause to focus on her family. She has returned to facilitate an employee mentorship pilot program. The structure will be different from a standard mentoring program, in that it holds space for employees and where they are at in all aspects of life: career, technical, and personal. Ms. Daugherty is excited to build intentional yet organic relational connection between employees, which will in turn foster the already robust company culture.
Precision welcomes Marin MacDonald to their team!
Marin received her B.S. and M.S in Watershed Science at Colorado State University, with an emphasis on snow-water resources. For her M.S thesis, she used remotely sensed data to characterize snowmelt timing in post-fire landscapes of Colorado. She has worked as a water quality consultant, weather and avalanche forecaster, and water resource scientist. Marin is excited to apply her background in hydrology to interdisciplinary water resource problems. Welcome Marin!
New Bureau of Reclamation Contract
Precision is thrilled to announce a new contract with the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate the 1997 Operating Criteria and Procedures (OCAP) for the Newlands Project in western Nevada. Partnering with Barr Engineering and Follum Hydrologic Solutions, Precision will develop recommendations using the best available science, data, and technology to improve the operations defined by OCAP.
New Task Order for Oklahoma City
PWRE is proud to announce that we have been awarded a new Task Order to continue work in supporting Oklahoma City in optimizing its raw water system planning and management. PWRE is grateful for the opportunity to continue our work alongside Brown & Caldwell and Nazarenus Stack & Wombacher on behalf of Oklahoma City!