Water
Summary | Team | Federal Role | Current Environment | New Corps Approach | Process | Case Histories | P3
Proven Team
- We approach problems and opportunities as a team
- We mobilize the firm’s full resources on behalf of each client
- We include senior leaders from other practice areas to manage related issues
- We work dynamically with our peers to utilize our highest level relationships and to unleash our best technical expertise
- Where many firms’ practices are isolated in “silos,” Carmen Group empowers a team of proven experts with every capability the firm possesses
Our Professionals
Carmen Group’s Water Resources & Environment team combines years of lobbying experience with unique technical expertise in water resource, environment, and local government issues. We have been actively involved in every Water Resources Development Act since 1986, as well as in securing significant federal funding in all of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bills since that time.
Members of our team include:
- Leading lobbyist of major metropolitan sewage districts, urban and rural flood control and water supply districts, environmental protection departments, water conservation districts and major ports
- Former Federal Highway Administrator, civil engineer and community planner
- Former Senior Advisor to Ranking Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
- Former Legislative Aide to Members of Congress on the House Public Works and Transportation Committee (now known as the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure)
- Former Advisor to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Upper Guadalupe Project
An innovative project cooperation agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers allows the non-federal sponsor to begin construction early on a major flood control project that also provides extensive environmental benefits.
Riverside County Water District
Murrieta Creek Flood Control Project
A comprehensive Corps of Engineers project—providing flood control, environmental restoration and recreation—will serve as a lynchpin for economic development benefiting over 150,000 residents and laying the foundation for broader regional success.
NAFSMA
National flood risk management policy leadership creates a timely and strong working relationship between two federal agencies that will shape the nation’s first levee safety program.
Metro Water Reclamation District of Chicago
Federal funding creates 109 miles of deep rock tunnels, reservoirs and pumping stations that provide pollution control and flood relief for the people of Chicago.
