Water Resources/Public Works
Environmental Services Public Works Projects,
(Los Angeles County Department of Public Works)
Chambers Group has been providing environmental services to LADPW under an on-call contract since 1993 completing 100+ task orders. Under these task orders, Chambers Group frequently provides quick turnaround for a variety of CEQA and NEPA analysis, biological studies, threatened and endangered species surveys, wetlands delineations, hydrogeomorphic analysis, streambed bioassessment procedures, functional analysis, habitat restoration and revegetation plans and implementation, cultural resources surveys and record searches, paleontological resources surveys, water quality and sediment analyses, air quality analyses, noise studies, traffic analyses, and aesthetics and land use analyses for public works projects under this contract. The work conducted for this contract has been varied, and includes soft-bottom flood channel clean out, decommissioning of historic flood control dams, specialized flood control projects, bridge repair and replacement, and road improvements and repair.
CEQA/NEPA Capital Improvement Projects,
(City of Riverside Public Works Department)
Chambers Group provided on-call MSA for complete CEQA/NEPA environmental documents with all related environmental studies including, but not limited to, traffic studies, biological studies, noise studies, hazardous materials surveys, archaeological surveys, cultural resources surveys, and community impact assessments for various Capital Improvement projects.
CEQA Support, Talbert Barrier West End Improvement Project,
(Orange County Water District)
CEQA support services were provided to the OCWD to ensure that an OCWD-prepared CEQA document was successfully completed. OCWD had prepared an IS/MND for the Talbert Barrier West End Improvement Project. This project involved the installation of several wells in the Southern California Edison right-of-way to provide a barrier to seawater intrusion into the freshwater aquifer.
CEQA Documentation, 3-Million-Gallon Reservoirs in Hesperia and Victorville,
(San Bernardino County Special Districts Department)
Chambers Group prepared a CEQA IS/MND for the construction of a three million-gallon steel, above ground, water storage reservoir and the drilling of a replacement water well (Well No. 7) at the existing water production and storage facility in City of Hesperia. With the proposed project, maximum day demand would be met and CSA 64 would have enough storage water for existing and emergency situations.
CEQA Services, Five Water/Wastewater Projects,
(City of Colton)
Chambers Group provided CEQA-compliance services for five water and wastewater projects located in the City of Colton. All of these documents were completed on a fast-track basis to meet funding and construction deadlines. The projects added sewer lines, water wells and water treatment systems.
EA/FONSI, Sewer and Water District # 2,
(Lander County Water and Sewer District)
Lander County Water and Sewer District # 2 worked with BLM to acquire 80 acres under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act and a two-mile Right of Way for a water treatment facility and pipeline to meet growing needs of Austin, Nevada. Chambers Group conducted a mineral survey, prepared a mineral report, conducted a Class III cultural resources survey, prepared a Cultural Resources Report, evaluated for hazardous materials and prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI) for BLM approval.
Cultural Resource Class III Investigation, Truckee River Restoration,
(Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior)
The Truckee River Restoration Projects, located east of Sparks, encompasses approximately 695 acres within Washoe Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada, on federal or local government public lands. The site is being proposed for construction of the South Truckee Meadows Water Treatment Facility and Water Diversion Pipelines Chambers Group consulted with the Native American tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute, regarding what kind of treatment/testing would be appropriate for the site.
