Litigation Support & Expert Testimony

GGI has qualified experts in geology, hydrology, agronomy, water rights, ecology and environmental science to provide expert litigation support and testimony covering a range of topics, encompassing water quality, contaminant tracing, discharge permits, water supply, water rights (including those involving nutrient management), and spills/discharges.

GGI staff specializes in evaluating the problem, the costs involved, the related regulations and can act as a professional liaison between regulatory agencies and clients.  We have worked with renowned attorneys on a wide variety of due diligence and environmental litigation projects as technical experts, assisting in developing a cohesive and sensible approach to complex environmental cases.

Our litigation and testimony experience includes:

• New appropriation

• Senior water rights impacts

• Endangered species flow requirements

• Compliance with permit conditions requiring offset

• Exchange for development rights from a municipality or utility

• Payback for over diversion

• Municipal/Tribal/Domestic

• Limited duration project (e.g. construction)

• Avoiding cutoff under priority administration

• Investment

• Historical nutrient loading in surface water bodies

• Contamination tracing/source location

• Compost operations