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A broad range of clients, including municipal and privately owned water utilities, commercial and industrial firms, individual and corporate landowners, and institutional lenders and investors rely on GordonDerr to help them understand their water rights interests and achieve their objectives.
- Evaluation of existing water rights documents or claims
- Analysis of validity, quantity, relinquishment and forfeiture issues
- Analysis of suitability for new uses or project proposals
- Transfers and transactions involving existing water rights
- New permit application proceedings
- Development and implementation of mitigation strategies
- Understanding and managing regulatory agency processes and relationships.
- Appeals of adverse agency actions and decisions.
- Defense of agency approvals from third party challenge.
- General stream adjudications
- Multi-party negotiations and settlement of complex matters
- Strategies for dealing with water scarcity
- Familiarity and frequent work with engineers, hydrologists, groundwater scientists, and other technical water professionals as witneses and project team members
- Advised numerous landowners on existence and extent of water rights on property and developed strategies to adjust water diversion and usage practices.
- Represented developer of three million square feet of office space in securing water supply through regional negotiations and innovative structure in urbanized King County.
- Helped Eastern Washington city to develop water rights acquisition strategy; respond to legal threat to municipal water supply; acquire water rights through market transactions; obtain necessary regulatory approvals.
- Helped real estate developer obtain municipal water supply through transfer of water rights from one utility to another; successfully resolved appeal of state agency approval.
- Guided international investor through due diligence to ensure adequate water supply for new alternative energy industrial project in eastern Washington.
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