Christensen Associates Inc. (CAI) is a specialty water resources engineering consulting firm.  We serve owners of water supply and hydroelectric power facilities in the USA and overseas.

Our clients include:

• Water supply and flood control agencies
• Electric and water utilities
•  Irrigation districts
• Independent energy producers
• Government agencies
• Financial institutions

We specialize in planning, development and  operation  of  water resource and hydropower projects.  Such projects are typically comprised of:

• Watersheds and reservoirs
• Dams, spillways, intakes, gates,  and outlet works
• Tunnels, canals, penstocks and pipelines
• Hydroelectric powerhouses
• Pumping plants

Building and operating water  projects  in today’s regulatory and business environment is extremely challenging.  Successful owners are very skilled at either avoiding or efficiently resolving the many technical, environmental, regulatory and financial challenges.

Working closely with our clients we help them succeed by augmenting their capability in the following disciplines:

• Project management
• Water resource engineering
• Site investigation and feasibility studies
• Environmental permitting
• FERC licensing & relicensing
• Hydrology and hydraulics
• Civil, mechanical and electrical engineering
• Dam safety & rehabilitation
• Construction management
• Economics and finance
• Operations and Maintenance

Our team of experts has amassed over 1000 years of project experience on hundreds of  water resource developments in the USA, Canada  and around the world. 

Founded in 1989 by John P. Christensen P.E., CAI is a California Corporation  headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area.