Christensen Associates Inc (CAI) is a specialty water resources engineering consulting firm with over 20 years experience serving developers and owners of water resources  and hydropower assets.

Our clients include:

• Water supply, irrigation and flood control agencies
• Public and investor-owned electric utility companies
• Private water supply and hydropower developers
• Government agencies
• Financial institutions

We specialize in planning, permitting, development and operation of the following types of facilities: 

• Watersheds and water reservoirs
• Dams, spillways, intakes, gates,  and outlet works
• Tunnels, canals, penstocks and pipelines
• Hydroelectric power plants
• Flood control projects
• Pumped storage and water pumping plants

Planning, constructing and operating these projects  in today’s regulatory and business environment is extremely challenging.  Successful owners are skilled at handling the many technical, environmental, regulatory and financial challenges that come with the territory.  Working closely with our clients we help them succeed by augmenting their skills and resources in the following areas:

• Project planning and management
• Water resources engineering
• Hydrology and hydraulics
• Site investigations and  feasibility studies
• FERC licensing and relicensing
• Engineering design
• Dam safety and rehabilitation
• Construction management
• Operations and maintenance

CAI offers your organization the following benefits for your project team:

• State-of-the-art expertise in water resources and hydropower technology.
• Personal commitment and responsiveness of a small specialty firm.
• Best value – cost-effective project solutions and engineering support.