Hydrographic Surveying
  Howard Hanson Dam | Brantley Reservoir | Ute Reservoir

Tetra Tech offers one single team of professionals to perform hydrographic surveying and data collection. This specialized niche complements our scientists and engineers performing management and restoration projects on lakes and rivers. Working in the most extreme conditions and terrain, the team routinely surveys and gathers information for clients using the most technologically advanced equipment available.

What sets Tetra Tech apart? Unparalleled experience and capabilities. Our well-seasoned team of professionals has been working together for over a decade using numerous techniques to arrive at realistic and accurate conclusions. These proven techniques include topographic and bathymetric surveys, velocity and discharge measurements, sediment sampling, geomorphic and vegetation characterization, habitat descriptions, and water quality sampling. Tetra Tech is dedicated to providing accurate information and sound solutions while respecting project budgets and goals. Completed hydrographic surveys have given numerous clients, including the Sacramento District Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an in-depth understanding of the water that they manage, and what must be done to protect their resources.

Tetra Tech owns all the equipment necessary to conduct hydrographic surveys including boats, boat hardware, Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK GPS), Total Station, differential level, data loggers, fathometer, sediment, and velocity and water quality samplers.