As a Water Resources Engineer/Hydrogeologist, Bob Prucha focuses on the characterization, conceptualization and numerical analysis of fluid and heat flow, and contaminant transport within surface, subsurface and ‘integrated’ hydrologic-hydraulic systems. He studied heat and mass flow within a geothermal system during his Master Degree at UC Berkeley. And for his Ph.D in water resources engineering at CU Boulder, he developed a conceptual and numerical framework for studying long-term, continuous event-driven, coupled surface-subsurface flow and recharge dynamics within large arid/semi-arid basin hydrologic systems using fully-integrated, physically-based codes.
Bob has worked on a wide range of water resources and environmental projects, throughout the US and internationally. He specializes in developing and applying numerical models to evaluate historical and future changes in natural coupled surface water-groundwater hydrologic systems, water quality, and river/reservoir hydraulics and those impacted by development and climate change. Projects typically support water resource management planning, flood impact assessments, hydropower development, environmental assessments, or litigation.
Project clients include:
- large water districts,
- large-scale agriculture,
- tribal groups,
- attorneys,
- private clients,
- Federal agencies such as USDOE, USDOD/DOJ, and USFW,
- extractive industries such as mining and oil/gas,
- municipal landfills,
- nuclear, chemical, and manufacturing facilities and
- various non-governmental agencies.