Watercat Consulting LLC
1610 G Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 344-7894
cat@watercatconsulting.com
Watercat Consulting LLC
Water Resources Planning & Policy Services
Last updated:
July 18, 2008


About Cat Shrier, Ph.D., P.G.

Cat Shrier has a broad background that encompasses public policy,
hydrogeology, water planning and systems engineering.  

She has served as a Senior Water Resources Planner and Engineer with
large and medium environmental consulting firms in Calgary, Denver,
Raleigh, and Richmond.  Cat also headed her own independent
consulting practice,
Cat Shrier Water Resources, to provide support on
water resources regulatory interactions and public involvement on water
resources management issues.  

Since 1984, Cat has worked with and for federal and state legislative
offices and regulatory agencies in Washington, DC; New Jersey; Virginia;
North Carolina; Colorado; and Province of Alberta, primarily on water
resources and environmental policy and planning issues.

Cat’s clients have included public and private companies in the water
utility, oil & gas, and mining sectors; public agencies responsible for
management of water, wildlife, and other natural resources; educational
institutes; water users and other stakeholder organizations.

Her work has primarily involved conjunctive use of groundwater and
surface water resources; groundwater management; groundwater and
surface water hydrology studies and environmental impact assessments;
water and wastewater reuse; multicriteria decision analysis incorporating
spatial analysis and knowledge bases; water and watershed planning
programs; integration of aquatic and riparian habitat criteria with water
management decision analysis; and water policy.  

Cat served on the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on
Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water (e.g. Aquifer
Storage Recovery or "ASR", recharge basins), which published its report
in January 2008.
Education
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering
Emphasis: Water
Resources Planning and
Management
Colorado State University

M.S.
Environmental Sciences
and Engineering
Emphasis:
Environmental
Management and Policy

University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.A.
Geology
North Carolina State
University

A.B.
Government
Dartmouth College

Certifications
Registered Professional
Geologist
North Carolina #2002