Daniel O. Niemela, P.G.
Project Manager, Hydrogeologist
Daniel O. Niemela, Hydrogeologist, received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction in Geology from The Colorado College in May 2000 and has completed graduate course work at the Colorado School of Mines. He as over four years professional experience with ground water and water rights analyses and augmentation plans, including well construction, installation and testing, design of recharge facilities, ground water and surface water quantifications, historic consumptive use analyses, field investigations and geologic data collection and interpretation. Daniel specializes in analytical and numerical modeling of ground water systems using Excel, MODFLOW and inverse modeling techniques. He is a Director-at-Large on the Colorado Ground Water Association Board, Technical Director-at-Large of the Colorado Water Well Contractors Association, and is a member of the National Ground Water Association and the American Water Resources Association. In addition to the thrill and excitement of water resources, Daniel enjoys whitewater kayaking, snowboarding, hiking and rock climbing with his wife.