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Tess Kretschmann

Staff Engineer

Tess Kretschmann is a senior water resources analyst and staff engineer with 20 years of community, national, and international water efficiency and master planning experience. She is skilled in water demand projections and cost-effectiveness evaluations. Tess has completed over 100 demand and conservation planning studies, surveys, research projects, drought studies, and water loss validations. She has led workshops on drought management, master planning, and urban water management planning and has managed permitting efforts for local, state, and federal infrastructure facilities. Recent projects include Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) Water Demand Forecast; Liberty Utilities (New York) Water Conservation and Demand Forecast; and Portland Water Bureau and BAWSCA Regional Water Demand and Conservation Projections. Tess has a B.S. in Civil Engineering, from Duke University (2004).