Cortney Brand , PG, PMP

Cortney is Vice President at Leonard Rice Engineers in Denver, Colorado. He has over 20 years of diverse experience in the water industry, and is a recognized expert in hydrogeology and aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) systems. He has planned, permitted, designed, and/or managed installation and testing of over 30 high-capacity production wells; and has managed numerous large-scale groundwater supply and modeling investigations. He has been involved in over a dozen ASR projects in the Western U.S., some as large as 30-MGD and $250 million in size, and is currently the Project Manager for Denver Water’s ASR Pilot Project. Mr. Brand is a member of the ASCE standards committee on Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR). He has a B.S. Geology degree from Lafayette College, an M.S. Geology degree from Arizona State University, and an MBA degree from the University of Colorado.