Enhancing Stream-Monitoring Through Expert Support

With the demand for accurate water information steadily rising, it is essential that organizations responsible for hydrologic-data collection have access to expert guidance, training, and strategic support. WaterKenney Hydrology is a consulting practice committed to helping agencies, municipalities, and other organizations strengthen their stream-monitoring networks.

Some Services We Offer

Independent Monitoring-Program Assessments

An objective review of your hydrologic-data network provides program managers with targeted recommendations to improve technical quality and operational efficiency. At WaterKenney Hydrology, our assessment process begins by understanding your mission, goals, and current operating procedures. We then join field staff to observe data collection practices and evaluate your analysis workflows. The final deliverable is a detailed report outlining key findings and prioritized recommendations designed to help you improve your monitoring program.

Assistance With Customized Standard Operating Procedures & Quality Systems

To generate hydrologic data that is consistent, reliable, and comparable, organizations need clearly defined standard operating procedures (SOPs) with built-in quality control. WaterKenney Hydrology can help you develop customized SOPs, quality-assurance plans, and quality management systems tailored to your operations. We also offer evaluations of organization-wide compliance with existing procedures, helping you identify gaps and strengthen overall data integrity.

Hydrographer Training Services

With a proven record of training more than 1,000 hydrographers, technicians, and hydrologists across the U.S. and internationally, we bring unmatched expertise to professional development in surface-water science.

Field methods for streamgage operations
Development of stage-discharge rating curves
Analysis and computation of time-series streamflow records
- Stage-Discharge Method
- Index-Velocity Method
Post-flood determination of peak streamflow

Whether for individuals or organizations, we provide practical, science-based instruction that builds confidence and ensures best practices in hydrologic monitoring.

Expert Hydrologic & Hydraulic Services

We specialize in hydrometric data collection and analysis, statistical hydrology, flood peak determination and reconstruction, and hydraulic modeling. Our expertise is available to support your projects through:

Surface-water data blending, evaluation, and interpretation.
Retainer-based consultation and technical reviews
Service on technical committees and boards
Standards validation
Expert witness testimony

We deliver reliable, science-based insights to help you make informed decisions in water management, engineering, and litigation. Let us do the leg work to track down and assimilate your hydrologic data needs.

With decades of expertise in surface-water science, we deliver customized solutions to enhance hydrologic monitoring programs and support specialized water projects. Reach out to learn how we can help meet your water-data needs.

About Us

Terry Kenney is the Principal Hydrologist and Founder of WaterKenney Hydrology.

Following a 27-year career with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Terry launched his consulting practice to offer organizations the same high-level of technical support and expertise he provided as a National Surface-Water Specialist within the USGS Water Resources Mission Area. In that role, he supported the nationwide streamgage network of over 8,000 stations, delivering technical guidance, training, and quality assurance to field staff across the country.

Bibliography: Terry A. Kenney

Hodson, T.O., Doore, K.J., Kenney, T.A., Over, T.M., and Yeheyis, M., 2024 Ratingcurve: A Python package for fitting streamflow rating curves, Hydrology 11, no. 2: 14. (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11020014

Van Metre, P.C., Qi, S., Deacon, J., Dieter, C., Driscoll, J.M., Fienen, M., Kenney, T.A., Lambert, P., Lesmes, D., Mason, C.A., Mueller-Solger, A., Musgrove, M., Painter, J., Rosenberry, D., Sprague, L., Tesoriero, A.J., Windham-Myers, L., Wolock, D., 2020, Prioritizing river basins for intensive monitoring and assessment by the US Geological Survey. Environ Monit Assess 192, 458 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08403-1

Kenney, Terry A. and Susan G. Buto, 2012, Evaluation of the temporal transferability of a model describing dissolved solids in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) p. 13. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2012.00667.x-Oct 2012 edt.

Kenney, T.A., Gerner, S.J., and Buto, S.G., 2012, Analysis of annual dissolved-solids loading from selected natural and irrigated catchments in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1974–2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5090, 20 p.

Kenney, T.A., Buto, S.G., and Susong, D.D., 2011 Analysis of watersheds monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station network in the Upper Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5081, 47p.

Kenney, T.A., Freeman, M.L., 2011, Two-dimensional streamflow simulations of the Jordan River, Midvale and West Jordan, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5043, 39 p.

Kenney, T.A., 2010, Levels at gaging stations: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report 3-A19, 60 p.

Foster, K., and Kenney, T.A., 2010, Dissolved-solids load in Henrys Fork upstream from the confluence with Antelope Wash, Wyoming, water years 1970–2009: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5048, 16 p.

Buto, S.G., Kenney, T.A., and Gerner, S.J., 2010, Land disturbance associated with oil and gas development and effects of development-related land disturbance on dissolved-solids loads in streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1991, 2007, and 2025: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5064, 56 p.

Kenney, T.A., Gerner, S.J., Buto, S.G., Spangler, L.E., 2009, Spatially referenced statistical assessment of dissolved-solids load sources and transport in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5007, 70 p.

Naftz, D.L., Angeroth, C., Kenney, T., Waddell, B., Silva, S., Darnall, N., Perschon, C., and Whitehead, J., 2008, Reply to the comment on 'Anthropogenic influences on the input and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and mercury in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA': Applied Geochemistry, Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 3854-3855.

Naftz, D.L., Angeroth, C., Kenney, T., Waddell, B., Silva, S., Darnall, N., Perschon, C., and Whitehead, J., 2008, Anthropogenic influences on the input and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and mercury in Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 23, Issue 6, p. 1731–1744.

Kenney, T.A., Buto, S.G., 2008, Flood plain delineation for the Fremont River and Bull Creek, Hanksville, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5233, 28 p.

Wilkowske, C.D., Kenney, T.A., and Wright, S.J., 2008, Methods for estimating monthly and annual streamflow statistics at ungaged sites in Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5230, 62 p.

Kenney, T.A., Wilkowske, C.D., and Wright, S.J., 2007, Methods for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows for natural streams in Utah. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2007-5158, 28 p.

Wilkowske, C.D., Kenney, T.A., and Wright, S.J., 2006, Flooding and streamflow in Utah during water year 2005, U.S. Geolgical Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3085.

Kenney, T.A., 2006, Verification of an uncalibrated two-dimensional hydraulic model with velocity and remote imagery. Proceedings of the Third Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference April 2-6, 2006, Reno, NV. 9 p.

Kenney, T.A., 2006, Cross-sectional progression of apparent bedload velocities, Proceedings of the Eighth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, April 2-6, 2006, Reno NV. 8 p.

Kenney, T.A., Wright S.J., and Stolp, B.J., 2006, Ground-water movement and water quality in Lakepoint, Tooele County, Utah. 1999-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5124, 14 p.

Kenney, T.A., and McKinney, T.S., 2006, Hydraulic and geomorphic monitoring of experimental bridge scour mitigation at selected bridges in Utah, 2003-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5033, 16 p.

Kenney, T.A., 2005, Initial-phase investigation of multi-dimensional streamflow simulations in the Colorado River, Moab Valley, Grand County, Utah, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5022, 69 p.

Kenney, T.A., 2004, Cross sectional progression of vertical streamflow velocity distributions, apparent bedload velocities, and channel geometry, Green River, Utah: M.S. thesis, University of Utah, 68 p.