Introducing Hydro Nova’s WAVE®: Appraisal tool of choice for water resources and water-related assets

Before making a decision to buy or sell a large-scale property investment, you rely on good intelligence to make a sound judgment about the true market value of your property and the potential risk exposure. That’s why Hydro Nova developed WAVE® (Water Asset Valuation Evaluation) auditing – our approach to precision water asset appraising delivered through technology products and services. This approach ensures that property owners, investors and insurers understand the true value of their water and are able to realize the full potential of their water-related assets. WAVE® combines scientific and business fundamentals – the metrics and measures that define the potential of local water resources both as an economic commodity and as a harnessable resource that can be developed to work for you.

As the pioneer in the field of water asset appraisals, Hydro Nova provides unique insight into water asset opportunities that others miss. Whether you are looking to buy or sell property, seeking to finance or insure existing assets, or simply want to understand your future prospects, we can give you an accurate estimate of the value of your water and other assets as they relate to your investment or property.

Our WAVE® Appraisal tools for large-scale properties include:

• Liquidware™ total water resources inventories and valuation of your property
• On-site water asset surveys for Broker Price Opinions (BPOs)
• Detailed valuation analysis including as-is value, intrinsic value, strategic value
• Accurate market analysis and value pricing for pre-sale negotiations
• Insight into the factors that can lead to an increase in the value of your water related assets
• Evaluation of your total water development potential to identify your full range of opportunities to add value to your property. We’ll develop a plan for making improvements and upgrades to your assets that will increase the value of your property and make your water work harder for you.
• Analysis of your water asset risk exposure and development of risk management strategies to protect your property

Valuing the invaluable: How much are your water and related assets worth to you?

If you’re a large-scale property owner or real estate investor, chances are you haven’t fully realized the full potential of your water assets. Your land has a unique hydrologic endowment – the rain that falls, the streams and springs that flow, the lakes and aquifers that store water. In their immediate natural state, you value your water resources in terms of how much you have, how clean they are, and whether you can rely on them when and where you need it. In addition to liquid H20 resources, you deploy other assets on your property – infrastructure, equipment, projects and systems – to put your water to work and generate returns. These include your engineered or constructed assets such as dams, irrigation systems, reservoirs, tanks, treatment plants, distribution and disposal, wells and management technologies. Combined with your water resources endowment, these water-related assets provide you value in both their as-is state and in their potential to deliver future benefits.

Why is it important to appraise your water assets?

• To add value to your property. Your water assets can add significant value to your existing real estate investment. Knowing their current worth and the possible future returns can increase your property’s value by as much as 60%.
• To secure your assets. You may be entitled to claim ownership of water assets that you never knew you had, which can amount to millions of dollars in unrealized capital.
• To capitalize on your asset potential. With supplies diminishing worldwide, your water assets have the potential to increase in value at the local level if managed wisely. Appraising your water assets will help you understand what opportunities exist for you to make your water resources more useful and generate more returns on investment.
• To protect your property from loss. Just as your investment offers unique opportunities, it also exposes you to risks. Appraising your water assets will allow you to assess your risk exposure to unforeseen events such as weather, environmental stresses, faulty equipment, or human error so that you can get the right coverage and employ strategies to mitigate future loss to your property.

Put simply, not appraising your water assets is a lost opportunity and a potential risk to your investment.