We assist industry in the development of cost-effective wastewater treatment solutions to meet increasingly complex and stringent requirements. Whether you need a direct discharge system capable of treating millions of gallons per day or a pretreatment system to treat hundreds of gallons per year, our experienced team of engineers, planners, and scientists can help you meet your treatment goals in a cost effective manner.

Our extensive experience allows us to design tailored systems that exceed compliance with current regulations and your existing system needs. We work as a team with our clients, capitalizing on their unique understanding of their current and future development plans. That information, combined with our understanding of the regulatory environment and technology options, provide treatment solutions that position our clients well ahead of compliance.

Industries for which we have tailored wastewater solutions include, but are not limited to:

• Pulp and Paper
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Textile
• Metals Processing
• Medical Product Manufacturing
• Food Processing

Types of treatment systems we have designed to address the unique aspects of waste streams include:

Biological Systems:

• Conventional Activated Sludge Processes
• Sequenced Batch Reactors (SBR)
• Trickling Filters
• Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC)
• Anaerobic Treatment
• Anoxic Technologies

Physical/Chemical Systems:

• Chemical Precipitation
• Adsorption
• Filtration
• Air/Steam Stripping
• Settling/Sedimentation
• Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF)
• Novel Treatment Systems:
• UV Disinfection
• Peroxidation
• Ozonation
• Ion Exchange
• Reverse Osmosis
• Electrolysis
• Sludge Collection/Disposal Systems
• Aerobic/Anaerobic Digestion
• Land Application
• Incineration

Design Approach

Once our client's current and planned future needs are known, we perform a systematic series of interactive evaluations to develop the following:

• Influent Characterization
• Concept Design/Preliminary Engineering Design
• Treatability Studies
• Pilot Plant Studies
• Design Engineering
• Construction Management
• Permitting Approach

After determining our client's influent characteristics, including temporal and seasonal variations, we begin an evaluation of treatment technology alternatives. Our engineers constantly evaluate new techniques to determine which are most economical and still able to meet or exceed treatment requirements. Laboratory-scale treatability studies determine which technology options are capable of producing the desired effluent quality. We conduct pilot plant treatability studies to refine specific design and operating conditions under which selected technology options perform most efficiently and economically.

Information gathered from these studies provides additional compliance assurance and a basis for scale-up of the final design.

Final design engineering for the selected treatment strategy includes preparation of the following:

• Process Description and Flow Diagrams
• Design Specifications
• Process Layout Diagrams
• Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
• Utility Requirements
• Construction Drawings
• Permit Applications

We can meet all the needs of the final design by adding the services of civil/site engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical/HVAC engineers, and structural engineers. These additional resources allow us to provide top quality, full-service design capabilities quickly, thoroughly, and inexpensively.

After final design has been completed, we provide comprehensive construction management including:

• Preparation of Bid Documents
• Identification of Qualified Contractors
• Evaluation of Bid Packages
• Preparation of Operation and Maintenance Manuals
• Start-Up Assistance
• Operator Training

Once operations begin, we provide comprehensive system troubleshooting services. We stand behind our systems and are dedicated to your complete satisfaction.