Leveraging research and innovation to solve our clients' biggest challenges
Since our founding, Brown and Caldwell has continued to push the boundaries of science and technology forward, all with the goal of helping our clients succeed.
We work to fully understand our clients’ needs, and we use strategic collaboration with trusted technology providers and research partners, treatability testing, and pilot testing to identify, unlock, and refine new solutions that resonate.
Leveraging research and innovation to solve our clients’ biggest challenges
Since our founding, Brown and Caldwell has continued to push the boundaries of science and technology forward, all with the goal of helping our clients succeed.
We work to fully understand our clients’ needs, and we use strategic collaboration with trusted technology providers and research partners, treatability testing, and pilot testing to identify, unlock, and refine new solutions that resonate.
research projects
clients involved in research and innovation
leading edge university partners
collaborating technology providers
market ready innovative solutions
Research and knowledge drive results
Where innovation advancement may be blocked by unknowns, research helps to fill the knowledge gaps, driving results for our clients. We collaborate with client and technology partners to lead applied research to anticipate emerging needs and find promising solutions. BC partners with academics on fundamental research to investigate questions and identify breakthroughs.
Optimizing solutions with Treatability Testing
BC’s in-house Treatability Testing Laboratory optimizes client solutions for wastewater, drinking, reclaimed, and industrial waters. Our breakthrough solutions have saved clients millions in capital costs and reduced the risks of facility design, construction, and operation.
Pioneering through pilot testing
BC is a leader in confirming innovative technologies, leveraging applied research, testing at bench and pilot scales, and advancing proven outcomes to full-scale implementation with urgency.
Pioneering through pilot testing
BC is a leader in confirming innovative technologies, leveraging applied research, testing at bench and pilot scales, and advancing proven outcomes to full-scale implementation with urgency.
advancing * innovation
We partner with our clients in the innovation journey, BC follows our rigorous, objective Tech Exploration and Confirmation process to mitigate risk by confirming capabilities and clearly identifying the limitations of new technologies. Proven solutions are helping clients to increase capacity, improve efficiency, recover resources, achieve schedule savings, and in some cases, avoid expensive and labor-intensive upgrades to existing infrastructure.
Technical innovation leadership team
Our Technical Innovation Leadership Team (TILT) partners with clients to identify industry needs and trends. Through strategic partnerships with technology providers and early adopter clients, the TILT explores and accelerates proven solutions for adoption across the market.
advancing * innovation
We partner with our clients in the innovation journey, BC follows our rigorous, objective Tech Exploration and Confirmation process to mitigate risk by confirming capabilities and clearly identifying the limitations of new technologies. Proven solutions are helping clients to increase capacity, improve efficiency, recover resources, achieve schedule savings, and in some cases, avoid expensive and labor-intensive upgrades to existing infrastructure.
Technical innovation leadership team
Our Technical Innovation Leadership Team (TILT) partners with clients to identify industry needs and trends. Through strategic partnerships with technology providers and early adopter clients, the TILT explores and accelerates proven solutions for adoption across the market.
“We openly share proven solutions with the goal of advancing the industry and igniting progress for the greater good.”
Allegra da Silva, PhD, PE
Deputy Director of Research and Development
“We openly share proven solutions with the goal of advancing the industry and igniting progress for the greater good.”
Allegra da Silva, PhD, PE
Deputy Director of Research and Development
Related Technical Papers
- PFAS Fate in Pyrolysis System Reflecting Full-Scale Configurations – Thermal Oxidizer Impacts
- A novel approach to interpret quasi-collimated beam results to support design and scale-up of vacuum UV based AOPs
- Optimal Integration of Vacuum UV With Granular Biofiltration for Advanced Wastewater Treatment: Impact of Process Sequence on Cecs Removal and Microbial Ecology
- Closed-Circuit High-Pressure Membrane Systems for the Separation of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- Pyrolysis and gasification at water resource recovery facilities: Status of the industry
- Combining Continuous Flow Aerobic Granulation Using an External Selector and Carbon-efficient Nutrient Removal With Avn Control in a Full-scale Simultaneous Nitrification-denitrification Process
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Presence, Pathways, and Cycling through Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Analyses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through the urban water cycle: Toward achieving an integrated analytical workflow across aqueous, solid, and gaseous matrices in water and wastewater treatment
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- AWWA ACE23
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Awards
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2020
Water Environment Federation, Project Excellence Award, James R. DiIorio Water Reclamation Facility Ntensify® Nutrient Removal
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2016
U. S. Water Alliance, U.S. Water Prize, New Class A Biosolids and Energy Facility at Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant
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2012
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, Excellence in Engineering Grand Award, New Class A Biosolids and Energy Facility at Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant
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2012
International Water Association, Global Honour Award in Planning, New Class A Biosolids and Energy Facility at Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant