Water Supply and Treatment
Water Supply and Treatment
Recognized leadership in safeguarding drinking water supplies and treatment, to keep communities thriving
To sustainably deliver safe and reliable drinking water to its customers, utilities must address a variety of old and new challenges. These challenges include water supplies threatened by over-reliance, contamination, and climate change impacts. Today’s public is more educated on water issues and regulations are getting stricter.
Brown and Caldwell works in partnership with our client to address these challenges by providing industry-leading expertise and vast experience with water supply planning, treatment, storage, transmission, and distribution system design and construction. We excel in identifying, developing, and implementing innovative water management and treatment strategies, from planning through project completion, to deliver solutions in source control, water characterization, process design, pilot testing, optimization, startup/commissioning, and operations training.
Awards
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2025
American Society of Civil Engineers Hawaii Section, 2025 Outstanding Civil Engineering Award (OCEA) for Best Studies and Research Project
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2025
Engineering News Record - Regional Best Projects (West Region - Southern California), Award of Merit in the Water/Environment Category, Hyperion Advanced Water Purification Facility
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2024
American Society of Civil Engineers, Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Silver Award
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2022
American Public Works Association San Diego & Imperial Counties Chapter, Honor Award
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2022
American Public Works Association San Diego & Imperial Counties Chapter, Project of the Year Award
Embrace your journey to water independence
Introducing “From Proof to Proven: Journeys to Water Independence,” a new interactive series sharing the paths utilities are taking for a more resilient water future. From building a potable reuse program, improving existing water resources, or adding a new water supply, your unique path to water self-sufficiency is achievable
Planning and Responding to Wildfire Impacts
The combustion process during fires releases organics, inorganics, and nutrients that were bound in the watershed covering and soil, making them available to mobilize during rain events. During the first few rain events following a fire, extreme turbidity spikes are common. Long term impacts of these changes to the watershed—which can impact water quality for five or more years—are particulates, increases in organics, and nutrient loading. The increase in organics can drive up disinfection byproducts and the nutrients, can lead to harmful algae blooms.
This helpful guide includes helpful steps to plan for the impacts of wildfires on a watershed.
“Efficient, reliable, and safe water supply systems are paramount to the sustainable future of our communities. Brown and Caldwell’s full-service water supply and treatment planning, design, and construction capabilities provide our clients with robust infrastructure solutions to overcome tomorrow’s water challenges.”
Chris Corwin
Drinking Water National Practice Leader
“Efficient, reliable, and safe water supply systems are paramount to the sustainable future of our communities. Brown and Caldwell’s full-service water supply and treatment planning, design, and construction capabilities provide our clients with robust infrastructure solutions to overcome tomorrow’s water challenges.”
Chris Corwin
Drinking Water National Practice Leader
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Related News
WaterXchange: Peer‑to‑peer problem‑solving for water’s toughest challenges
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Related Papers and Reports
- To the RESCU: Lessons from Using Progressive Design-Build to Deliver Agency’s Largest Program
- Is Low-DO the Way to Go?
- Vacuum evaporation coupled with anaerobic digestion for process intensification and ammonia recovery: Model development, validation and scenario analysis
- Microplastics from different viewpoints
- Application of a fluorescence EEM-PARAFAC model for direct and indirect potable water reuse monitoring: Multi-stage ozone–biofiltration without reverse osmosis at Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA