Water and Environment

Through progressive design-build and contract consolidation, WSP USA helped the City of Charlotte, North Carolina streamline the delivery of multiple interesting capital projects.

Municipal wastewater discharge was polluting Ladysmith Harbour, a sensitive receiving environment valuable to the local community, First Nations and the shellfish industry. The Town of Ladysmith required a treatment strategy that would satisfy environmental regulations and serve a growing population.

The state-of-the-art water reclamation facility will create a new drought-resistant water source for the region and replenish the local groundwater basin, while providing opportunities for community education.

We are providing long-term monitoring services to assess the impact of the Boggabri Coal Mine operations on the area’s biodiversity.

This urban renewal project aims to transform a flood-prone former industrial site into a multi-purpose space using resiliency strategies to adapt to a changing climate.

 The 17-ft diameter storage tunnel of reinforced concrete segmental lining about 2.1 miles long, resulted in the elimination of CSO discharges to North Dorchester Bay.

System design manages impact on potable water supplies and post closure groundwater conditions.

Meeting the water demands for one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas presents a number of challenges from groundwater and surface water availability to pumping capacity to quality of water. We aid the city in addressing and maintaining existing supplies and developing additional groundwater supplies.

The potential of human health risks had to be properly investigated, remedied and results communicated to the stakeholders during the renovation and redevelopment of a former industrial area that has been rejuvenated  into a thrilling and sought after area in Washington D.C.

Posing hazards to public health and the environment, we removed toxic contaminants and transformed this old mining site into a popular destination for nature enthusiasts and clean energy investment.