WSP

Water

WSP delivers Future Ready® solutions to preserve and manage water for generations to come.

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Pressure on the world’s freshwater resources is greater than ever before—with population growth, rising water consumption, extreme weather events and aging infrastructure all intensifying the strain on potable water availability, quality and distribution systems.

WSP works with governments as well as public and private utility companies to ensure the effective management, operation, performance and integrity of water supply and distribution systems. Our advisory, project management and engineering professionals also work closely with the agricultural sector, which consumes more water than urban and industrial uses combined, to provide solutions to critical issues surrounding global water use patterns.

Through a holistic approach to water management, WSP water engineering consultants help clients maximize efficient use and reuse of water while protecting water resources and the natural environment—to support a sustainable, water-secure future for all.

Number of Countries

40 40

Water Professionals

6,500+ 6,500+

Water Projects per Year

8,000+ 8,000+

As part of our work, we plan for climate-change adaptation and help communities prepare for and mitigate flooding. We also provide innovative design approaches that bring positive ecological impact through biodiversity net gains.

Our wide-ranging and complex projects have a common thread: The WSP Future Ready® approach ; we help clients navigate difficult decisions in the face of uncertainty by creating adaptable solutions that prepare communities for a range of potential futures. With Future Ready, we challenge our teams across the world to advise and design for the future as well as today.

Projects

Durham - UK

Wolsingham Sewage Treatment Works Challenges the Status Quo

Learn how our innovative and sustainable approach to this project yielded never-before-seen results, created a buzz, and won awards.

Logan Water and Infrastructure Alliance Delivers Vital Services

Logan City, Logan district, Queensland, Australia

Logan Water and Infrastructure Partnership

The partnership looks after one of the largest water infrastructure programs in Australia and delivers new and improved water, wastewater and recycled water infrastructure.

Denver, Colorado, USA

Water Utilities Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation

WSP collaborated with forward-looking water utilities to test, update and refine a model framework to integrate climate change risks and adaptation strategies into key business practices.

Project

Sainte-Angelique Water Treatment Plant

Upgrades at the Sainte-Angelique drinking water treatment plant in Saint-Lazare, Quebec, aimed to double water production capacity to 19 MLD without enlarging the plant building and staying within budget.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Christchurch City wastewater model update and calibration

Christchurch City Council required an updated and re-calibrated hydraulic model of the Christchurch wastewater system after post-earthquake repairs.

American Samoa, USA

Malaloa Pump Station Improvements | American Samoa

WSP provided improvements to the Malaloa pump station to ensure the collection and pumping of raw sewage into the Utulei wastewater treatment plant.

United Kingdom

A grand affair: how England’s longest canal could help solve the South East’s growing water resource problem

WSP is working with Affinity Water, Severn Trent Water & the Canal & River Trust to explore how the Grand Union Canal, could provide a future, more resilient, water supply for people and the environment.

Harrington Harbour, Québec, Canada

Water Treatment Facility in Harrington Harbour

Prior to this project, residents of Harrington Harbour, a village in the province of Quebec, Canada, never had access to proper drinking water.

Asia

Assessing Mining Feasibility with Advanced Aquifer Testing Analysis

WSP was engaged by the owner of an existing copper mine in Asia to assess the feasibility of mining deeper gold reserves.

Florida, United States

Stormwater Management in the Everglades

The C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) covers roughly 6,300 acres in Central and South Florida. The massive, groundbreaking project implemented by South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is a critical part of a long-term plan to restore, protect and preserve the water and natural resources of one of the most unique environments on earth.

The Turcot interchange, roads and highways view from above, Montréal, Québec, Canada | WSP

Montréal, Canada

Turcot Interchange – Dynamic and smart stormwater management

The project included construction of numerous water management structures, including surface retention ponds, line retention, flow controllers and two pump stations.

Canada

smartWhales

WSP is part of an inter-organizational team working to bring a near real-time detection and predictive modelling technology to Canada to help protect the endangered North Atlantic right whales from extinction.