Water & Wastewater Tunnels

WSP has one of the longest-standing and extensive tunneling practices in the U.S — for nearly 140 years we’ve delivered landmark projects that have advanced tunneling technology, shaped the course of tunnel engineering and defined industry practice.

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Locally dedicated with international scale

Our global presence allows clients to draw on our experience across various ground conditions in urban, rural and seismic regions, as well as underwater.

Technology-Driven

Our design teams work extensively with the latest technologies, including digital modeling of ground/structure interaction, BIM and VDC.

World-class Tunnel Solutions

We provide expertise across the entire project lifecycle, from feasibility to design, to construction management, to testing and commissioning.

Comprehensive Services

WSP provides our clients with a full complement of services for the planning, engineering design and construction management of water-supply tunnels, aqueducts, combined sewer overflow (CSO) tunnels and offshore outfalls, and deep shafts in all ground conditions. Our experience includes geotechnical investigations and assessments; ground improvement and tunneling design including tunnel boring machines (TBM), sequential excavation method (SEM) and micro-tunneling; tunneling in gassy or contaminated ground; shaft construction in congested urban settings; and seismic engineering to keep water tunnels operable in the event of earthquakes or other disasters.

In addition to tunneling, we develop complete water conveyance and wastewater collection systems, including pipelines, pump stations, flow control facilities, and shafts and special structures.

Future Ready™ Water Resources

The role of water resources engineering in our communities is becoming increasingly vital considering our changing climate and the related impacts on water supply and control, and the need to restore degraded and polluted water sources. With cities around the country becoming more focused on cleaning up their waterways and securing the water supply needed for prosperity and growth, WSP has responded with appropriate engineering solutions.

WSP’s experts are pushing forward innovations in the form of infrastructure adaptation to counter these trends and other impacts of climate change. This includes an ongoing exploration into the range of variability to be considered in the design of surface and underground water infrastructure and advancing green infrastructure and low impact development strategies to decentralize runoff management and better safeguard the natural environment.

To help our clients and communities become more Future Ready, WSP provides new approaches for infrastructure vulnerability/risk assessments, hazard planning, flood protection system design, climate adaptation engineering, resiliency-based asset management and post extreme event recovery projects.

Learn more about Future Ready at WSP.

Experience with All Delivery Methods

Emphasizing the consultant-client partnership, collaborative stakeholder engagement and early public involvement, WSP has developed proven best practices to implement projects successfully under a wide range of delivery methods, including: