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Sustainable Design Services

At AQUALIS, we adopt the Hannover principles of sustainable design and the Envision® Sustainability (ENV-SP) Design Practices, each one focusing on using renewable or recyclable resources to reduce and eventually eliminate waste. By adopting these sustainability practices into water design, we conserve natural resources and minimize environmental impacts.  Utilizing long-term sustainable practices aligns with our purpose to provide compliant management solutions that better our nation’s communities and corporations. 

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Sustainable Design Services

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Site Redesign

We provide full site redesign services from site evaluation to site redesign, permitting, and implementation for stormwater retrofit, demolition, and redevelopment projects.
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Sewer and Wastewater Design 

Our engineers are experts in wastewater analysis and design that are dedicated to delivering technical expertise while leveraging our extensive local and national regulatory experiences. AQUALIS offers solutions that address complex wastewater management challenges, enhance resilience, promote sustainability, and uphold environmental stewardship.
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MS4 Municipal Permit Compliance

AQUALIS Engineers can design stormwater management systems that meet permit requirements for MS4 and NPDES.
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Integrated Site Design

AQUALIS can offer comprehensive site development services, integrating stormwater engineering with civil engineering, landscaping, habitat improvements, drinking water, sewer, and other utility needs.
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Water Utility Facility Design

Our engineers design compliant systems that also provide long-term asset management through inspections and maintenance for your facility. Additionally, AQUALIS has experience developing Master Utility Plan (MUP), which is often required when designing and developing a water utility facility.
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Residential Design

To address potential flooding at residential properties, we conduct private site drainage evaluations. Our expertise in residential stormwater and drainage design can provide effective solutions and more.
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Drainage Design

Integrating traditional and innovative approaches to drainage design benefits both the client and the environment. This approach can lead to reduced costs over the lifespan of a project and can minimize adverse impacts on the surrounding ecosystem.
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Emergency Response

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What is Sustainable Design?

Sustainable Design combines civil engineering and environmental science to introduce best management practices (BMPs), like green infrastructure, and to develop innovative solutions that address environmental challenges.  Techniques like biomimicry, which involves learning from nature and mimicking natural regenerative processes, contribute to creating long–term sustainability.  

Low Impact Development (LID) is a sustainable stormwater management practice to control water at the source, instead of creating a pipe drainage system to collect stormwater. Implementing LID can include the uses of structural and non-structural devices to create a design that creates climate resiliency and is long term cost effective.  

Regulations often mandate certain environmental protections and water management practices. Sustainable water design not only helps meet these regulatory requirements but also provides additional environmental and social benefits. 

Integrating sustainable practices into existing infrastructure can involve retrofitting with green solutions. This approach can enhance the capacity of existing infrastructure to manage variable water flows and reduce environmental impact. 

Stormwater O&M

Case Studies

beaver dam catch basin manhole

Beaver Dam, Wis. Catch Basin Spray Cast

AQUALIS stormwater professionals inspected a retail property and found severe damage to multiple catch basins, necessitating repairs to prevent environmental liability and ensure site operations.
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Pataskala, Ohio Pond Aeration

This commercial distribution center has four retention ponds on the property to offset the impervious surface area. These ponds collect, store and treat stormwater runoff.
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Durham, N.C. Systematic Neglect Leads to Rehabilitation

The property owners on this site noted cracking and shifting along the edge of the parking lot near stormwater assets. Understanding the gravity of the situation, they reached out to AQUALIS to conduct a preliminary inspection of the stormwater system.
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Broward County, Fla. Corrective Maintenance Protects Assets

Regular maintenance of stormwater assets protects properties from failures related to buildup and structural issues. Routinely inspecting and maintaining these assets can prevent costly repairs.
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Durham, N.C. Sinkhole Leads to Stormwater System Rehabilitation

The tenant on this property noticed a depression that opened to the ground below and notified the property owners.
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Steubenville, Ohio Slope Collapse

The stormwater pipe on this property failed leading to a catastrophic sinkhole that affected a nearby wastewater line. Quick, efficient work was of the upmost importance to repair both pipelines, the sinkhole and surrounding area.
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Kenosha, Wis. Highway KR Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance

The Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network Kenosha County, and others worked with AQUALIS to design and implement an innovative solution for stormwater control along Highway KR.
Open manhole cleaning

Seattle, Wash. Lift Station Rehabilitation

During the retrofit process on this commercial property, the client and their previously hired engineering firm noted an expected increase in their waste stream. AQUALIS regularly maintained the lift station on the property and was the first choice for the two entities to advise and redesign the current lift station.
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San Antonio, Tex. Sand Filter Remediation

The sand filter basin on this site was not maintained and over time became laden with vegetation and no longer offered water quality benefits.
War Memorial Center stormwater maintenance

Milwaukee, Wis. War Memorial Center Stormwater Management

The War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wis. is a living memorial and museum intended to “Honor the Dead by Serving the Living”. Constructed in 1955, this site needed restructuring to better treat stormwater runoff from parking lots prior to entering Lake Michigan.
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Milwaukee, Wis. Green Stormwater Schoolyard Redevelopment Projects

Through received grants, Milwaukee Public School’s (MPS) project goal was to remove tens of thousands of square feet of asphalt to manage hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater runoff while providing significant opportunities for students to engage in Green Infrastructure and eco-literacy topics firsthand through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) curricular connections.
Goats graze in a field for vegetation management

Lakewood, Wash. Vegetation Management

A customer site in Lakewood, Wash. was experiencing vegetation overgrowth that was invasive and unsightly. To prevent the vegetation from overtaking stormwater assets, goats were used to naturally remove the plants and protect existing stormwater assets.
Retention pond covered in algae surrounded by downed trees with a house and Mt Rainer in the background

Tacoma, Wash. Pond Clearing

Proactive property managers of this homeowners association requested rehabilitation of stormwater ponds after over twenty years of neglect.
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Maynard, Mass. Underground Pipe Inspection

During routine inspection, the Town of Maynard, Mass. found pollutants leaving this retail site. To remediate the issue the AQUALIS inspected, cleaned and repaired the stormwater pipes.
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Pontiac, Mich. Pond Rehabilitation

Improper pond dredging and sediment stabilization leads to necessary stormwater pond rehabilitation.
Summerfest Administration Building

Milwaukee, Wis. Grant Assistance and Green Infrastructure

AQUALIS assisted Summerfest earn grant assistance for Green Infrastructure redesign.
Excavator digging a trench alongside a full parking lot behind and below a metal barrier

Salisbury, Md. Bioretention Remediation

Commercial property received Notice of Violation (NOV) requiring remediation of two bioretention cells on site.
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Snohomish County, Wash. Underground Stormwater System Rehabilitation

A multi-family property received a notice of violation (NOV) listing fifteen deficiencies requiring corrective action.
Man looking up helps to guide placement of lift station pump hanging from red hook into an opening with metal hinged doors lifted

Hallandale Beach, Fla. Commercial Lift Station Repair

During a maintenance visit, technicians noticed lift station pumps nearing failure. Because this was found before failure, the replacement was scheduled to avoid backups.
Man walks along compacted path beside detention pond surrounded by trees under a blue sky

Jacksonville, Fla. Wet Detention Pond Rehabilitation

A wet detention pond located adjacent to a shipping and transportation warehouse required corrective action to restore access for maintenance.
Stormwater detention basin at the foot of grassy hill split by a rock- filled gash below office building and parking lot

Columbia, Md. Stormwater Detention Basin Rehabilitation

The local municipality issued an NOV for this basin experiencing sediment displacement and buildup and failing structures.
Lift Station After

Blaine, Wash. Lift Station Replacement

AQUALIS’ lift station experts were called to inspect the condition of the two above-ground sanitary lift stations.
Two Sinkholes

Raleigh, N.C. Sinkhole Restoration

Sinkholes appeared in the drive lane of this complex. AQUALIS was called to investigate.
Truck with hydro vacuum, orange traffic cones and front-mounted hose spool parked at curb in front of storm drain grate

Bellevue, Wash. Utility Daylighting and Repairs

This property experienced regular flooding around downspouts. AQUALIS was notified to ensure the system was functioning properly.
Overhead view of sewage pump suspended from metal bar with chains, connected to gray pipe and white air blower

Edgewater, N.J. Lift Station Repairs

Neglected and without a proper maintenance plan, the system ran without issue for a time, until it did not.
Overgrown Basin

Augusta, Ga. Stormwater Basin Rehabilitation

This location lacked a consistent stormwater maintenance plan, leaving the property to fall out of compliance.
Retention Pond Outlet Pipe

Athens, Ga. Stormwater Detention Pond Outlet Faces Severe Erosion

In Athens, GA, a retail store’s stormwater detention pond outlet was affected by substantial erosion.
Clean Filter Vault

Newton, N.J. Contech Filter Vault Rehabilitation

During AQUALIS’ first service visit to the site, a Contech Filter Vault was identified, and quickly found to be out of compliance with manufacturer guidelines.
Cleared Retention Pond

Fayetteville, N.C. Wet Detention Basin Restoration

A store in Fayetteville, NC provides the community with excellent customer service, and durable and long-lasting products that will hold their value for years to come.
Rehabilitated Dry Detention Pond

The City of Florence Dry Detention Basin Rehabilitation

For decades, a store in Florence, KY has provided innovative products that create a personalized shopping experience for customers. Their dedication to excellent customer service has made this store a go-to for customers of all ages.

Did you receive an NOV? Have an urgent need? We can help.

Notices of Violation (NOVs) or Corrective Notices should be taken seriously. Contact AQUALIS today to learn how to resolve the issue and comply with regulations. 

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