Wastewater
Community wastewater systems are complex undertakings with many environmental, health, safety and financial concerns to address.
Varela’s expertise in wastewater projects enables us to work with the inherent aspects of a community — its population, topography, geology, existing infrastructure, and water availability — to most effectively and safely manage and process wastewater.
As with most community engineering projects, Varela can assist with acquiring funding, with the foresight to ensure that what is designed and built today will serve the needs of the community far into the future.
Varela wastewater expertise includes:
Funding strategies, acquisition of grants/loans from numerous programs available to our clients
Planning, design, and construction management of new treatment systems and system improvements
Existing systems evaluation and optimization
Collection system evaluations, replacement, and extensions
Capacity evaluations, growth projections, and planning
Comprehensive facility and general sewer planning
Multi-phase project planning, funding, design, and construction management/inspection
River outfall design, receiving stream analysis, effluent mixing studies
Troubleshooting and operational assistance
Infiltration/inflow investigations
NPDES permit application and client representation
Water quality analysis
Custom system mapping
Financial analysis, rate studies, and feasibility studies
Sewer utility ordinances, policies, and development standards
Environmental and cultural resource processes
Public involvement assistance
The communities of the Inland Northwest are blessed with natural beauty, clean water, healthy rivers, and a vibrant population. The engineers at Varela ensure that new wastewater projects keep them that way.