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Water Wise
Water is life and protecting this precious resource calls for all the wisdom, experience, and vision we have as engineers and architects.
The world is facing a global water crisis due to factors such as climate change, aging infrastructure, expansive population growth, and emerging contaminants. As experts with a 100-year legacy of water innovation, we are not only responding to this crisis, but we are also providing strategic guidance to our client partners – developing holistic solutions that prepare communities for an affordable, resilient, and water-secure future.
Building a Legacy
While various legislative and regulatory bodies play an important part in protecting water resources, it is the local governments, agencies, and developers who play the most critical roles. These are our clients, who are dedicated to protecting groundwater and drinking water while keeping us safely separated from waste, wastewater, and stormwater.
“We collaborate with our client partners to plan, design, and build water infrastructure and sustainable water resources that elevate communities and improve urban environments,” says Michael Hope, PE, CME, TYLin Water Sector Leader. “Our mutual goal is always to improve public health, safety, and welfare.”
Water projects come with a variety of needs, varying from health, household, and recreational to agricultural and industrial. For each project, questions like these are always front-of-mind for us:
What opportunities exist to optimize water use within its lifecycle?
How do we best approach the nexus of water and energy?
Where can waste be reused?
How can we create equitable outcomes for all individuals and communities?
To protect and enhance water quality for future generations, we know that we must promote effective and sustainable practices that will help create a thriving planet for the next century.
Our Water Services
Our experience includes some of the largest and most complex water systems in the world across these sectors:
Drinking Water – Whether projects involve services such as innovative water treatment, technological applications for desalination and reverse osmosis, or water pumping and distribution, we deliver industry-defining drinking water systems that are reliable, scalable, and energy-efficient.
Water Resources – We provide comprehensive planning and modeling services, using resilient and green infrastructure solutions, flood protection, and stormwater management to protect public health and improve the quality of life.
Wastewater – To protect the wellbeing of our communities and the natural world, we offer the full range of services for wastewater collection, pumping, conveyance, treatment, reclamation and reuse, and return to the environment.
Solid Waste – We help clients with engineering systems to transport waste efficiently, reduce waste and carbon footprint, transform organics to compost and gas, and design waste-to-energy solutions.
Additionally, we provide these solutions in three regions across five continents. This puts our experts at the epicenter of today’s escalating water crisis – and where we can make the greatest positive impact. This includes water equity, which is a key component of every collaboration in the communities we serve.
The proof of our water expertise is in our projects, including these examples:
York-Peel Feedermain Emergency Repairs in York, Ontario, Canada (Water Resources, Americas Region)
As Prime Consultant, TYLin evaluated and designed emergency repairs for a critical water main that serves over 1.2 million residents and consists of an 1,800-millimetre-diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipe. A carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) lining was selected as the best solution, marking its first use in the region. We worked closely with the client and contractor to plan, design, and complete the repairs in only six months.
Primary Treatment Renovation for the Bird Island Wastewater Treatment Facility in Buffalo, New York, USA (Wastewater, Americas Region)
This project for the Buffalo Sewer Authority will upgrade and modernize the Wastewater Treatment Facility’s physical treatment system, add odor control, and improve disinfection of wet weather discharges. Our services include completing the preliminary and final design and bidding services. Along with helping to secure state and federal funding for the entire project, we are committed to supporting local economic growth through supplier diversity and a local workforce.
Great Water Alliance Program in Waukesha, Wisconsin (Drinking Water, Americas Region)
TYLin is the Program Manager and Designer for this historic program to transition groundwater wells to a surface water supply from Lake Michigan for the City of Waukesha. Highlights include our securing hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and procuring 90+ permits while coordinating across multiple communities, counties, and federal agencies. Project elements included 36 miles of transmission and force mains, water supply and return flow pumping stations, ground storage reservoirs, and more.
Canoas Wastewater Treatment Plant Secondary Treatment Design in Bogotá, Colombia (Wastewater, Europe / Latin America (LATAM) Region)
We provided the design of the secondary treatment and disinfection for a 370 MGD wastewater treatment plant that serves two-thirds of the wastewater generated in a major city of nine million people. Facilities designed included an activated sludge system, secondary clarification, and chlorine disinfection. We also created a product marketing plan for the client for the beneficial utilization of biosolids.
Calafell Wastewater Treatment Plant in Calafell, Spain (Wastewater, Europe / LATAM Region)
This wastewater treatment plant is in a region with significant seasonal variations. When it became necessary to expand the plant, TYLin provided designs to increase capacity, replace equipment at the end of their useful life, and rehabilitate facilities to maintain functionality until the target year of 2039. The project also included renovating and upgrading the Cruz Roja pumping station, located 2.5 kilometers from the plant.
Puding Tributary Water Environment Improvement Project in Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Water Resources, Asia Pacific Region)
To help preserve the quality and long-term sustainability of the city’s watershed, TYLin designed a 52-acre park with water filtration and purification processes using artificial wetlands. The project uses seven ecological ponds that cover close to 13.5 acres of integrated ecosystem wetlands with a daily treatment capacity of over 10,000 tons. The park includes over 360 acres of protected waterfront.
