Experts from Concept to Operations
University of New Hampshire Water Treatment Plant
Take a tour of a water treatment plant delivered under a design-build contract that Woodard & Curran now also operates.
Clean, safe drinking water for healthy communities
Public water suppliers are faced with a myriad of challenges, including increased demand, supply limitations, variable raw water quality, and evolving regulatory requirements. Our drinking water experts are well versed in helping our clients find, treat, and deliver clean, safe drinking water to maintain healthy communities. Our design process leverages our licensed water operators at facilities across the country, helping us blend creativity, hands-on experience, and sound technical fundamentals to develop efficient, effective capital improvements for our clients.
Take a tour of a water treatment plant delivered under a design-build contract that Woodard & Curran now also operates.
In 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out two major regulatory measures — the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements as a follow up to the 2021 Lead & Copper Rule Revisions and the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFAS. Each regulation details complex requirements public water suppliers must abide by with aggressive timelines for compliance. With their depth of knowledge and practical experience assisting clients comply with both regulations, our drinking water staff is well positioned to help public water suppliers immediate action. Beyond service line inventories and lead service line replacement or PFAS testing and implementation of treatment technologies, we have streamlined compliance efforts with a suite of digital solutions. We also collaborate with our fiscal solutions team to identify funding resources that mitigate the impact of compliance efforts on ratepayers.
In addition to our consulting work, we have a robust Operations & Management team with contracts at facilities across the country. This unique aspect of our business provides us with greater insight into designing for operational efficiency, including a complete understanding of the tools on the market that work best in a wide variety of applications. We tailor solutions like supervisory controls and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and asset management software to optimize operations, support service goals, maintain infrastructure assets to extend useful life, and automate controls. We have experience understanding systems holistically and designing programs that best match the needs of each unique client.
The University of New Hampshire’s new 26,000-square-foot water treatment plant provides increased capacity, improved treatment capability, and full redundancy of unit process trains to better and more reliably serve our campus and the Town of Durham, New Hampshire. We are thoroughly pleased with the work provided by Woodard & Curran and their construction partner. The resulting plant with student laboratory and administrative spaces separate from the treatment process is an architectural showpiece. The facility will provide significantly improved operational efficiency and reliability for many years to come.
