Decentralized reclaimed-water engineering
Engineering water security by transforming wastewater into a reliable, project-specific non-potable water resource.
Water availability can determine whether a project moves forward, how reliably a facility operates, and how well it performs during drought or utility restrictions. WillCo Water Independence™ helps owners evaluate, engineer, and permit systems that reduce potable-water demand and make better use of water already available on site.
What the service integrates
One technical strategy across treatment, reuse, storage, and permitting.
Source and loading
Wastewater characterization, flow variability, organic loading, industrial contribution, and treatability.
Demand and water balance
Daily, seasonal, and contingency demands compared against reliable reclaimed-water production.
Treatment and quality
Process selection and project-specific effluent objectives for each proposed use.
Storage and distribution
Tanks, ponds, pumping, conveyance, loading points, controls, and separation from potable systems.
Regulatory pathway
Chapter 210, OSSF, TPDES, TLAP, plumbing, cross-connection, and local-authority coordination.
Implementation
PER, permitting, design, equipment coordination, construction support, startup, and operating criteria.
Candidate facilities
Projects with simultaneous wastewater production and non-potable water demand.
Potential beneficial uses
Match water quality to the actual application.
- Cooling tower makeup and other cooling demands
- Fire-protection storage and system makeup
- Toilet and urinal flushing
- Landscape or subsurface irrigation
- Industrial process support
- Washdown and equipment cleaning
- Dust suppression and soil conditioning
- Construction and temporary non-potable uses
Project-specific authorization is required. Proposed uses, treatment criteria, safeguards, storage, exposure pathways, and contingency requirements must be evaluated for the specific source and facility.
Engineering services
From opportunity screening through startup.
- Opportunity screening and go/no-go evaluation
- Water-reuse feasibility studies and Preliminary Engineering Reports
- Facility-wide water balance development
- Wastewater characterization and sampling plans
- Treatment-process evaluation and preliminary design
- End-use compatibility and water-quality criteria
- Storage, pumping, loading, and distribution planning
- Alternative and emergency disposal evaluation
- TCEQ Chapter 210, Subchapter E strategy and application support
- Regulatory meetings, technical narratives, exhibits, and responses
- Detailed engineering design and equipment coordination
- Construction support, startup, commissioning, and operating criteria
First step
Begin with a focused feasibility review.
The initial study should determine whether the wastewater source qualifies, whether there is dependable beneficial demand, how surplus or nonconforming water will be managed, and whether the concept is competitive with the available disposal and water-supply alternatives.