Waterco

Waterco are engineering and environmental consultants providing design and consultancy services relating to water, drainage and flood risk.

We have expertise in engineering and environmental disciplines and are supplemented by a network of specialist independent consultants with extensive experience in major development projects throughout the UK. Our focus is on achieving the optimum solution for our clients, meeting their objectives and adding value to their projects. We have gained a reputation for a friendly, professional and flexible approach since our establishment in 1990.

Our Services

Water industry infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects
Pipelines & Sewerage
Water & Wastewater Treatment & Systems
Pumping Stations
Contingency Planning
Security Assessments
Asset Management
Surge Analysis
Hydraulic Modelling
Flood Risk Assessment
Breach Analysis
Coastal & Shoreline Analysis
Surface Water Management
Sustainable Drainage Systems
Natural Flood Management/Catchment Approaches

Clients and Partners

Our clients and partners include water companies, consultants and contractors. Incorporating their experience and knowledge, we investigate and develop practical designs, to help deliver cost-effective solutions.

Geographic Coverage

We undertake projects all across the UK, with many of our reporting services being desk-based, travelling to site visits and meetings as required. We have also been involved in international projects such as a major development in Lekki, Nigeria.

Accreditations

We currently have an ISO 9001 : 2015 accredited Quality Management System; have a BS8555 : 2003 certified Environmental Management System; have design approval in the Water Industry Registration Scheme (WIRS); have maintained Investors in People recognition since 2011 and operate an ICE approved training scheme.

Keele University Water Management Plan (2020)

Keele University is situated in the village of Keele, Staffordshire, on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was established in the 1940s and has grown considerably to educate approximately 10,000 students on a 625-acre (253ha) campus. The University owns and operates its own water supply infrastructure; this includes approximately 16km of pipework and a service reservoir. […]

Garreglwyd Raw Water Supply Main (2019)

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has an extensive network of rural water supply assets in North Wales, with numerous service reservoirs and many kilometers of pipeline. Emergency repairs or mitigation measures have arisen from both freeze-thaw conditions and dry weather over the past few years. During 2018 there were both extremes of cold weather and one […]

Highways England Area 13 Flood Risk Reduction (2019)

Keswick and the surrounding area within the Lake District National Park has suffered severely from recent flood events. Most recently, Storm Desmond (2015) resulted in approximately 500 flooded properties and disruption to the A66 trunk road, a key national and strategic link for east/west journeys in the North of England. The A66 is situated close […]

DCWW AMP6 Water Quality Zone Improvements (2018)

Of Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s 85 (No.) Water Quality Zones (WQZs), 20 (No.) contribute 75% of the company’s targets to improve water quality and reliability. Detailed analysis has been carried out and documented in Zonal Study reports for these zones. These identified specific schemes, ranked in cost benefit order, presented in a standard plan and […]

Llanfaethlu WwTW (2018)

Llanfaethlu Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) is situated to the north east of the village in Anglesey, North Wales and is owned and operated by Welsh Water. Constructed in the 1960s as a conventional gravitational treatment works, the process utilises primary settlement, stone media trickling filter and humus settlement discharging to a grass plot, together with […]

Bodnant Garden Water and Flood Management (2017)

National Trust’s 32ha (80 acre) property at Bodnant Garden in North Wales hosts over 225,000 visitors a year and the numbers continue to increase. The historic Grade I listed gardens are famous for the earliest and grandest laburnum arch, five national collections and UK Champion trees. Flooding has repeatedly caused damage to the paths and […]

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