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...we told you that we're drinking the same water the dinosaurs did because there’s no new water on the planet? That by 2025, we’ll see more extreme water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions? That if current usage trends don’t change, the world will have only 60 percent of the water it needs in 2030?
As global supply and demand for water intensifies, solving the world’s most complex water challenges demands different thinking – and that’s where we come in.
What if we showed you how connecting smart water grid technologies with the energy grid, helped a city achieve a 20 percent reduction in water consumption – enough to fill 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools? How a groundbreaking potable reuse project is enhancing an at-risk region’s long-term groundwater supply and helping address environmental pressures such as restoration, sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion. And what if we showed you how, with a “One Water” mentality, we’re giving communities, industries and regions the resource they need to flourish and expand?
Because our global community cannot afford to use water once and dispose of it, especially as fresh water supplies grow scarcer and populations surge. We deliver projects across the entire water cycle focused on balancing social, economic and environmental priorities to:
- Ensure communities’ access to safe, reliable water supplies.
- Address the world’s water-energy nexus and push modern sanitation forward to give more people access to clean water and a healthier environment.
- Balance people, planet and profit to secure reliable, operation-critical water supplies.
- Move and protect the world’s water with conveyance and storage systems.
- Enhance operations to protect assets, improve efficiency within their organizations, make wise decisions, and more fully leverage their existing information systems.
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Top Design Firms - Wastewater Treatment Plants; Sanitary & Storm Sewers (ENR)
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Top Design Firms - Water Treatment/Desalination Plants; Water Supply (ENR)
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2018 Environmental Business Journal/Climate Change Business Journal awards
2015
Stockholm Industry Water Award (Stockholm International Water Institute)
As water issues intensify, so does awareness of the effects of water management decisions. Decisions at one point in the water cycle affect all the others—from water supplies to treatment, conveyance, wastewater treatment, reuse and return to the natural environment. Our expertise across the water cycle puts Jacobs in a unique position to provide outstanding solutions to our clients.
Conveyance and Storage
Thames Tideway Tunnel, London, England, U.K.
Since 2008, we’ve worked with Thames Water and Thames Tideway Tunnel Ltd. on one of London’s most extensive infrastructure programs to provide additional sewer capacity to ensure the city has a sewerage system fit for at least the next 100 years and for a population set to grow by an additional 10 million by 2030.
Inner Doha Re-sewerage Implementation Strategy (IDRIS), Doha
Award-winning, safe program management of the major deep tunnel sewer network and advanced sewage treatment works that will provide a long-term wastewater solution to accommodate Doha’s projected population growth of an additional one million people in the south catchment alone.
Blue Plains Tunnel, Washington, D.C. U.S.
Served as lead designer of ENR’s 2016 Best of the Best Project, a 23-foot internal diameter combined sewer overflow tunnel project, aiming to reduce stormwater overflows throughout the Washington, DC water system.
California WaterFix Program, Sacramento, California, U.S.
Leading engineering design management services related to the California WaterFix program, the state’s largest water conveyance project, designed to bolster the reliability of the state’s water supplies, while protecting and enhancing the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, a vital environmental asset. When complete, the program will secure clean water for 27 million people and three million acres of agricultural lands.
Shieldhall Tunnel, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Capable of keeping 36 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of stormwater from flooding the streets of Glasgow, the Shieldhall Tunnel – supported by Jacobs – will help contain an estimated 90 percent of combined sewer overflows following storms.
Innovative Wetlands Scheme, Tarrant Regional Water District, Texas, U.S.
Drinking Water and Reuse
Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow, Hampton Roads, Virginia, U.S.
Working with the Hampton Roads Sanitation District on their Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT), an innovative water purification program designed to ensure a sustainable source of groundwater while addressing environmental challenges, we’re proactively addressing water, environmental and economic needs not only for today, but for generations to come in one of America’s most susceptible regions to climate variability.
Lakeview Water Treatment Plant, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Designed, permitted and commissioned the groundbreaking membrane expansion at the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant, providing safe drinking water to more than a million Canadians with the award - winning facility, one of the largest membrane water treatment plants in the world.
4G Wetlands, Pasco County, Florida, U.S.
Provided full-range of design, permitting and services during construction for the multi-award-winning, 175-acre groundwater recharge wetland system – the largest of its kind in the world – to revitalize and restore the ecology of the Upper Floridan Aquifer, which supports more than $7.5 billion in agriculture and provides drinking water to 10 million people.
Prairie Waters Project, Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
One of Colorado’s largest water-related public works project, Aurora Water’s Prairie Waters Project provides a long-term water supply to protect the community against future droughts using a combination of natural purification and advanced treatment processes. Its exemplary innovation and completion -- two months ahead of schedule and U.S. $100 million under budget – helped meet the community’s immediate water need, while also preserving the city’s high standards for water quality.
Sharjah Desalination Techniques, UAE
We implemented modern desalination techniques and energy recovery devices in the United Arab Emirates for two of the Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority’s seawater reverse osmosis plants to minimize energy usage.
Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant, San Diego, California, U.S.
The largest membrane-based drinking water plant in the world, the 380 ML/d Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant uses submerged ultrafiltration membrane technology, followed by ozone/advanced oxidation and high-rate biologically-active carbon contactors. The plant was delivered ahead of schedule using the design-build model.
Water Resources
Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100, London, England, U.K.
Serving as delivery partner for the design and development of an extensive program to protect flood defense assets along the 175-km tidal River Thames, we’re incorporating a series of fortifications, embankments, flood gates, pumping stations, outfalls and major barriers to protect London.
Temaiku Land and Urban Development, Tarawa, Kiribati
Jacobs assessed the feasibility of increasing the height of a 330-hectare area of land to approximately two meters above the highest measured sea level. We are also developing a conceptual land use plan that addresses resilience issues impacting the atoll, including rapid urbanization, limited water supply, ecosystem services and an increasing risk of land inundation from king tides.
East Side Coastal Resiliency, New York City, U.S.
Designing an integrated coastal protection system for Lower Manhattan with a one-mile system of flood walls, terraced levees, berms and deployable gates that will shield the urban floodplain against floods and rising sea levels, while also providing social and environmental improvements.
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Planning and Implementation, Onondaga County, New York, U.S.
Leading a nationally-recognized example of utilizing green infrastructure for a wet-weather program, this portfolio of projects is responsible for eliminating 95 percent of combined sewer overflows and is a quality investment the community believes in.
Seawall Resiliency Program, Port of San Francisco, California, U.S.
We’re leading the long term resilience program for the Port of San Francisco’s waterfront, providing a proactive and innovative strategy for managing vulnerabilities to present and future natural hazards, including sea level rise. The program will improve safety and resiliency, including the design and engineering of seismic and flood risk reduction measures for this busy, iconic waterfront.
Water Resources Management Plan, U.K.
Wastewater
Agua Nueva Water Reclamation Facility, Pima County, Arizona, U.S.
Working hand-in-hand with Pima County Regional Water Reclamation Department, our integrated team of engineers, builders and operators delivered pioneering wastewater treatment solutions — setting a new standard for delivering critical infrastructure with the Agua Nueva Water Reclamation Facility.
Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station, King County, Washington, U.S.
Tuas Water Reclamation Plant & Integrated Waste Management Facility, Singapore
Leading the detailed design of the new Tuas Water Reclamation Plant in western Singapore, we’re helping employ the most advanced treatment technologies to treat used water for renewal and reuse in industrial processes, while recovering biogas to generate the electricity needed to run the facility; truly maximizing the water-energy-waste nexus.
Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne, Australia
As Yarra Valley Water’s — Melbourne’s largest water utility — sole design service partner, we’ve delivered more than 370 projects to ensure essential water and sanitation services for more than 1.8 million people and 50,000 businesses in Melbourne’s growing northern and eastern suburbs.
Northern Treatment Plant, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Working with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District on the north side of Denver, Colorado, designed and built one of the most advanced wastewater treatment facilities in the western U.S., capable of cleaning 24 million gallons per day and serving up to 750,000 customers.
Integrated Program Management, North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Collaborating with the City of North Miami Beach on a unique 15-year partnership for its water and wastewater services, we’re ensuring reliable, safer drinking water for the city’s 180,000 customers; and our integrated program management platform is saving residents and taxpayers more than $55 million dollars, and quickly improving overall level of service.
Ejby Mølle Wastewater Treatment Plant, Odense, Denmark
Helping transform Odense, Denmark's, largest wastewater treatment plant – Ejby Mølle – from a large electrical power consumer to a net producer of electricity and heat energy capable of serving more than 400,000 people.
State-of-the-Art Nitrogen Upgrade Program, Alexandria Renew, Virginia, U.S.
Developed the strategy and weighted decision model for the design alternatives evaluation of the State-of-the-Art Nitrogen Upgrade Program (SANUP), which included an 18-million-gallon Nutrient Management Facility upgrade project with associated pumps, chemical analysis equipment and an extensive odor control system, topped with a public athletic field as a community amenity, earning the Envision Platinum Rating from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.
Ocean Outfall Legislation Program, Miami, Florida, U.S.
Serving as the program manager for Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department’s Ocean Outfall Legislation Program, we’re managing the overall delivery an estimated 62 capital projects aimed at stopping all wastewater discharge to the ocean by 2025, and reusing 60 percent of these flows.
Digital Water Solutions
Jacobs Flood Cloud Software, Global
Jacobs’ game-changing software service combines big data and flood resilience, enabling users to deliver flood modelling results faster than ever before, and from anywhere in the world, as flood risks increase in the coming decades.
Veterans Administration Hospital Online Water Quality Monitoring System, Midwest U.S.
Advanced IoT sensors and wireless data capabilities – designed by Jacobs, in partnership with Cisco, for one major Veterans Administration Hospital – are paving the way for early detection of issues like potential Legionella growth, before they can harm water supplies or public health.
U.K. Water Market Digitalization, U.K.
With a big picture approach to connect solutions across markets, Jacobs is confronting the major challenges facing the water industry in the U.K. and beyond.
Smart Water Meter Pilot, Gwinnett County, Georgia, U.S.
As part of a pilot study team with Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources, we’re deploying cellular technologies and a system of 450 sensors that better manage water loss and track water usage, helping achieve zero downtime and 100 percent cellular service reliability.
Replica Digital Twin Analytics, Confidential Private Sector
We designed a simulation platform and digital analytics to rapidly develop digital twin models for water and industrial water-related processes that helped one confidential private sector client improve their operational performance, while minimizing chemical usage and energy by more than 30 percent.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works Machine-to-Machine Technology, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Jacobs and the City of Cincinnati are collaborating on developing sustainable connectivity solutions leveraging machine-to-machine and smart technologies that will help identify problems with water quality and give Cincinnati and other water utilities the right information they need to better manage water supplies.