Sustainability

We believe that our clients’ best interests are served best with sustainability in mind.

AquAeTer’s Sustainability Division works with our clients to achieve their sustainability goals, whether it’s accounting for greenhouse gas emissions or performing life cycle analyses of manufactured products. We develop our sustainability models for use by our clients. By so doing, our clients understand the model’s inventory process and assessment parameters and are able to make adjustments as conditions at their facility change.

Case Studies
Biostimulation
Biostimulation
AquAeTer was retained by this client to develop an alternative groundwater treatment system option for a client with a closed wood treating site. The treatment area was located in a remote area with limited access to electricity. AquAeTer designed an in-situ aerobic biostimulation method for the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) identified at the […]
Brownfield Redevelopment
Brownfield Redevelopment
A real estate developer was evaluating properties to be developed into a commercial retail location. Rather than develop on a Greenfield site, the client wanted to re-develop on existing Brownfield site that was formerly used as a gas station. AquAeTer conducted a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) which identified the possibility of unknown underground […]
Energy Savings
Energy Savings
AquAeTer was asked to review a proposed technical design for a wastewater treatment system upgrade and energy savings at a pulp and paper mill. The mill’s existing treatment system included a very large facultative lagoon that was overloaded and operating primarily as an anaerobic lagoon. Because the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) had a concentration […]
Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Assessment
AquAeTer completed Life-Cycle Assessments (LCA) of treated wood products. The purpose of the LCAs was to quantitatively evaluate environmental impacts associated with the national production, use, and disposal of the treated wood products. The LCAs examine the environmental impacts of the treated wood products throughout their life cycles, from the extraction of the raw materials through […]
Strategy
Sustainability Strategy
AquAeTer was retained by an industry group to support their efforts in developing a Sustainability Strategy. The intent of the initiative was to enhance the future of the industry by the promotion and education of the sustainable production, use, and reuse of the industry’s products. The sustainability program focused on three aspects of sustainability; including […]

Sustainability Services

  • Assessment of Impact Indicators
  • Brownfield Revitalization
  • Carbon Accounting, Crediting, and Sequestration
  • Energy Use Optimization
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
  • Life Cycle Assessments
  • Renewable Energy Evaluation
  • Resource Calculations
  • Sustainable Remediation
  • Sustainable Strategies for Business
  • Water Use Management