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At Environmental Water Services, we empower local municipalities with complete, hands-on wastewater maintenance and plant facility oversight, ensuring your operations run efficiently, compliantly, and under budget, so you can focus on all the other tasks that help strengthen your community.
When you need a dedicated waste water operator, you want a partner who treats your town's infrastructure as carefully as you do. Our full-service operations mean we take complete control of running the entire plant from start to finish, providing hands-on, daily oversight tailored specifically to your facility's unique wastewater needs.
At Environmental Water Services, we believe that contract wastewater operations should eliminate waste, not create it. Too often, aging infrastructure goes neglected, and we routinely find pumps that have been sitting for decades without ever being greased. Our solution is immediate, proactive maintenance, streamlining your plant's processes to keep operational costs low and strengthen your infrastructure.
We handle light electrical work, clear rags out of pumps, and rebuild specialty equipment right on the spot. This saves cities from spending thousands on unnecessary vendor call-outs for plumbers or welders. We also provide 24-hour call-out coverage for emergencies, utilizing an exclusive network of pre-vetted vendors that are contractually obligated to respond immediately if a main break occurs.
We are deeply passionate about the environment and take our role seriously when it comes to keeping your water "clean as nature intended". By actively managing phosphorus, nitrogen, ammonia, BOD loading, and TSS, we protect local waterways (including the beautiful trout streams of Southeast Minnesota) by preventing disastrous fish kills and keeping your city out of the negative spotlight.
Our hands-on approach to full-service wastewater management guarantees that you aren't just getting an anonymous contractor; you are getting a dedicated neighbor who is fully invested in your Minnesota and Iowa community's long-term operational health!
Overseeing all your municipal utility operations can be quite a handful, to say the least. At Environmental Water Services, our goal is to educate our clients as much as help them, which is why we're always available to answer all your wastewater management questions whenever you need a little guidance.
During a full-service contract, a waste water operator takes complete, hands-on control of the facility from start to finish. This includes managing the daily process operations, performing heavy mechanical maintenance, filing regulatory paperwork for the MPCA and EPA, and responding to 24-hour emergency alarms.
We save cities significant money by performing extensive maintenance and emergency repairs in-house. Instead of calling out expensive outside contractors for plumbing or welding, we handle equipment rebuilding and troubleshooting directly, which has saved communities like Wykoff up to $100,000 annually.
Yes, Environmental Water Services is fully certified to manage your infrastructure. We hold a Class A wastewater certification, a Class B water certification, a Type 40 biosolids land application certification, and are NASCO certified for pipe inspections.
Absolutely. Unlike other providers who want you to be dependent on them forever, we actively empower cities by integrating training into our site visits. We help your uncertified operators learn the theoretical math and hands-on skills required to pass their MPCA tests.
We know that managing your town's wastewater infrastructure can be overwhelming, especially when you need immediate assistance. That's where we come in, helping you swiftly assess your wastewater issues and implement the right management plan that aligns with your scheduling and budget needs. Here is what you can expect when partnering with us:
We sit down with city administrators and mayors to discuss your greatest weaknesses without any high-pressure sales tactics.
We evaluate your distribution system, collection system, and plant health to give you multiple, transparent repair alternatives.
We start running the entire plant, establishing correct operational processes, to bring the facility into compliance.
We manage day-to-day operations and attend city council meetings, providing reports to build community trust.
We take pride in providing a customized approach that larger outfits simply cannot match. By immersing ourselves in the towns we serve and attending local city council meetings, we’re able to build stable, long-term water and wastewater management partnerships.
Screw pump repair
When a critical piece of infrastructure breaks down, municipalities are often at the mercy of outside contractors who suggest expensive, full-scale replacements. This was the exact scenario the City of West Concord, Minnesota faced when a major mechanical failure occurred with their screw pump and drive unit.
Full MPCA compliance restored
For local governments, staying in the good graces of state and federal regulatory agencies is paramount to protecting the environment and the community.
Close to $100,000 saved per year
Like many rural towns in Southern Minnesota, the City of Wykoff faced the daunting task of managing its municipal water and wastewater utility operations without placing a massive financial burden on its local tax base.