Water & Wastewater Engineering

Reducing Inflow and Infiltration can be an endless and expensive battle. Bolton & Menk can help determine sources of I&I and identify which remedies will provide the greatest relief for [...]

The Marshall Wastewater Treatment Facility provides wastewater treatment for the City of Marshall as well as several large industrial users. While multiple smaller projects had been implemented 12-15 years ago, [...]

The City of Sioux Center’s Wastewater Treatment Facility earned an American Society of Civil Engineers – Iowa Chapter Outstanding Civil Engineering Award for its work to meet nutrient reduction and disinfection goals in the community. This award recognizes [...]

The City of Sioux Center’s Wastewater Treatment Facility earned an American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa Honor Award at their Engineering Excellence Banquet on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. This award recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate [...]

The pilot water treatment plant is a portable, state-of-the-art, small scale water treatment facility owned and operated by Bolton & Menk for more than 25 years. The trailer is laid out to help [...]

On Tuesday, August 3, the City of Pipestone Water Treatment Plant was honored with the Chloride Reduction Leadership Award at the 2021 Salt Symposium. This award was given for their efforts to lower chloride levels in water levels, also reducing chloride concentrations in [...]

Reduce, reuse, recycle – the age-old phrase we live by to keep Earth as fruitful as possible for as long as possible. The City of Woodbury partnered with Bolton & [...]

Clean and efficient wastewater systems are essential to all communities – regardless of size. High chloride levels can affect the health of community residents and aquatic life, as well as impact the functionality of infrastructure. [...]

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC-MN) recognized the City of Winnebago’s Northwest Infrastructure Improvements project with a 2020 Honor Award. The Engineering Excellence Awards Program recognizes engineering [...]

In our new video series, New Imagination, we look at different innovate approaches that many of our work groups incorporate to ensure our clients receive the right solutions. Our first [...]

The City of Pipestone, Minnesota, has received one of five AQUARIUS Awards through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program. The city’s water treatment plant [...]

High levels of salt in the environment can cause safety concerns in many different areas, from the health of aquatic life and community residents to the functionality of infrastructure. Salt [...]

Many engineering projects consist of complex challenges requiring months, perhaps years, of analysis to arrive at solutions that meet the needs of all project stakeholders. Wastewater treatment is an example [...]

Watch below to learn how we helped the City of Pipestone reduce chlorides in their wastewater--featuring our very own, John Graupman and Walter the Raindrop! As featured during the 2020 [...]

Watch below to learn how we helped the City of Pipestone reduce chlorides in their wastewater–featuring our very own, John Graupman and Walter the Raindrop! As featured during the 2020 [...]

The City of Northfield experienced a catastrophic fire in their biosolids treatment building on May 29, 2018. The fire is believed to have started in the pasteurization vessel and damaged [...]

On Tuesday, August 4, the City of Morris received the Chloride Reduction Leadership Award at the 2020 Salt Symposium. This award was given to the city’s water treatment plant for [...]

Bolton & Menk’s filter evaluation services include a small, customized water treatment plant study with the potential for big returns including capital savings, operational savings, and operational insight into improving [...]

High levels of salt in the environment can cause safety concerns in many different areas, from the health of aquatic life and community residents to the functionality of infrastructure. Salt [...]

High levels of salt in the environment can cause safety concerns in many different areas, from the health of aquatic life and community residents to the functionality of infrastructure. Salt [...]

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC-MN) recognized the City of Pipestone at their Engineering Excellence Awards Banquet on January 24. The water treatment facility received a Grand [...]

The City of Pipestone faced a series of issues with both their water and wastewater treatment systems. The ground water supply used for drinking water contained elevated levels of Gross [...]

The City of Waterville needed to update their significantly aging Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) to meet the effluent phosphorus limits in the new NPDES permit and meet future wastewater treatment needs. [...]

Bolton & Menk's pilot water treatment plant is a portable, state-of-the-art, small scale water treatment facility owned and operated for more than 25 years and has recently been updated to [...]

America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 will be requiring new and updated Risk Assessments and Emergency Response Plans for community water systems serving more than 3,300 people. Our water systems [...]

Many engineering projects consist of complex challenges requiring months, perhaps years, of analysis to arrive at solutions that meet the needs of all project stakeholders. Wastewater treatment is an example [...]

The American Public Works Association (APWA) named the City of Mankato’s Water Treatment Backwash Reclamation Project “Project of the Year,” the highest honor in the environmental category for a project [...]

The City of Mankato was recognized by the American Public Works Association (APWA) - Minnesota Chapter at the annual conference on November 17. The City of Mankato Water Treatment Backwash [...]

The Water/Ways traveling Smithsonian exhibition arrived in Saint Peter this week. Hosted by Nicollet County Historical Society Aug. 13- Sept. 25 at the Treaty Site History Center, Bolton & Menk [...]