Water & Environmental Technologies

What Water & Environmental Technologies does

Water & Environmental Technologies (WET) is a full-service environmental, engineering, and geoscience consulting firm headquartered in Butte, Montana, with offices across Montana (Anaconda, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Missoula) and Wyoming (Sheridan, Worland). Founded in 2000 and 100% employee-owned through an ESOP established in 2014, the firm employs 51–100 staff across multidisciplinary teams of environmental and civil engineers, hydrogeologists, scientists, technicians, biologists, and licensed surveyors. WET is organized around four service pillars — Geoscience & Environmental Services, Engineering Services, Technical Services (including UAV/drone surveying and GIS), and Planning Services — delivered to clients in the energy, mining, government, and tribal-nations markets across the Rocky Mountain region.

The firm monetizes through project-based professional consulting fees billed on a scope-specific basis, with government clients served under a GSA Schedule contract at pre-negotiated rates. Its technology stack emphasizes field-deployed specialty equipment rather than software products: commercial UAS platforms (senseFly eBees, DJI Phantom) with RGB, NIR, thermal, and HD video payloads; the Emesent HVM100 underground LiDAR system; daily field XRF analyzers used to direct remediation construction; and supporting software such as Pix4D for photogrammetry and ArcGIS for mapping. Specialized remediation design capabilities include air sparging, vapor extraction, bioremediation, pontoon dredge operations, and NAPL free-product recovery.

WET pursues a sales-led go-to-market through conference participation (Montana Association of Counties, Montana League of Cities and Towns, Montana AWRA), an active social media presence, technical content publishing on its website, and its GSA Schedule contract status. Revenue derives from a mix of long-term partnerships with tribal governments (notably the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation), federal and state agency contracts (e.g., Montana DOJ Natural Resource Damage Program), municipal infrastructure projects, and private-sector mining and energy clients. No parent company, institutional investor, or public listing exists, and no revenue figures have been disclosed.

Name

Water & Environmental Technologies

Legal name

Water & Environmental Technologies

Website

https://waterenvtech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Water & Environmental Technologies is an employee-owned Montana-based environmental, engineering, and geoscience consulting firm serving energy, mining, government, and tribal-nation clients across the Rocky Mountain region with multidisciplinary services and specialized UAV/LiDAR field capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Remediiation engineering services
• Geotechnical engineering
• Water resources consulting
• Civil engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bozeman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for environmental services including contaminant hydrogeology, site investigation and remediation, groundwater resources development, water rights permitting, CERCLA/CECRA site remedial services, and NEPA/MEPA services. Billed on project or hourly basis.
2. Engineering Services: Engineering consulting including site development, utility master planning, financial feasibility analysis, sanitary sewer, water main distribution systems, stormwater design and permitting, wastewater treatment design, surveying, material testing, and construction management.
3. Technical Services: Fees for technical services including construction administration, UAV surveying, materials testing, lead/asbestos testing and remediation, industrial hygiene/safety services, GIS/database development, litigation support, and grant writing.
4. GSA Schedule Contract: Pre-vetted government contract holder providing services at fair and reasonable pre-vetted prices to federal, state, and local government clients through the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Water & Environmental Technologies (WET) is a full-service environmental, engineering, and geoscience consulting firm providing integrated consulting services across four primary service pillars: Geoscience & Environmental Services (contaminant hydrogeology, site investigation and remediation, groundwater resources, water rights permitting, CERCLA/CECRA work), Engineering Services (site development, utility master planning, sanitary sewer, water main, stormwater, wastewater treatment design, surveying, materials testing, construction management), Technical Services (UAV/drone surveying, GIS/database, materials testing, industrial hygiene, grant writing), and Planning Services (NEPA/MEPA, environmental due diligence, air quality, restoration). Services are delivered on a project or hourly basis to public and private sector clients across Energy, Mining, Tribal Government, and Private Development markets in the Rocky Mountain region.

Product overview

Water & Environmental Technologies (WET) is a full-service environmental, engineering, and geoscience consulting firm that operates as a service-based company rather than a software product company. The firm offers integrated consulting services organized into four primary service pillars: Geoscience & Environmental Services (contaminant hydrogeology, site investigation and remediation, groundwater resources, water rights), Engineering Services (site development, utility systems, stormwater, surveying, construction management), Technical Services (UAV/drone surveying, GIS/database, materials testing, industrial hygiene), and Planning Services (NEPA/MEPA, environmental due diligence, air quality). These services are delivered to public and private sector clients across markets including Energy, Petroleum, Mining, local Governments, and Tribal nations. WET also provides specialized offerings such as soil and water remediation design, SWPPP training, and tribal infrastructure services. The company utilizes specialized equipment including UAVs (senseFly eBee, DJI Phantom), LIDAR (Riegl VZ400), and photogrammetry software (Pix4D) to deliver technical services, but these are operational tools rather than product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geoscience & Environmental Services Environmental consulting including contaminant hydrogeology, site investigation and remediation, groundwater resource development, water rights permitting, CECRA/CERCLA site remedial services, and environmental engineering for public and private sector clients.
• Engineering Services Civil and environmental engineering including site development, utility master planning, financial feasibility analysis, sanitary sewer, water main distribution systems, stormwater management, wastewater treatment design and permitting, surveying, material testing, and construction management.
• Technical Services Construction administration, surveying, UAV/drone surveying and mapping, materials testing, GIS/database development, lead/asbestos testing and remediation, industrial hygiene/safety services, litigation support, and grant writing.
• Planning Services NEPA/MEPA services, environmental due diligence, air quality assessment, and restoration planning for projects across energy, mining, government, tribal, and private development markets.
• UAV/Drone Surveying Services Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) surveying for stockpile volume surveys, topographic surveys, open pit mine planning, vegetation and weed mapping, stream temperature mapping, and thermal imaging using senseFly eBee and DJI Phantom platforms with RGB, NIR, thermal, and HD video payloads.
• Soil and Water Remediation Services Remediation design and construction including air sparging, vapor extraction, bioremediation, pump and treat, activated carbon treatment, over-excavation, ORC injection, and NAPL free-product recovery for contaminated sites.
• Tribal Infrastructure Services Engineering, environmental, and infrastructure planning services for tribal governments including wastewater lagoon design, road construction, water storage tank design, NEPA environmental assessments, and water/wastewater system projects for sovereign nations such as the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.
• Site and Remedial Investigation Services Large-scale site and remedial investigations including contaminant delineation, customized monitoring plan development, and long-term data collection to protect land, water, and communities.
• SWPPP Training Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) training programs for compliance with MPDES and construction activity permitting requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Parrot Tailings project completed on schedule and under budget with no lost-time accidents or injuries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• American Pacific Mining Corp.notableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026WET partnered with American Pacific Mining Corp. to conduct an underground LiDAR survey at the Madison Copper-Gold Project near Silver Star, Montana, using the Emesent HVM100 system. WET provided the environmental and technical expertise for the high-resolution 3D scanning program designed to deliver critical spatial data for geological modeling, targeting, and drill planning.
• State of Montana (ARPA Competitive Grant)notableGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2025WET worked with the State of Montana to secure American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) competitive grant funding for the Newtown Sewer Main Extension project on the Rocky Boy's Reservation, involving gravity and force main sewer installation.
• Nicklin Earth & WatercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2017In July 2017, WET merged with Bozeman-based Nicklin Earth & Water, a firm established in 1995 providing professional environmental, hydrologic, and engineering services in the Bozeman area. This merger expanded WET's presence and capabilities in the Bozeman market.
• Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian ReservationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor nearly a decade, WET has partnered with the Chippewa Cree Tribe providing engineering, environmental, and infrastructure planning services including wastewater lagoons, roads, water storage tanks, grant applications, NEPA environmental assessments, and staff training. Projects span water, wastewater, solid waste, housing, roads, and cultural resource protection, largely built using Tribal labor and equipment.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kleinfelder: Mid-sized engineering, environmental, and geoscience consulting firm serving public and private clients in water, infrastructure, and remediation — closely aligned service portfolio and client profile to WET.
• Brown and Caldwell: Environmental engineering firm specialized in water and wastewater infrastructure for municipalities and industry — direct overlap with WET's water/wastewater engineering and stormwater practice.
• Haley & Aldrich: Environmental and engineering consulting firm focused on site investigation, remediation, water resources, and geotechnical services — comparable service mix, customer types, and project scale to WET.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering and environmental consulting firm with significant U.S. water, environmental, and community development practices — competes with WET on municipal, tribal, and mining-sector work.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with major environmental, water, and earth sciences capabilities (including the former Golder Associates) — competes with WET across mining, infrastructure, and remediation.
• AECOM: Large global engineering and environmental services firm with deep federal, water, and environmental remediation practices; competes with WET on larger EPA, Superfund, and infrastructure procurements.
• Jacobs: Global engineering and consulting firm with major water, environmental, and infrastructure practices — competes with WET for federal and municipal water/wastewater and remediation projects.
• Tetra Tech: Global leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure consulting with deep U.S. federal and mining-sector practices; competes with WET on CERCLA, water resources, and federal procurement work.

Regional players

• RESPEC: Engineering and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota, serving Rocky Mountain and Midwest clients across water, mining, and energy — directly comparable geography, customer base, and service mix to WET.
• Pioneer Technical Services: Montana-based environmental, engineering, and technical services firm serving mining, energy, and government clients — directly comparable geography and customer base to WET.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/waterenvtech
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEpCFAEd2As9l7saRDXEvIQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/waterenvtech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3506841
• Instagraminstagram.com/waterenvtech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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