AQUA Engineering

What AQUA Engineering does

AQUA Engineering is a privately held, full-service civil and environmental engineering firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in Bountiful, Utah, with additional offices in Greenwood Village, Colorado (opened 2018) and Beaverton, Oregon (opened 2023). The firm delivers planning, design, construction management, and commissioning services across water infrastructure, wastewater treatment, municipal services, asset management and GIS, and resource recovery/renewable energy, with a distinctive niche in ski resort and high-elevation snowmaking infrastructure. Technical capabilities span membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems, anaerobic digestion and biogas/RNG production, high-head hydraulic analysis, GIS-based asset management, and in-house SCADA programming delivered through its SKM Engineering affiliate.

The firm serves a diversified client base of municipal water and wastewater utilities, ski resorts, agricultural operations (notably dairy resource recovery), and industrial facilities across the US, secured through competitive RFPs, direct developer engagement, and recurring City Engineer contracts. Revenue is generated on a project-based professional services model with scope-specific pricing; no standard tiers are publicly disclosed. Operations are organized around nine principals covering distinct technical specialties (wastewater process design, water resources, ski infrastructure, resource recovery, structural and controls), supported by an ecosystem of affiliated firms — SKM Engineering for SCADA/controls, Aqua Environmental Services for environmental consulting, and AlPro Energy for resource recovery.

AQUA's brand rests on a 30-plus year track record, multiple ACEC Grand Awards (including the first MBR facility in Utah and the Oakley Water Reclamation Facility), and named reference projects such as Wasatch Resource Recovery ($45M), Mountain Regional Water's Signal Hill WTP ($14M), and large-dairy anaerobic digestion facilities producing hundreds of dekatherms per day of renewable natural gas. The firm is founder-led in origin (L. Scott Rogers, P.E., now Senior Engineering Consultant), privately owned with no disclosed external investment, and competes on deep domain specialization rather than scale or technology platform differentiation.

Name

AQUA Engineering

Legal name

AQUA Engineering

Website

https://aquaeng.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AQUA Engineering is a privately held civil and environmental engineering firm founded in 1992, providing water, wastewater, municipal, ski resort, and resource recovery engineering services to public- and private-sector clients across the US from offices in Utah, Colorado, and Oregon.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bountiful

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for water infrastructure, wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and municipal projects. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts for planning, design, construction management, and ongoing engineering services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AQUA Engineering is a full-service civil and environmental engineering firm providing planning, design, construction management, and commissioning services for water infrastructure, wastewater treatment, resource recovery/renewable energy, municipal projects, asset management/GIS, and ski resort/mountain community infrastructure. The company delivers full project lifecycle engineering services from feasibility studies through construction observation and ongoing operations support for public and private clients nationwide.

Product overview

AQUA Engineering is a full-service civil/environmental engineering firm offering a comprehensive suite of engineering solutions across multiple service lines. The core portfolio includes Water Infrastructure (planning, design, construction, and management of water supply, treatment, and distribution systems), Wastewater Infrastructure (master planning through construction management with focus on resource recovery), Construction Management, Resource Recovery/Renewable Energy (waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, solar), Municipal Services, Asset Management/Master Planning/GIS, and Ski Resort/Mountain Community Infrastructure. The company operates from offices in Utah (Bountiful), Colorado (Greenwood Village), and Oregon (Beaverton), serving clients nationwide across both public and private sectors. Services span the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies and master planning to detailed design, construction observation, and commissioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Infrastructure Engineering Comprehensive water engineering solutions for planning, design, construction, and management of water supply, treatment, transmission, distribution, and storage infrastructure systems for public and private clients.
• Wastewater Infrastructure Engineering Wastewater treatment engineering solutions ranging from master planning and feasibility studies to complete engineering design and construction management for public and private facilities, with focus on resource recovery and water reclamation.
• Construction Management Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Oakley Water Reclamation Facility produces effluent averaging non-detect BOD, TSS, ammonia, and bacteria, with total nitrogen less than 5 mg/l
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AlPro EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023AQUA Engineering and AlPro Energy became affiliates in 2023 to focus on providing specialized engineering services to their combined client base.
• SKM EngineeringcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2001AQUA Engineering and SKM Engineering became affiliates to provide common clientele with complete services in all engineering disciplines. SKM provides electrical, instrumentation, controls, and SCADA systems integration.
• Aqua Environmental Services (AES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997AQUA Engineering and Aqua Environmental Services became separate entities to focus on providing specialized engineering services. AES provides environmental consulting and startup/commissioning services.
• Water Engineers for the Americas & Africa (WEFTA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit partnership providing technical assistance and funding for clean water and sanitation projects in Latin America (Peru, Bolivia, Mexico). AQUA provides engineering expertise for wastewater system improvements.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carollo Engineers: US-based engineering firm exclusively focused on water and wastewater — directly comparable to AQUA's core municipal water/wastewater consulting practice, including treatment plant design, master planning, and construction management.
• Brown and Caldwell: Specialty environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on water, wastewater, and remediation — overlapping with AQUA's wastewater, resource recovery, and municipal utility work, and similarly a private, employee-owned firm.
• Hazen and Sawyer: Specialty water/wastewater consulting engineering firm serving municipal and private clients — directly comparable to AQUA in treatment plant design, hydraulic analysis, and asset management consulting.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Large global engineering firm with a major water/wastewater practice and integrated architecture — competes with AQUA on municipal treatment plant work but also offers transportation, building, and federal services at much greater scale.
• Stantec: Global multi-disciplinary engineering and consulting firm with a strong water practice — competes with AQUA in municipal water/waster infrastructure but operates at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Black & Veatch: Major EPC and consulting firm with deep water/wastewater and resource recovery capabilities — a broader incumbent competing for the same municipal and industrial water treatment mandates as AQUA.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with a critical infrastructure / water practice — competes for the same municipal and federal water programs as AQUA, but at vastly larger scale.
• Tetra Tech: International consulting and engineering firm specializing in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure — competes with AQUA on municipal and industrial water/wastewater programs; broader scope and publicly traded.

Regional players

• Merrick & Company: Employee-owned engineering firm based in Colorado with strong water/wastewater, GIS, and surveying practices — geographic overlap with AQUA's Mountain West footprint and comparable mid-size firm scale.
• Consor Engineering: US water and transportation infrastructure consulting firm with offices across the western and southern US — comparable municipal water/wastewater practice to AQUA and similar mid-sized engineering services scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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