Corona Environmental Consulting

Name

Corona Environmental Consulting

Legal name

Corona Environmental Consulting, LLC

Website

https://coronaenv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Quality and Treatment Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water & Wastewater Compliance (NPDES/Stormwater, Pretreatment, Drinking Water/SDWA) (EUAHABAB), Data Management, LIMS & Compliance Software (ELN, eDMS, reporting automation) (EUANAJAE), Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG)

Keywords

• Water quality consulting
• Drinking water treatment
• Environmental data management
• Water utility services
• Hexavalent chromium treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Braintree

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for water quality and treatment challenges, including distribution system optimization, applied research, pilot testing, monitoring and response planning, and regulatory compliance support.
2. Research Grants: Funded research supported by government grants including a $5 million research grant from Proposition 50 Chapter 6(b) for Cr(VI) treatment pilot testing optimization.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Corona Environmental Consulting provides specialized consulting services to drinking water utilities covering water quality and treatment optimization, source water protection, emergency response planning, regulatory compliance support (including hexavalent chromium and Lead and Copper Rule), and bench- and pilot-scale laboratory testing. The firm also developed and spun off the WaterSuite cloud-based environmental data management platform, which supports monitoring, reporting, and regulatory coordination for hundreds of utility systems nationwide.

Product overview

Corona Environmental Consulting offers a portfolio of water sector consulting services, with WaterSuite as its primary software product - a cloud-based environmental data management system. The company also provides laboratory testing services and consulting across water quality, treatment, source water management, and regulatory compliance. Services include specialized laboratory analyses (RSSCT, jar testing, corrosion coupon testing, etc.) alongside technical consulting for hexavalent chromium treatment, lead and copper rule compliance, and source water protection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WaterSuite: A cloud-based system that captures, processes and analyzes complex environmental data for the water community. Includes data management, prioritization, monitoring, and reporting capabilities for source water protection and emergency planning, with special focus on contaminants stored above ground, PFAS source locations, travel time and concentration analyses, and acute spill risk scoring. Also supports monitoring data submission and visualization for RTCR and Lead and Copper Rule compliance.

Products and services

• WaterSuite A cloud-based system that captures, processes and analyzes complex environmental data for the water community. It provides data management, prioritization, monitoring, and reporting capabilities for source water protection and emergency planning, with features for contaminants stored above ground, PFAS source locations, travel time and concentration analyses, and acute spill risk scoring. Also supports monitoring data submission and visualization for RTCR and Lead and Copper Rule compliance.
• Laboratory Testing Services Water quality and treatment process laboratory services offered to drinking water utilities, including Rapid Small-Scale Column Tests (RSSCTs), jar testing, isotherm testing, corrosion coupon testing, Simulated Distribution System (SDS) testing, breakpoint chlorination testing, and flow-through column testing.
• Water Quality and Treatment Consulting Engineering consulting services for drinking water utilities covering water quality and treatment challenges, distribution system optimization, applied research, pilot testing, monitoring and response planning, and regulatory compliance support. Includes Cr(VI) treatment studies, corrosion control studies, and Lead and Copper Rule compliance work.
• Source Water Management Consulting Source water protection and emergency response support for drinking water utilities, including spill response drill design, emergency response hotlines for acute source water contamination incidents, harmful algal bloom management programs, and PFAS monitoring and response plan development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced Cr(VI) reduction time from 30-45 minutes to 1-2 minutes using optimized RCF, saving rate payers nearly $1M in capital costs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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 core and minor.

• U.S. EPA Water Infrastructure and Cyber Resilience DivisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with EPA to characterize occurrence of releases into sources of drinking water for community water systems nationwide (2010-2019 study). Project deliverables included Qlik dashboard for data analysis and publication of 'Occurrence of Releases with the Potential to Impact Sources of Drinking Water'.
• U.S. EPA UAS ProgramminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSupporting EPA in development of agency-wide UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) program including national policy, website development, Community of Practice formation, and UAS User Guide creation.
• Water Research FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on multiple research projects including WRF Project 4450 (Impact of Water Quality on Cr(VI) Removal Efficiency and Cost) and Tailored Collaboration studies for SBA-IX performance at bench- and pilot-scale.
• State Regulatory AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWaterSuite platform supports monitoring plan regulatory coordination between utilities and state agencies for RTCR and LCR implementation in two states.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Brown and Caldwell: Water-focused environmental engineering and consulting firm. Direct comparable because both compete for drinking water quality, treatment optimization, and compliance engagements across U.S. municipal utilities.
• Hazen and Sawyer: Water and wastewater specialty consulting firm with strong focus on treatment process engineering and water quality. Direct comparable because both serve the same municipal drinking water utility customer base with similar bench/pilot testing and regulatory support offerings.
• Carollo Engineers: U.S.-focused water and wastewater specialty engineering and consulting firm. Direct comparable because both firms compete on drinking water treatment process design, pilot studies, and regulatory compliance advisory for municipal utilities.

Broad incumbents

• Black & Veatch: Large infrastructure engineering firm with a dedicated water business. Comparable because it competes for drinking water treatment and regulatory compliance projects with municipal utilities, but also offers full design-build and construction services Corona does not.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with a large water and environmental practice. Comparable because it competes on water quality, treatment, and federal agency contracts (including EPA support), but as a much larger full-service integrator.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with deep water and environmental expertise. Comparable because it competes for federal agency water contracts (EPA, state agencies) and municipal utility treatment projects, but as a large multi-disciplinary provider.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm. Comparable because it serves municipal water utilities on treatment, compliance, and source water projects across North America, but as part of a much broader multi-disciplinary practice.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and consulting firm with a major water and resilience practice. Comparable because it serves the same regulated water utility clients on compliance, treatment, and resilience projects, but as part of a much larger multi-disciplinary portfolio.
• CDM Smith: Large global engineering and consulting firm with a significant water practice. Comparable because it competes for the same municipal drinking water compliance, treatment, and source water protection contracts, but as part of a much broader infrastructure and environmental portfolio.
• HDR: Engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with a dedicated water practice. Comparable because it serves the same municipal drinking water utility customers on treatment and compliance work, but as a broader full-service firm with design and construction capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coronaenv
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoronaEnv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corona-environmental-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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