What Water Resources Solutions does

Water Resources Solutions (WRS) is an eleven-person civil engineering consulting firm headquartered in Prairie Village, Kansas, founded circa 2012 by Don Baker (PE, D.WRE, CPESC). The firm specializes in water-resources engineering across five core service lines: hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater management, eco-restoration, hydraulic structures engineering, and integrated watershed management, supported by regulatory permitting, construction services, value engineering and litigation consulting. Its operational differentiator is a 'Physical First' methodology that constructs distorted-scale physical hydraulic models to validate and iterate numerical models, with claimed design-cost savings of 30–70% and a firm-wide historical change-order rate under 5%.

The firm delivers services exclusively through direct professional engagement with municipal governments, county governments, federal and state agencies, tribal governments, and other engineering firms operating as prime contractors or joint-venture partners. Customer evidence spans named municipal clients in Kansas and Missouri (Mission Hills, Prairie Village, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Platte County, Johnson County, Wichita, Sedgwick County), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (historically 23% of fiscal 2013–18 revenue), USDA NRCS, Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and engineering firms such as McClure Engineering, Wilson & Co., Affinis Corp., Transystems, and Strategic Value Solutions. Project fees range from $2,000 studies to $20 million infrastructure engagements, billed on a time-and-expertise professional services basis with quote-based pricing.

WRS operates without external equity, subsidiaries, or disclosed funding, and generates revenue solely from project-based consulting. Its distribution relies on qualifications-based procurement, repeat municipal relationships and joint-venture positioning for federal contracts. Technology assets include a Python-compiled custom sediment-yield web application (developed for the Loch Lloyd Reservoir analysis) and proficiency across HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HEC-ResSim, River FLO-2D, WinTR-55/20, NRCS-SITES and GIS-based watershed modeling. The firm is registered to practice in fifteen states and serves clients across at least eight U.S. states in the Midwest and Great Plains.

Name

Water Resources Solutions

Legal name

Water Resources Solutions

Website

https://wrs-rc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Water Resources Solutions is an eleven-person civil engineering firm in Prairie Village, Kansas, specializing in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater management, eco-restoration, and hydraulic structures for municipalities, federal and state agencies, tribal governments and prime engineering contractors across the U.S. Midwest and Great Plains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ), Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consulting
• Stormwater management services
• Hydrologic hydraulic modeling
• Watershed management planning
• Environmental restoration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Prairie Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Water Resources Solutions generates revenue through professional engineering consulting services including planning, study, design, permitting, design/build, and construction phase assistance for water resources projects. Projects range from $2,000 to $20 million in scope.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Water Resources Solutions is a civil engineering consulting firm that provides specialized water resources engineering services to government agencies and other engineering firms. The firm delivers hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater management, eco-restoration, hydraulic structures engineering, and integrated watershed management projects through direct professional engagements, supported by regulatory permitting, construction services, value engineering, and litigation consulting.

Product overview

Water Resources Solutions (WRS) is a civil engineering consulting firm offering a portfolio of integrated water resource engineering services. The core offering consists of five interconnected service lines: (1) Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling — using computational tools such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, River FLO-2D, and the firm's proprietary 'Physical First' combined physical/numerical modeling approach to analyze complex water flow and flood scenarios; (2) Stormwater Management — encompassing drainage studies, system design, BMPs, detention design, water quality modeling, and erosion/sediment control; (3) Eco-Restoration — covering stream and river stabilization, wetland design, lake restoration, sediment transport studies, and watershed studies; (4) Hydraulic Structures Engineering — including dam and spillway hydraulics, dam breach modeling, levee inspections, embankment design, and physical modeling; and (5) Integrated Watershed Management — providing watershed hydrology studies, water supply analyses, water quality studies, and agricultural engineering. These services are supported by regulatory permitting assistance, construction services and estimating, value engineering studies, and litigation consulting. The firm operates as a unified professional engineering practice rather than a modular software product, delivering services directly through its team of eleven full-time engineering professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Advanced computational fluid dynamics and physical hydraulic modeling services using HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, River FLO-2D, and combined physical/numerical modeling to analyze water flow, sediment transport, and flood conditions for engineering design and planning, delivered to municipal, federal, and engineering firm clients.
• Stormwater Management Comprehensive stormwater management services spanning drainage studies, system design, best management practices (BMPs), detention design, water quality modeling, and erosion and sediment control for municipal, federal, and private clients.
• Eco-Restoration Natural and engineered ecosystem restoration services including stream and river bank stabilization, stream stability studies, wetland design and restoration, watershed studies, sediment transport analysis, and lake restoration for municipalities, agencies, and tribal governments.
• Hydraulic Structures Engineering Engineering analysis, design, and inspection services for dams, spillways, levees, river-training structures, embankments, and physical hydraulic modeling to improve infrastructure cost and performance for public agencies and engineering firms.
• Integrated Watershed Management Comprehensive watershed planning and management services including hydrology studies, water supply analysis, water quality studies, and agricultural engineering to achieve sustainable natural resource balance for municipalities, federal and state agencies, and tribal governments.
• Regulatory Permitting Assistance obtaining necessary permits from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and other regulatory agencies.
• Construction Services & Estimating Construction phase services including cost estimation, construction oversight, and design/build services to support implementation of engineering solutions.
• Value Engineering Value engineering studies to optimize project designs for cost-effectiveness while maintaining or improving performance, leveraging the firm's specialized water expertise.
• Litigation Consulting Expert witness and litigation support services for water-related legal disputes, leveraging specialized hydrologic and hydraulic engineering expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% to 70% reduction in design costs through Physical First modeling approach
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers14 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

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• McClure Engineering (Shafer, Kline & Warren)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2013Subcontracted by McClure Engineering (acting as prime) to provide water resources engineering for Loch Lloyd Reservoir Sedimentation Analysis project in Western Cass County, Missouri.
• Water Resources Solutions - Intuition & Logic JVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture entity formed specifically to pursue USACE Kansas City District levee inspection contracts. Successfully completed $546,000 task order for 2019-2021 levee inspections covering 31 miles of levee across Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
• NSPJ ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner firm collaborating on water resources projects. Listed among 'Other Engineers' segment representing 28% of fiscal 2013-18 revenue.
• Wilson & Co.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consulting partner firm. Listed among 'Other Engineers' segment representing 28% of fiscal 2013-18 revenue.
• Affinis Corp.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consulting partner firm. Listed among 'Other Engineers' segment representing 28% of fiscal 2013-18 revenue.
• Transystems Corp.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consulting partner firm. Listed among 'Other Engineers' segment representing 28% of fiscal 2013-18 revenue.
• Strategic Value Solutions Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consulting partner firm. Listed among 'Other Engineers' segment representing 28% of fiscal 2013-18 revenue.
• Wildhorse Riverworks, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with Wildhorse Riverworks for stream bank stabilization projects. Collaborated on 50+ stream bank stabilization projects on Kansas rivers since 2010 under Kansas Division of Conservation and NRCS EQIP funding. Also partnered on Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation buffalo stream crossing project.
• Prairie Band Potawatomi NationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTribal government client engaged in Section 203 watershed assessment and Section 319 water quality improvement projects. WRS supported PBPN in seeking EPA funding for stream crossing improvements.
• Ad Astra (Team Lead for PBPN Study)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAd Astra led the Section 203 Preliminary Watershed Assessment team for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, with WRS providing water resources engineering components including stream stability study and water supply analysis.
• USDA NRCScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking under IDIQ/MATOC contract with USDA NRCS for watershed planning projects including Lake Lou Yaeger dam improvements and Kansas Dams Watershed Plan covering 1.6 million acres.
• Northwater ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNorthwater Consulting completed Watershed Implementation Plan and selected WRS to provide professional engineering review and BMP design services for Illinois Farm BMPs project.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Black & Veatch: Overland Park, Kansas-headquartered global engineering, procurement, and construction firm with a large water practice covering dams, levees, stormwater, and watershed management. Direct geographic and disciplinary overlap, but at dramatically larger scale and broader service portfolio than WRS.
• HDR Inc. Global engineering firm with one of the largest dedicated water practices including dams, levees, stormwater, and watershed planning. Competes with WRS for USACE, NRCS, and municipal clients but offers full-service engineering, architecture, and program management.
• Tetra Tech: Pasadena-based global consulting and engineering firm with leading water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practices. Direct competitor for USACE and federal water resources work, with significantly larger bench and proprietary modeling capabilities.
• Stantec: Canadian-based global engineering consultancy with substantial North American water practice covering dams, levees, stormwater, and environmental restoration. Overlaps with WRS on municipal and federal water resources engagements.
• Burns & McDonnell: Kansas City-based employee-owned engineering firm with water resources, dams, and environmental practices serving municipal and federal clients. Operates in the same Kansas City talent market as WRS and competes for overlapping federal and municipal water work.
• WSP USA: Global professional services firm with one of the largest water and environment practices in North America post-Wood Environment acquisition. Competes for major federal water resources and municipal stormwater programs at scale WRS cannot match alone.

Direct peers

• Brown and Caldwell: Specialty environmental engineering firm focused on water and wastewater with strong stormwater, watershed, and infrastructure rehabilitation practices. Competes directly for municipal water resources planning and federal environmental work.
• Freese and Nichols: Texas-based employee-owned water resources and environmental engineering firm specializing in dams, levees, stormwater, and watershed planning. Closely comparable specialty water resources firm serving public-sector clients across the South and Southwest.
• Carollo Engineers: Employee-owned water and wastewater specialty engineering firm with strong hydraulic modeling and masterplanning practice serving municipal and federal clients. Closest direct peer in terms of specialty focus and professional services model, though larger scale.

Regional players

• Olsson: Midwest-based (Nebraska-headquartered) employee-owned engineering firm with strong water resources practice serving municipal and state clients across the central US. Closest regional peer in size, geography, and Midwest public-sector focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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