Richwine Environmental Inc

What Richwine Environmental Inc does

Richwine Environmental, Inc. (REI) is a privately held, founder-owned environmental engineering consulting firm headquartered in Redmond, Oregon, with a project office in Beaverton, Oregon. Founded in 1997 by R. Dale Richwine, P.E., the firm provides professional engineering and operations services specializing in water and wastewater treatment for municipal governments, industrial clients, and other environmental engineering firms across Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Service offerings include facility planning, capacity studies, design review, operator training, management assistance, expert witness consultation, and plant startup, testing, and training.

The firm's core intellectual property is a proprietary Digital O&M Manual platform that organizes plant documentation by process area — covering SOPs, manufacturer manuals, process control strategies, design criteria, troubleshooting guides, and alarm response information — including a Washington Department of Health Large On-site Septic System (LOSS)-compliant variant. REI's operator training programs span activated sludge process control, wastewater disinfection, solids treatment, odor control strategy development, and wastewater characteristics, delivered both as general coursework and site-specific hands-on training during system startup. The firm's engineering practice emphasizes treatment technologies including Membrane Bioreactor (MBR), conventional activated sludge, UV disinfection, anaerobic digestion, biosolids management, and odor control systems.

REI operates a project-based, per-engagement pricing model with no publicly disclosed rates, delivering services through direct client engagement with no intermediary distribution channels. The firm is staffed at approximately 5 personnel, anchored by the founder-president, and supplemented by project-based consultants. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees for planning, design, permitting, operations, and training engagements. There are no external investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries disclosed in available source material.

Name

Richwine Environmental Inc

Legal name

Richwine Environmental, Inc.

Website

https://richenv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Richwine Environmental is a small, founder-owned environmental engineering firm in Oregon providing water and wastewater treatment consulting — including facility planning, design review, operator training, and a proprietary Digital O&M Manual platform — to municipal, industrial, and engineering firm clients across the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Treatment Plant Construction (Drinking Water) (IMAFAGAA)

Keywords

• Environmental engineering consulting
• Water treatment services
• Wastewater treatment design
• Municipal water infrastructure
• Facility planning studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Redmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Professional engineering and operations services including facility planning, capacity studies, design review, operator training, management assistance and startup services provided to municipal and industrial clients and other environmental engineering firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Richwine Environmental Inc is an environmental engineering consulting firm that provides specialized water and wastewater treatment services, including facility planning, capacity studies, design review, operator training, management assistance, startup services, expert witness testimony, and operations and maintenance manual development for municipal, industrial, and engineering clients.

Product overview

Richwine Environmental Inc (REI) is an environmental engineering consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services for water and wastewater treatment. The company provides Planning and Permitting Assistance (master planning, capacity studies, waste characterization), Expert Witness services, Management Assistance (design review, staffing plans, budget development), Operations Assistance (process evaluation, optimization, operator training), and Plant Startup, Testing & Training services. REI also offers specialized Digital O&M Manual services and LOSS O&M Manual services following Washington DOH requirements. The Operator Training Programs cover activated sludge process control, wastewater disinfection, solids treatment, and wastewater characteristics. These services are delivered through experienced environmental engineers with over 45 years of experience serving municipal and industrial clients throughout Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Facility Planning

Quantifiable outcome

• Tri-City WPCP Site Master Plan freed up 8,000 EDUs of capacity at Kellogg Creek WPCP providing equivalent of $50M capital savings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Oregon ZoominorOthersMember and contributor to the Oregon Zoo promoting environmental conservation and science education.
• Water Info (WWI Museum)minorOthersMember and contributor to the Water Info Museum promoting environmental conservation and science education.
• High Desert MuseumminorOthersMember and contributor to the High Desert Museum promoting environmental conservation and science education.
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization with active leadership including WEF Board of Directors 1998-2001, WEF Public Education Committee, and WEF Student and Young Professionals Committee. Dale Richwine served as WEF Board of Directors member.
• Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member with leadership including PNCWA President 2006-2007, Vice President/President Elect 2004-2006, and multiple committee leadership roles. Dale Richwine served as PNCWA President.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Carollo Engineers: Large, U.S.-focused engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment planning, design, and construction. Directly comparable service offerings (facility planning, operator training, startup, design review), but at significantly greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Stantec: Global engineering consulting firm with a major water practice following the MWH acquisition. Provides matching water/wastewater planning, design, and operations services and competes in the same Pacific Northwest market.
• HDR Inc. Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a significant water/wastewater practice. Competitor for municipal planning, design, and operations support engagements, with much broader capabilities and headcount.
• Tetra Tech: Global engineering and consulting firm with extensive water and environmental practices. Comparable in providing planning, permitting, and operations support for water and wastewater clients, with far greater scale and geographic reach.
• GHD: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with growing water and wastewater capabilities in the U.S. market. Comparable service offerings aimed at municipal and industrial clients, though at significantly larger scale.
• Brown and Caldwell: Full-service environmental engineering firm focused on water, wastewater, and stormwater services for municipal and industrial clients. Comparable in service portfolio (planning, permitting, operations support, training) but operating nationally with hundreds of engineers.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large professional services firm with a major water/wastewater practice (including former CH2M HILL operations). Competes for similar municipal and industrial wastewater treatment projects across the U.S.

Direct peers

• RH2 Engineering: Mid-sized Pacific Northwest engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater for municipal clients. Highly comparable in business model, service offerings (planning, design, operations), and regional focus, making it a direct small-to-mid competitor.
• Kennedy Jenks Consultants: Mid-sized employee-owned environmental engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater, and stormwater for municipal clients. Closely comparable in business model, service mix (planning, design, operations support), and target market, with similar Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. presence.

Regional players

• Parametrix: Employee-owned Pacific Northwest engineering firm providing water, wastewater, and infrastructure services. Comparable in regional focus and service mix, but operates at a larger scale with broader disciplinary offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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