WAWCON

What WAWCON does

WAWCON, INC. is a privately held Texas-based custom manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment equipment, founded in 1984 as Environmental Products Company and incorporated under its present name in 1987. The company operates from Dripping Springs, Texas, serving municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities as its primary customer segment, with secondary exposure to manufacturing industry clients requiring process water treatment. WAWCON specializes in custom design and fabrication for both ordinary projects and special-purpose applications, including one-of-a-kind items for unique operating environments.

The product portfolio spans both water and wastewater treatment categories. Wastewater products include circular clarifiers (plow, hydraulic differential, and spiral flight configurations), airlift pumps, mechanical bar screens, circular sludge thickeners, diffused and draft tube aeration systems, grit screws, rotary distributors, slotted pipe skimmers, stainless steel weirs, troughs and baffles, and telescoping valves. Water treatment products include shallow water intake screens, solid contact type circular clarifiers with rapid mixers in a 19' to 100' diameter range, and stainless steel filter plate underdrains with integrated air scour systems. Equipment is fabricated from structural steel using a minimum 1/4" thick plate specification, with stainless steel (304, 316), aluminum, and hot dip galvanized steel options; all seal welds are performed by AWS certified welders using full penetration welds. WAWCON promotes bolt-together construction that eliminates field welding, and the company has explicitly refused to lower material or welding standards when asked by customers.

The business model is sales-led and direct, with quote-based pricing and no public list pricing. The company works directly with design engineers and project owners from the specification stage, providing standard drawings and specifications, engineer-approved shop drawings, periodic on-site installation inspection, and parts and O&M manuals as part of project delivery. In addition to one-time equipment manufacturing sales, WAWCON generates professional services revenue through field and shop services (gearmotor and clarifier drive rebuilding, replacement fabrications for any brand of existing equipment) and engineering consulting support. Distribution is domestic (US-only), targeting municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities, with no disclosed international footprint.

Name

WAWCON

Legal name

WAWCON, INC.

Website

https://wawconinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Short description

WAWCON, INC. is a privately held Texas-based custom manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment equipment, including clarifiers, aeration systems, bar screens, and pumps, serving municipal and industrial clients across the United States since 1984.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Treatment Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAHAEAJ

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Machinery & Heavy Equipment/Process & Industrial Plant Equipment

Keywords

• Water treatment equipment
• Wastewater treatment equipment
• Clarifier manufacturing
• Aeration systems
• Municipal water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Dripping Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: WAWCON manufactures custom water and wastewater treatment equipment including clarifiers, aeration systems, pumps, bar screens, and related components. Equipment can be fabricated from carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, or hot dip galvanized steel based on customer specifications.
2. Field and Shop Services: Provides field and shop services including rebuilding gearmotors, clarifier drives, and providing replacement fabrications for existing equipment. Also services other brands beyond what WAWCON manufactures.
3. Engineering Consulting Services: Provides standard drawings and specifications for engineers and owners, assisting in overall planning of water and wastewater treatment facilities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

WAWCON manufactures and supplies custom water and wastewater treatment equipment, including clarifiers, aeration systems, pumps, bar screens, sludge thickeners, rotary distributors, and related fabricated components. The company fabricates equipment from carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, or hot dip galvanized steel based on customer specifications, and also provides field and shop services including gearmotor rebuilding and replacement fabrications.

Product overview

WAWCON is a manufacturer and supplier of water and wastewater treatment equipment founded in 1984. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of specialized industrial equipment organized into two main categories: Water Treatment Products (including Shallow Water Intake Screens, Solid Contact Type Circular Clarifiers with Rapid Mixers, and Stainless Steel Filter Plate Underdrains & Air Scours) and Wastewater Treatment Products (including Airlift Pumps, Bar Screens, Circular Clarifiers, Circular Sludge Thickeners, Diffused Aeration Equipment & Systems, Draft Tube Aeration Equipment, Grit Screws, Rotary Distributors, Slotted Pipe Skimmers, Stainless Steel Weirs/Troughs/Baffles, and Telescoping Valves). The product line is complemented by field/shop services and engineering support services. All equipment is custom-designed and fabricated using quality structural steel, with options for painting, hot dip galvanizing, or stainless steel/aluminum construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Airlift Pumps, Galvanized & Stainless Steel

Quantifiable outcome

• Warranty work is almost non-existent due to high quality standards
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Evoqua Water Technologies (Xylem): Evoqua Water Technologies, now part of Xylem, is a major broad-line provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment and services. It competes with WAWCON across multiple product categories but operates at far greater scale and scope, serving as a broad incumbent in the same municipal and industrial end markets.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia Water Technologies is a global broad-line provider of water and wastewater treatment solutions including process equipment, systems, and services. It competes with WAWCON in municipal and industrial treatment equipment but at significantly greater scale and with a wider solution portfolio.
• Xylem Inc. Xylem is a global water technology company offering pumps, treatment equipment, and metering systems for municipal and industrial water applications. It is a broad incumbent that competes with WAWCON's clarifier, aeration, and pump products as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Sulzer (Water & Wastewater): Sulzer's water and wastewater business provides pumps, mixers, and aeration equipment for municipal and industrial treatment applications. It overlaps with WAWCON's aeration and pump product lines as part of a much broader industrial equipment portfolio.

Emerging players

• S&N Airoflo: S&N Airoflo manufactures aeration equipment for wastewater treatment including diffused aeration systems. It is a smaller specialty manufacturer with a narrower product focus than WAWCON but competes in overlapping aeration and diffuser product categories.

Direct peers

• Parkson Corporation: Parkson Corporation supplies water and wastewater treatment equipment including aeration, clarification, and filtration systems for municipal and industrial applications. It competes directly with WAWCON in the same process-equipment categories and shares a similar fabrication and engineering-led business model.
• Smith & Loveless: Smith & Loveless is a US-based manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment equipment, including clarification, aeration, and headworks systems. It directly competes with WAWCON in the same equipment categories and serves overlapping municipal and industrial customers with comparable fabrication-based offerings.
• Huber Technology: Huber Technology specializes in water and wastewater treatment equipment including bar screens, grit removal, and sludge treatment products. It directly competes with WAWCON's bar screens, grit screws, and sludge treatment product lines in overlapping municipal and industrial customer segments.
• Aqua-Aerobic Systems: Aqua-Aerobic Systems manufactures water and wastewater treatment equipment including aeration, clarification, and filtration systems for municipal and industrial applications. It is a direct peer to WAWCON in the same clarifier and aeration equipment categories with a similar US-based fabrication model.
• WesTech Engineering: WesTech Engineering designs and manufactures water and wastewater treatment equipment including clarifiers, thickeners, and filtration systems. It is a direct competitor to WAWCON in the same clarifier and aeration equipment categories serving municipal and industrial treatment plants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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