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MWH Awarded Contract to Help City of Boulder Assess Water System and Future Needs

Posted on: Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 12:01 CST

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MWH Global, Inc., a leading provider of environmental engineering, construction and strategic consulting services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the City of Boulder to help assess the City's existing raw water system and identify future needs and challenges. Under the terms of the contract, MWH will work with the City to develop an evaluation plan that will help the City maintain its high water quality and supply levels into the future.

"Continuing to plan for Boulder's water supply and source water delivery infrastructure is critical to our City," said Joe Tadduecci, Utilities Project Manager for the City of Boulder. "We chose MWH to help us with this important plan because of their creative project approach, their key staff's knowledge of City facilities, and their experience performing water master planning studies."

The Source Water Strategic Plan (SWSP) to be completed by MWH will include an overview of the state of the City's raw water collection, storage and distribution system as well as an assessment of the future challenges that the system will confront. MWH will also identify and prioritize strategies for the ongoing protection of the quality and reliability of the City's existing water supplies.

"This plan will help the City avoid potential problems before they occur, while maintaining its track-record of consistently high-quality water supply standards," said Kevin Clark, project manager at MWH.

The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) most recent Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment notes that throughout the country aging water delivery infrastructure will require replacement or significant rehabilitation over the next 20 years. In addition, the report states that over the next 20 years, a $276.8 billion investment in the nation's water systems will be needed in order to continue to provide clean and safe drinking water. The report lists the installation of new infrastructure, as well as the rehabilitation or replacement of deteriorated or undersized infrastructure as areas of particular need.

About MWH

Headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., MWH is a private, employee-owned firm with approximately 6,000 employees worldwide. The company provides water, wastewater, energy, natural resource, program management, consulting and construction services to industrial, municipal and government clients in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, India, Asia and the Pacific Rim. For more information about MWH, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.mwhglobal.com/.

MWH Global, Inc.

CONTACT: Paul Lonnegren, +1-303-410-4017, paul.lonnegren@mwhglobal.com,or Resa Furey, +1-303-533-1931, resa.furey@mwhglobal.com, both of MWH Global,Inc.

Web site: http://www.mwhglobal.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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