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Organization:

Afton Pumps, Inc.

Contact:Michael Derr
Title:President
Address:PO Box 9426
Houston, TX 77261, USA
Phone:713-923-9731
Email:miked@aftonpumps.com
Website:www.aftonpumps.com
Organization:

Aquatech International LLC

Contact:Todd Hathaway
Title:Manager Project Development
Address:1 Four Coins Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA
Phone:409-218-4950
Email:hathawayt@aquatech.com
Website:www.aquatech.com
Description:At Aquatech, we tackle the challenges of water scarcity and complexity by leveraging technology, expertise, and financing to deliver comprehensive solutions that reduce carbon and recycled water footprint. As a leading global provider of water and process technology solutions, we help the world's most recognized end users achieve their sustainability and operational goals by implementing innovative approaches for water reuse, desalination, minimal and zero liquid discharge, and critical minerals recovery. With desalination experience dating back to the 1950s, we are one of the few companies leading in membrane, thermal, and hybrid water desalination technologies. Throughout our history, we’ve developed cutting-edge desalination technologies, including low-energy Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO), Multiple Effect Distillation (MED), and Multistage Flash (MSF).
Organization:

Ardurra Group

Contact:Chris Canonico
Title:Principal
Address:3115 Allen Parkway, Ste 300
Houston, TX 77019, USA
Phone:713-540-5512
Email:canonico@ardurra.com
Website:www.ardurra.com
Description:With 1750 employees in 85 offices across the country, Ardurra is a Top 100 ENR-ranked, rapidly growing company of experts, engineers, and design professionals committed to delivering quality services and practical solutions in the fields of water, wastewater, transportation and public works. Over the last year we have tripled in size through involvement in major projects and strategic acquisitions that have expanded our resources, capabilities and geographic reach. Water. Ardurra has provided expert services in every aspect of water supply, treatment, and delivery. Our focus is on a multi-tier approach that addresses source water protection and sustainability, effective treatment processes and facilities design, operational efficiencies and asset management, and the reliable delivery of safe drinking water. Ardurra’s command of traditional and advanced treatment technologies and comprehensive knowledge of regulatory and water quality issues for safe drinking water enables us to help clients anticipate future conditions, maintain cost consciousness and advocate for the most effective treatment strategies.
Organization:

Bechtel Energy Inc.

Contact:Felipe J Suarez
Title:Sr Business Development Manager- Water CoE
Address:2105 CityWest Blvd
Houston, TX 77042, USA
Phone:715-235-5948
Email:fjsuarez@bechtel.com
Website:www.bechtel.com
Description:Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Bechtel serves the Energy; Infrastructure; Mining & Metals; and Nuclear, Security & Environmental markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Within the Energy business headquartered in Houston, Bechtel has a dedicated Water business line serving our customers with focused expertise and capability in both industrial and utility water treatment and conveyance projects, a significant portion of which, are in sea water desalination projects.
Organization:

Black & Veatch

Contact:Chris Munson
Title:Project Director
Address:920 Memorial City Way, Suite 600
Houston, TX 77024, USA
Phone:713-590-2278
Email:MunsonCM@bv.com
Website:www.bv.com
Organization:

Brazosport Water Authority

Contact:Ronald Woodruff
Title:General Manager
Address:1251 FM 2004
Lake Jackson, TX 77566, USA
Phone:979-297-2715
Email:rwoodruff@bwawater.org
Website:www.brazosportwaterauthority.org
Organization:

Brownsville Public Utilities Board

Contact:Jaime Estrada
Title:Director of Water & Wastewater Operations
Address:1425 Robinhood Drive
Brownsville, TX 78521, USA
Phone:956-983-6218
Email:jestrada@brownsville-pub.com
Website:www.brownsville-pub.com
Organization:

CalDesal

Contact:Glenn Farrel
Title:Executive Director
Address:925 L Street, Suite 600
Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
Phone:916-216-1747
Email:glennf@caldesal.org
Website:www.caldesal.org
Organization:

City of Portland

Contact:Randy Wright
Title:City Manager
Address:1900 Billy G Webb Dr.
Portland, TX 78374, USA
Phone:361-777-4510
Email:Randy.Wright@portlandtx.gov
Website:www.portlandtx.gov
Organization:

Corpus Christi Water

Contact:Andrew Molly
Title:Chief Operating Officer
Address:1201 Leopard St
Corpus Christi, TX 78401, USA
Phone:361-826-1853
Email:DrewM@cctexas.com
Website:www.cityofcorpuschristi.com
Description:About Corpus Christi Water For 130 years, the City of Corpus Christi has been vital as the water supplier for the region. Our commitment to 500,000 residents across the Coastal Bend is to plan, produce and deliver water that is affordable, drought-proof, sustainable, and reliable.
Organization:

East Central Special Utility District

Contact:Brandon Rohan
Title:General Manager
Address:PO Box 570
Adkins, TX 78101, USA
Phone:210-649-2383
Email:brohan@ecsud.com
Website:www.eastcentralsud.org
Organization:

East Rio Hondo Water Supply Corporation

Contact:Brian E Macmanus
Title:General Manager
Address:PO Box 621
Rio Hondo, TX 78583, USA
Phone:956-247-7815
Email:bemacmanus@erhwsc.com
Website:www.erhwsc.com
Organization:

El Paso Water

Contact:Scott Reinert, PE
Title:Water Resources Manager
Address:1154 Hawkins Blvd.
El Paso, TX 79925, USA
Phone:915-594-5579
Email:SReinert@epwater.org
Website:www.epwater.org
Description:Our Mission is to provide our customers a sustainable water supply and the highest quality water services to enhance the vitality of El Paso. Our Vision is to be an international model for water resource innovation, respected and trusted by our customers for our leadership in delivering sustainable water services to a thriving El Paso community.
Organization:

Envision Water

Contact:Justin Sutherland, PhD, PE
Title:Principal
Address:10400 W. Overland Rd., Suite 194
Boise, ID 83709, USA
Phone:512-529-7602
Email:jsutherland@envisionwater.com
Website:www.envisionwater.com
Organization:

Ferguson Waterworks -Strategic Business Group

Contact:Tom Ellis
Title:Business Development Manager
Address:160 County Road 262
Georgetown, TX 78633, USA
Phone:512-635-1865
Email:tom.ellis@ferguson.com
Website:www.ferguson.com/waterworks
Description:Ferguson plc is a leading value-added distributor in North America providing expertise, solutions and products from infrastructure, plumbing and appliances to HVAC, fire, fabrication and more. We exist to make our customers" complex projects simple, successful and sustainable. Ferguson is headquartered in the U.K., with its operations and associates solely focused on North America and managed from Newport News, Virginia. It has two segments: Ferguson Enterprises, LLC (United States).
Organization:

Foster CM Group, Inc.

Contact:William 'Hank' Waggy
Title:Program Manager
Address:4607 Avery Way
San Antonio, TX 78261, USA
Phone:210-845-0422
Email:hwaggy@fostercmgroup.com
Website:www.fostercmgroup.com
Organization:

Garney Construction

Contact:Joey Guerrero
Title:Assoc. DBIA
Address:1772 W Sam Houston Parkway N
Houston, TX 77043, USA
Phone:346-550-2457
Email:joey.guerrero@garney.com
Website:www.garney.com
Organization:

Gulf Coast Water Authority

Contact:Brandon E. Wade, MPA, PE
Title:General Manager/CEO
Address:4243 Emmett F Lowry Expressway
Texas City, TX 77591, USA
Phone:409-502-2896
Email:bwade@gcwatx.gov
Website:www.gulfcoastwaterauthoritytx.gov
Description:A political subdivision of the State of Texas created and operating under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59; Chapter 712 of the Constitution of Texas, Acts of the 59th Legislature of Texas, Regular Session, 1965 compiled as Article 8280-339, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as amended.
Organization:

IDE Americas, Inc.

Contact:Mark M. Ellison
Title:Director Business Development - Texas
Address:7404 Brickyard Court
Austin, TX 78745, USA
Phone:979-676-2601
Email:marke@ide-tech.com
Website:www.ide-tech.com
Description:A world leader provider of desalination and water treatment solutions, IDE specializes in the development, engineering, construction, and operation of some of the world’s largest and most advanced thermal and membrane desalination facilities and industrial water treatment plants. IDE partners with a wide range of customers – Municipal and Industrial – on all aspects of water treatment and delivers quality projects worldwide. For more information, visit www.ide-tech.com.
Organization:

IDE Technologies

Contact:Chris Morss
Title:North America Director P3
Address:5050 Avenida Encinas, Suite 250
Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA
Phone:760-583-6699
Email:chrism@ide-tech.com
Organization:

Kiewit

Contact:Josh Tebbe
Title:Business Development Manager
Address:2050 Roanoke Rd
Westlake, TX 75626, USA
Phone:405-439-3692
Email:josh.tebbe@kiewit.com
Website:www.kiewit.com/markets/water
Description:As one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations, Kiewit has delivered nearly 2,000 projects in the past 70 years that deal with the treatment, storage or conveyance of water. Kiewit is an integrated, single-source solutions provider for all aspects of water systems in the following markets: Water treatment; Wastewater treatment and biosolids management; Desalination and water reuse; Industrial water/wastewater; Dams, storage and hydropower; Pump stations and conveyance. Kiewit drives quality by mitigating risk and fostering cost and schedule certainty through a construction-focused and integrated, practical approach. It designs with the end top of mind, only with true implementation forming the parameters of project success.
Organization:

Laguna Madre Water District

Contact:Charles F Ortiz, PE
Title:District Engineer
Address:105 Port Road
Port Isabel, TX 78578, USA
Phone:956-943-2626
Email:cortiz@lmwd.org
Website:www.lmwd.org
Description:Laguna Madre Water District is a Municipal Utility District operating under Chapter 54 and under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, providing water and sewer services to the communities of South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and unincorporated land and property in the vicinity. The District owns and operates water treatment facilities on the mainland for these coastal communities with distribution lines crossing Laguna Madre Bay to serve South Padre Island. District was created by order of the Commissioner's Court of Cameron County, Texas, on December 5, 1950. Formerly known as Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1, the Board of Directors changed the name to Laguna Madre Water District on November 8, 1995.
Organization:

Localized Water Solutions, LLC

Contact:Joseph Lamy
Title:CEO
Address:1717 W 6th Street, Suite 212
Austin, TX 78703, USA
Phone:512-431-0122
Email:joe.lamy@localizedwater.com
Website:www.localizedwater.com
Organization:

Norris Water, LLC

Contact:Bill Norris, PE
Title:Principal
Address:118 Desert Forest CT
Lakeway, TX 78550, USA
Phone:512-983-1449
Email:bnorris@norriswater.com
Website:www.norriswater.com
Description:Joseph W. (Bill) Norris, P.E., is pleased to announce the formation of Norris Water, LLC, effective January 1, 2025. Based in Austin, Texas, Norris Water provides innovative solutions backed by extensive statewide expertise and a proven track record of global experience. Focused solely on consulting services in water supply planning and desalination, Norris Water offers unbiased recommendations with no financial stake in design or construction. This ensures objective, client-centered solutions tailored to each project’s unique needs.
Organization:

NorrisLeal, LLC

Contact:Jose Leal, PE
Title:Senior Project Manager
Address:1222 east Tyler Ave., Ste. C
Harlingen, TX 78550, USA
Phone:956-423-7409
Email:jose.leal@norrisleal.com
Website:www.norrisleal.com
Description:NorrisLeal, LLP, is a fresh take on decades of proven engineering expertise plus outside-the-box thinking that combines the best of both traditional and innovative technologies, including brackish and seawater desalination and water reuse. The company is anchored by Jesus Leal, former principal of NRS Consulting Engineers, and David Pettry, and supported by a cadre of skilled and adept in-house project managers, draftsmen, and accounting and administrative staff, as well as outside consultants in fields ranging from modeling to economics and finance to governmental relations and public outreach and creative financing and construction capabilities. NorrisLeal has decades of experience in the planning, design, and project management of municipal and industrial water and wastewater facilities, in the research and application of advanced treatment methods of potable and reclaimed water, and extensive expertise in the design and implementation of pilot and full scale brackish groundwater and seawater desalination facilities. NorrisLeal principals have been instrumental in the expansion of brackish groundwater desalination in Texas. More information at www.NorrisLeal.com.
Organization:

North Alamo Water Supply Corporation

Contact:Steven P Sanchez
Title:General Manager
Address:420 S. Doolittle Road
Edinburg, TX 78542, USA
Phone:956-383-1618
Email:nawsc_sps@hotmail.com
Website:www.nawsc.com
Organization:

Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Contact:Sarah Garza
Title:Director of Environmental Planning & Compliance
Address:222 Power Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78403, USA
Phone:361-882-5633
Email:sarah@pocca.com
Website:www.portofcc.com
Description:The Port of Corpus Christi has been in operation since 1926 and has since become the 3rd largest port in the United States, based on total revenue tonnage, and the 2nd largest exporter of crude oil. The Port boasts a 47-foot-deep channel, three Class I railroads - BNSF, KCS and UP - and a location adjacent to connecting Texas highways, Interstate 37 and Highway 181. With all these assets at our disposal, our mission is and always will be to leverage commerce to drive prosperity for Corpus Christi and the coastal bend.
Organization:

R W Harden & Associates, Inc.

Contact:Kevin Spencer, PG
Title:Principal
Address:9009 Mountain Ridge Drive, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78759, USA
Phone:512-345-2379
Email:kevin.spencer@rwharden.com
Website:rwharden.com
Organization:

Seven Seas Water Group

Contact:Kasy Stinson
Title:Project Developer
Address:14400 Carlson Circle
Tampa, FL 33626, USA
Phone:727-510-9340
Email:kstinson@7seaswater.com
Website:www.sevenseaswater.com
Description:Seven Seas Water Group is a multinational developer, focused on owning and operating decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants and businesses. Our priority is to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective water and wastewater treatment solutions through our Water-as-a-Service® approach. We form long-lasting partnerships with our clients for a sustainable future by addressing water management challenges through our engineering experience, operational excellence, and financial resources. We design, build, acquire, refurbish, and operate our plants to perform at maximum efficiency, guaranteeing price, water quality, and quantity.
Organization:

TRE & Associates, LLC

Address:6101 W. Courtyard Drive, Building 1, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78730, USA
Website:www.tr-eng.com
Description:TRE is a multi-disciplinary civil engineering firm providing services to public and private sector clients. From the public sector, TRE has supported cities and utility districts in preliminary evaluation and the subsequent design of water and wastewater system improvements that have included reverse osmosis water treatment and wastewater treatment plants, lift stations and force mains, booster pump stations, elevated storage tanks, water transmission mains, and wastewater interceptors. In representing these clients TRE has made presentations supporting projects to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the United States Army Corp of Engineers. In addition to utility infrastructure design, TRE representatives have provided engineering support to roadway projects funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, and Central Texas Mobility Authority. This has included the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates, and subsurface utility engineering. TRE is a certified Women Business Enterprise and Minority Business Enterprise by the City of Austin. The firm also maintains a Historically Underprivileged Business certification with the State of Texas, a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification with the Texas Department of Transportation, and a Women Business Enterprise certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.
Organization:

TechPM

Contact:Fernando Rico, Jr, PE
Title:Consultant
Address:508 Castile
El Paso, TX 79912, USA
Phone:915-491-8642
Email:frico002@elp.rr.com
Organization:

Texas Desalination Association

Contact:Kyle Frazier
Title:Executive Director
Phone:512-217-1854
Email:jkf1@fastmail.com
Website:www.texasdesal.com
Organization:

Texas Rural Water Association (TRWA)

Contact:Lara Zent
Title:Executive Director & General Counsel
Address:1616 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701, USA
Phone:512-472-8591, x101
Email:lara.zent@trwa.org
Website:www.trwa.org
Organization:

Texas Tech University

Contact:W. Shane Walker, PhD, PE
Title:Professor
Address:Box 41023
Lubbock, TX 79409-1023, USA
Phone:806-834-0823
Email:Shane.Walker@ttu.edu
Website:www.depts.ttu.edu/waterresources
Description:The Texas Tech Water Resources Center is a premier academic research team with expertise in water resources and environmental engineering, including the desalination of brackish groundwater and produced water.
Organization:

Water Desalination Report

Contact:Tom Pankratz
Title:Editor
Address:P.O. Box 75064
Houston, TX 77234, USA
Phone:281-857-6571
Email:tp@globalwaterintel.com
Website:www.desalination.com
Description:Water Desalination Report (WDR) is a weekly publication of Global Water Intelligence, which has been following the global desalination and membrane market industry since 1965. For more information, visit www.desalination.com.

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