When you need water and wastewater expertise on your project, add 49 years of hands-on industrial experience to your team — from process and equipment design to optimization, troubleshooting, training, and regulatory support.
From the first engineering evaluation to daily operation, we make sure your water and wastewater systems are reliable, efficient, and compliant.
A design guided by real engineering evaluation up front means fewer expensive upgrades later. We make sure the system fits the problem.
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Understand exactly what your consulting firm is recommending — and why — so you end up with a system built for your needs, not theirs.
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Mechanical, biological, chemical, and human factors all have to line up. We tune your process so treatment stays effective and reliable.
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When compliance or production is on the line, we help you act fast to stabilize the situation while defining the long-term solution.
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Training built around your specific system and staff — an investment that pays for itself in uptime and fewer upsets.
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We identify the regulations that apply to your facility and build a clear plan to reach and maintain compliance.
Learn more →A look at how hands-on process engineering turned costly, high-risk situations into reliable, compliant operations.
The situation: An industrial plant was using a combination of boiler stack gas and expensive carbon dioxide to lower the pH of its recycled water. We identified a more reliable, lower-cost path to the same result.
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The situation: Company leadership was concerned about the outcome of a large turnkey water and wastewater treatment plant project. We stepped in to lead oversight, protect their interests, and keep the project on track.
Read the case study →“John worked exceptionally well with the operations teams and has transferred much of his knowledge to build their capability and confidence.”
Tony Darnell
Consumer Europe Engineering Manager, Kimberly-Clark
Read the full story →“Without John in our team, we would not have been successful.”
Nicolas ODEN
Project Leader, Kimberly-Clark Europe
Read the full story →“I worked with John McKinnon for over a year on a particularly challenging capital project and throughout that time John demonstrated an exceptionally positive and focused skill set and attitude.”
Ken Baker
Managing Director, 4A Consulting Ltd
Read the full story →Industrial water and wastewater systems — including oil & gas, pulp & paper, food & beverage, chemical, manufacturing, logistics, petroleum refining, metal plating & finishing, steel manufacturing, carpet manufacturing, inks/dyes & coatings, paint manufacturing, adhesives, and kaolin clay processing facilities. Most of our clients are small to mid-size operations without a dedicated water and wastewater specialist on staff. If your plant treats water, we can help.
Yes. Companies often bring us in to work alongside their consulting or design-build firm — reviewing recommendations, providing oversight, and protecting the owner’s interests throughout the project. We also periodically join larger engineering teams as the water and wastewater process specialist.
Yes — this is one of the most common reasons clients call. Whether compliance or production is on the line or the system just isn’t performing the way it should, we work through the mechanical, biological, chemical, and human factors together to stabilize the situation and tune the process for reliable long-term performance.
Yes — we will evaluate the situation with you, examine potential emergency responses while investigating the root causes for the non-compliance. We can also recommend interim actions to achieve compliance while determining options for operating and physical changes to resolve the issues.
Yes — and it’s never off-the-shelf. Every training program is custom-designed for the client: we start by defining your specific process and what needs to be optimized, then build the operator training to match your facility, your system, and your staff.
We’re based in the Atlanta, Georgia area and work with clients across the United States — most work is handled directly from our office. John holds P.E. licenses in four southeastern states for engineering design work, and provides consulting support to facilities in all states.
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