Customer stories


  • How GHD created a CCTV + GIS solution for Aqua America with Autodesk and Esri tools

    Aqua Pennsylvania provides water and wastewater services to 32 counties across Pennsylvania and operates more than 50 wastewater systems. They face the same challenges many water utility owners across the globe also face: finding ways to efficiently maximize the management of aging infrastructure. In 2023, they turned to GHD to help them create a system…


  • Trinity River Authority: Streamlining water treatment plant operations with an InfoWorks ICM digital twin

    Tasked with protecting and maintaining the largest river basin entirely within the state of Texas, the Trinity River Authority (TRA) has its work cut out for them. In the northern region of the Trinity River Basin, TRA operates five major wastewater collection and treatment systems serving municipalities in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in…


  • Dredging up the past at the University Lakes of Baton Rouge to build a better future

    We’ve been publishing lots of customer stories in the last few years, and we have a steady stream of new ones in the works, but every once in awhile we see a customer story from one of our partners that we want to call out for its good work. This past week, we saw that…


  • How small consultancies like Climate Adaptive Systems use Autodesk Water Infrastructure software

    At Autodesk, we get to interact with a diverse set of people throughout the water industry. From the world’s largest consulting firms all the way down to small businesses run by solo practitioners. While massive infrastructure projects often get the glamorous headlines, it’s important to remember that a large subset of the engineering field is…


  • Project Centre: Designing drainage for a solar farm in the UK with strict requirements

    Tasked with strict drainage compliance requirements for a solar panel farm in the UK countryside, Project Centre used their brand-new drainage software to streamline design workflows and achieve the results they needed. Solar farms are sprouting up all across the UK, and this green transition trend has become a bright spot in the UK’s economy.…


  • Mapping ‘Flash Flood Alley’: LAN built a digital twin hydraulic model for the city of San Marcos

    Headquartered in Houston, with 11 Texas offices and 5 more out of state, Lockwood, Andrews, and Newman Inc. (LAN) is a full-service consulting firm offering planning, engineering, and program management services. They leveraged the power of InfoWorks ICM to model and protect San Marcos for years to come. Along the busy highway corridor between the…


  • CHA Consulting is helping Florida utilities meet ambitious reclaimed water effluent regulations

    New regulations are challenging Florida water utilities to tighten up and ultimately eliminate all non-beneficial surface water discharges. CHA Consulting has been working to help utilities across the sunshine state find the right balance and stay ahead of statewide deadlines for compliance. Many thanks to co-author of this piece Project Engineer Parsa Pezeshk, who shared…


  • JMT: Protecting the City of Charleston with the Low Battery Seawall and modern drainage design

    Consulting firm Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) leveraged InfoDrainage to ensure improvements to the Low Battery Seawall in Charleston will protect the surrounding community from future flooding. Charleston has benefitted and suffered from an abundance of water since its founding over 350 years ago on a marshy peninsula along the Eastern Seaboard. Although being surrounded…


  • Bonton Associates: Technology is their key differentiator

    In the heart of Louisiana stands a dedicated community of water professionals. With deep multi-generational roots anchoring them to the lush wetlands, they exhibit a profound commitment to the communities they cherish and serve. Darius Bonton is a prime example of such dedication and expertise within this community. Impeccably dressed at seemingly all times, with…


  • Consor Engineers: Simulating sophisticated pump flows in a closed system

    Whatcom County (PUD) tasked Consor Engineers, a water and transportation infrastructure consulting firm, with conducting hydraulic modeling simulations to assess its current industrial water system and select new high head service pumps for a proposed new water treatment plant.