Water
A water partnership with CDM Smith is about much more than engineering. It's about thoughtful experts, powerful insights and smart decisions. It's an alliance to help you manage precious resources and get the most value from your infrastructure investments. Working together, we'll build stronger communities and a more resilient future.
How We Deliver
See our Work in Water
PFAS & Emerging Contaminants
Our scientists and engineers are working tirelessly to solve the world’s most complex contamination challenges. Explore our solutions to the latest threats to public health.
Meet Our Water Stars
Hampik Dekermenjian
Leading the Way in Water Innovation
As the leader of CDM Smith's Water Services Group, Hampik sets up the team to deliver effective results. With over 25 years of experience in the world of water, Hampik is known for keen analysis, technical savvy and his ability to build strong partnerships. A true believer in innovation, he helps shape smarter cities and more resilient communities.
Meet Hampik
Jane Madden
Net-Zero and the Next Generation
Since joining CDM Smith in 1984, Jane has led some of the most challenging wastewater treatment projects in the country. She partners with utilities in driving net-zero by effectively managing and recovering resources. And she's mentored an entire generation of CDM Smith engineers, setting them on a path for success.
Meet Jane
Buvana Ramaswamy
Driven to Make a Difference
From groundwater lowering systems to protect Egypt’s Temple of Edfu to FEMA floodplain mapping studies, Buvana is a hydrogeology mastermind. She regularly delivers key insights to projects including groundwater modeling, wastewater management and reuse studies.
Meet Buvana
Boynton Beach WTP Wins 2018 DBIA Award
Boynton Beach, Florida partnered with CDM Smith to design-build innovative water system upgrades that were required to move inland water to the coast, treat it, and blend it with water from coastal aquifers. The project’s Ion Exchange Resin Plant—the largest in the world—uses a state-of-the-art magnetic ion exchange pretreatment system to achieve drinking water standards while also removing odor and reducing chemical costs.
LA Water Plan Wins 2018 AAEES Superior Award
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power received the Superior Award for LA's Water Conservation Potential Study Targets a Sustainable Future, prepared in collaboration with CDM Smith. This first-of-its-kind study represents a critical step in developing the LADWP’s future water conservation program and achieving LA’s Sustainability Plan goals to reduce per capita water use by 22.5 percent by 2025 and 25 percent by 2035.
2018 Employee Photo Contest
This is the "water" category winner of this year's Employee Photo Contest! Check out the skills of our Water Category finalists and the winners in other categories!