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Engineering | Architecture | Planning

Water

TKDA helps source, treat, store and distribute water supply for commercial buildings, residential use, irrigation systems, industrial needs and fire protection. We understand that you earn the public’s confidence by providing consistent water quality hour after hour. Our integrated team of professionals partners with you to help plan responsibly for your water supply, structure your user rates, acquire capital funding and maintain the assets of your system. We incorporate forward thinking into planning and design for infrastructure and facilities with capacity for development that deserves the public’s confidence. This is at the heart of what we do every day.

Expertise + Integrated Solutions

With our expertise in water treatment processes and supply systems, we are equipped to provide comprehensive solutions for all your water-related challenges. Whether you require assistance with water quality improvement, treatment plant design or regulatory compliance, we have the experience, foresight and know-how to optimize your water management systems and provide sustainable solutions.

We are committed to providing innovative solutions to help you design and optimize water collection and distribution systems. We understand the importance of reliable collection and distribution for both residential and commercial purposes plus rural, mining and industrial sectors. We facilitate collaboration with our clients, water utilities and municipal authorities keeping social, financial and environmental objectives as a priority. 

Maintaining our underground utility systems to meet the basic needs of our communities is becoming more difficult as the competition for public funds and public right-of-way increase. As experienced professionals TKDA reviews your Comprehensive Water/Sewer System Plans to identify alternative approaches that reduce infrastructure costs. In addition, TKDA remains on the leading edge of underground construction technologies to assist clients with finding cost-effective solutions to critical infrastructure needs. With TKDA you can add these Utility Management and Pipe Rehabilitation Technologies to your toolbox of effective solutions.

Our team understands the complex regulatory landscape surrounding water resources and are dedicated to helping our clients navigate through it. Our team is well-versed in the latest environmental regulations and permitting processes, ensuring that your projects meet all necessary requirements. Whether you need assistance with obtaining permits, conducting environmental impact assessments, or developing compliance strategies, we have the expertise to guide you every step of the way. Trust us to ensure that your water-related projects conform to federal clean water standards and safe drinking laws, protecting your business and the environment.

Whether you require above-ground or underground storage tanks, reservoirs, or water towers, our team of experienced engineers will work closely with you to design and optimize a solution that maximizes storage capacity while ensuring efficient water distribution. Trust us to provide expert guidance throughout the entire process, from initial design to construction and maintenance.

Water Market Leaders

RUSTY STEITZ

Vice President, Facilities Engineering
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Our Culture

We want you to be involved! You will be encouraged to share your ideas, ask questions, and express your opinions. Our employee-owned culture fosters collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and open communication. Whether you are just starting out or you have years of experience, you will find a challenging and rewarding career at TKDA where your contributions will be recognized and rewarded. We’re always looking for great talent to join our teams.

Water Solutions

As experts in infrastructure and facilities for wastewater collection and treatment, drinking water supply and distribution, and stormwater management, we work with you to design and implement solutions specific to your needs. We collaborate throughout all stages of your project to streamline the complexities and manage schedule and cost impacts. TKDA understands the long-term value of rehabilitation and improvement projects. Our experienced staff designs flexibility into your infrastructure program, so you are prepared for ever-evolving requirements. Our team builds lasting relationships with you and your stakeholders to optimize, economize, protect, and extend the life of your water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities.

Water

TKDA can help source, treat, store, and distribute your water supply. An abundant and plentiful water supply is essential for your commercial and residential needs, irrigation, industry, and fire protection.


Wastewater

As a multi-discipline firm, TKDA can seamlessly integrate gravity sewer, lift stations, force mains, and treatment plant facilities with structural, electrical, controls and instrumentation, mechanical, and architectural expertise as required for any project.

Surface Water

TKDA is committed to delivering innovative and practical solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of each project. Trust us to navigate the complexities of surface water management and ensure the sustainable and efficient use of this vital resource.

Featured Water Case Studies

We take pride in our ability to solve complex challenges and create innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients. Our case studies showcase our expertise across a range of water projects, including wastewater and surface water.

3.3 Million Gallon Reservoir Project

To meet long-term water storage demands, the City of Rochester needed to replace two existing reservoirs with a single high-capacity reservoir. Working with Wallace Holland Kastler and Smith, TKDA assisted the Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) with the new 3.3M gallon reservoir design and construction.

Sherman Street Lift Station and Force Main

This project included two phases to upgrade the City of Saint Paul Sherman Street Lift Station and force main to increase capacity, improve reliability, and provide redundancy.

Hidden Falls Stream Underpass

TKDA prepared the drainage and structural design for the daylighting of the creek upstream of Hidden Falls, which was buried in the early 1900s and confined to a 48-inch storm sewer pipe when the property was used as a Ford Assembly Plant.

Our Culture

We want you to be involved! You will be encouraged to share your ideas, ask questions, and express your opinions. Our employee-owned culture fosters collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and open communication. Whether you are just starting out or you have years of experience, you will find a challenging and rewarding career at TKDA where your contributions will be recognized and rewarded. We’re always looking for great talent to join our teams.