Civil – Environmental Engineering
OUR SERVICES
Civil – Environmental Engineering
LSSE Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Inc. (LSSE) provides comprehensive environmental engineering services with deep expertise in water and wastewater systems, environmental permitting, and source reduction programs. Our environmental engineering team has played a prominent role in some of the region’s largest and most complex infrastructure programs — including the ALCOSAN wet weather control program mandated under a Federal EPA Consent Decree with an estimated cost of over $3 billion.
Planning through construction phase services for over 162 miles of sanitary and combined sewers and 10 wastewater treatment plants.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Potable Water Facilities Engineering
- Potable water source of supply facilities
- Transmission mains & distribution systems
- Storage facilities, disinfection & pump stations
- Water treatment process design & optimization
- Hydraulic modeling & water loss studies
- & More
Wastewater Facilities Engineering
- Separate sanitary sewers & SSO elimination
- Combined sewer separation & CSO mitigation
- Pump & lift stations
- Wastewater treatment process design
- PA Act 537 facilities planning
- & More
Infiltration / Inflow (I/I) Studies & Source Reduction
- Flow monitoring, QA/QC & data analysis
- Flow isolation studies
- I/I source reduction design & implementation
- Post-project certification
- Consent order & corrective action plans
Hydraulic & Hydrologic Modeling
- Hydraulic & hydrologic modeling/analysis
- Hydraulic re-rating studies
- CSO/SSO characterization studies & evaluations
- Wastewater process optimization
- Stormwater utility studies
Environmental Permitting & Regulatory Compliance
- Chapter 94 reports & permit renewals
- NPDES permits & Chapter 102/105 permits
- Industrial pretreatment programs
- Rate studies & PA Act 57 tap fee analysis
- Consent order negotiations & corrective action plans
Vulnerability Assessments & Emergency Response Planning
- Water & wastewater vulnerability assessments
- Emergency response plan preparation
- Operation & maintenance programs
- GIS/asset management
Grant Assistance & Administration
- PENNVEST grants & low-interest loans
- State Revolving Fund (SRF) for sewer & water
- EPA & DEP special appropriation grants
- USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) programs
- H2O PA grants & loans
- Grant administration, reporting & compliance
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