About Us

Living Waters Consultants is an award-winning team of Consulting Engineers and Scientists.  We provide environmentally sound, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to convert degraded streams, lakes and wetlands into community assets.  Clients include a range of federal, state, and municipal government agencies, institutions, and organizations. Our Mission is to enable our clients to meet their goals. Our Vision is to allow our clients to become the best environmental stewards practicable. To this end, we have assisted our clients with the acquisition of $3.0M in grant funding for project implementation. 

Engineering and Scientific Services include Stream Restoration (Natural Channel Design Engineering, Stream Stabilization, Dam Removal, Habitat Enhancement), Water Resources Engineering (Stormwater, Flooding, Computer Modeling, Erosion Control), Lake Management Consulting (Weed Control, Dredging Design, Water Quality Control), Wetland Consulting (Delineations, Habitat), Watershed Planning, Fish & Wildlife Surveys, and Grant Funding Acquisition. Staff members include Eco-Hydrologists, Civil Engineers, Ecologists, Wetland Scientists, Fluvial Geomorphologists,  Limnologists, and Landscape Architects.

Awards and honors include American Public Works Association (APWA) - Project of the Year, APWA - Technical Innovation Award, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Merit Award - Engineering Excellence, ACEC Merit Award - Water Resources, National Visionary Award - Top 5 Team Finalist, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission - Stormwater Community of the Year (client award), several U.S. EPA and Chicago Wilderness - Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards, and American Society of Landscape Architects - Illinois Chapter Honor Award.

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