Hydro-Terra Group’s personnel bring over twenty years of experience to to wastewater systems construction projects, consulting with contractors, commercial and residential facilities, and government clients to develop cost-effective engineering solutions to wastewater challenges.
We will identify source reduction alternatives and pollution prevention opportunities to minimize the discharge of heavy metals, oil, and other contaminants into the wastewater system. We install treatment systems that provide de-nitrification and aerobic digestion for deep trench wastewater disposal, customized for each site to meet stringent Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) requirements. Our technologically-innovative methods will keep you compliant with all regulatory permitting for on-site wastewater systems.
Our On-Site Wastewater Services Include:
Feasibility studies, including soil and subsurface permeability testing
Nitrate loading and groundwater mounding testing and analyses
Wastewater treatment system design, build, and installation
Cost feasibility studies on pollution prevention alternatives
Evaluation of wastewater treatability
Development of small community water supply and wastewater disposal systems
Lakeview Mobile Home Park
Hydro-Terra Group recently designed, built, and installed a wastewater treatment system at Lakeview Mobile Home Park in Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland.
Hydro-Terra Group has extensive experience in wastewater treatment systems of all sizes, but we specialize in developing small community wastewater projects of this scope.
Lakeview Mobile Home Park was too large for individual septic systems, but did not warrant its own wastewater treatment plant, making it an especially well-suited project for our firm.
Walnut Grove Development
Walnut Grove is a single-family home residential community in the Little Patuxent River watershed, a Chesapeake Bay tributary in Howard County, Maryland, where nutrient loading from wastewater is a concern.
Although large-lot on-site wastewater systems were originally considered, alternative low-impact shared systems were developed use the site’s natural features in a more efficient way. These low-impact systems preserved more open space, including some areas of historical value. We were also able to preserve the view-scape from the access roads to Walnut Grove.
An innovative low-pressure sewer system (LPSS) collection system, sequential batch reactor (SBR) treatment system, and innovative drainfield distribution system were designed in compliance with Howard County and Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) requirements for public facilities.
Nutrient discharges were kept lower than prior agricultural use and well below drinking water standards.
We were able to find a low-impact solution to develop a professionally managed wastewater treatment and disposal system that significantly reduced nutrient impact to the watershed.
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Hydro-Terra Group – Helping People Sustain Earth’s Natural Resources With Innovative Solutions
Hydro-Terra Group, formed in 2009, specializes in water, wastewater, and environmental engineering services. We provide professional assessment, design, and permitting, and our staff has an average of over 20 years of “hands-on” experience in the Mid-Atlantic.
Pre-design services:
Planning, zoning, and development review support
Soils, depth-to rock and karst investigations with our in-house cone penetrometer
Hydrogeologic studies, fracture trace analysis, and well siting
Environmental assessment, monitoring, and remediation
Water supply services:
Well design, construction, and testing
Water balance analyses and Appropriation permitting
Potable water treatment system design and permitting
On-site wastewater services:
Feasibility studies, including soil and subsurface permeability testing
Nitrate loading and groundwater mounding testing and analyses
Monitoring well design, sampling, and monitoring
Wastewater treatment and disposal system design and permitting
PHILOSOPHY
Employee ownership is the cornerstone of HTG. Employees, as owners, are motivated to excel for our company and our customers’ success. Ownership builds employee satisfaction, commitment, and retention, and is directly linked to customer satisfaction and a long-term career at HTG.
Employee ownership attracts smart, talented people and inspires them to take initiative, act ethically, develop innovative solutions, and deliver outstanding value and productivity to our customers. Our personnel have long been the “go-to” people for our clients’ most difficult problems and have a reputation for succeeding on the tough jobs.
HTG’s purpose and vision are defined through our core values:
Hydro-Terra Group (HTG) is an innovative, employee-owned, small business comprised of geologists, environmental engineers, and designers, based in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland specializing in helping our customers manage our Earth’s natural resources – principally, sustaining clean water and soils.
HTG’s purpose and vision are defined through our core values:
