01 / 05 · Lead discipline

Water & Wastewater
Engineering

Hydro-technical design, FIDIC-grade construction supervision and donor-compliant delivery of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure — from feasibility study through commissioning and operational handover.

~430km

Sewer trunk designed

9

WWTPs planned

620K

Service population

25+

Years of practice

01 — Our approach

Water systems are
infrastructure — not products.

How HIDROING-DK thinks about water engineering — and why donor-financed programmes have returned to us for over two decades.

A wastewater treatment plant is not a deliverable that arrives on a truck. It is a fifty-year asset that a municipality, a regional water company and several generations of residents will rely on — and that the financing institution will return to audit, often a decade after handover.

Our engineering practice is shaped around that fact. Every assignment is staffed and structured so the same accountable team carries the project from feasibility through commissioning and operational handover — not just to the next milestone. The methodology that worked for one municipality’s master plan is the methodology we apply to the next municipality’s master plan, refined every project, abandoned for none.

When the data points to the harder, slower option, we recommend the harder, slower option. The cost of rebuilding wrongly-engineered infrastructure is paid by the public — not by the consultant. We treat that as a constraint on our recommendations, not a footnote.

“Twenty-five years, two hundred contracts, one methodology — refined every project, abandoned for none.”

— Practice statement

Why HIDROING-DK

Four propositions distinguishing the practice.

01 - One accountable team, end-to-end

Same engineers on file from feasibility through handover. No knowledge transfer at milestone boundaries.

02 - Donor-compliance is the default

KfW, EU, World Bank, SECO frameworks are built into our methodology — not a checklist we run at submission.

03 - Local team, international partners

Bilingual SQ/EN on-site presence with long-standing JVs with Lahmeyer, SRP Schneider, IGIP & Sachsen Wasser.

04 - Twenty-five years water-first

Continuous specialisation in municipal water and wastewater — not a side practice or recent pivot.

02 — Capabilities

What we deliver under this
discipline.

Twelve capabilities, grouped across the full project lifecycle. The same accountable team carries every assignment from feasibility study through testing, commissioning and operational handover.

01 · Studies & design

02 · Procurement & supervision

03 · Commissioning & handover

03 — Methodology

From feasibility to
handover.

A unified four-phase methodology applied across every water and wastewater assignment, refined over twenty-five years of donor-financed practice.

01

Feasibility & ESIA

Hydraulic modelling, alternative analysis, environmental and social impact assessment under EU and donor frameworks.

Typ. 6 — 12 months

02

Detailed design

Engineering design, technical specifications, cost estimates and FIDIC tender documentation issued for procurement.

Typ. 9 — 18 months

03

Construction supervision

FIDIC engineer role — on-site supervision, contract administration, claims review, environmental safeguards reporting.

Typ. 24 — 48 months

04

Commissioning & handover

Performance testing, defects notification, O&M handover training and post-commissioning technical review.

Typ. 12 — 24 months

04 — Trust & certifications

Audited. Verified.
Certified.

Independent third-party verification by Bureau Veritas across quality, environment and occupational safety — re-audited annually since 2016.

Certificate · HR011337

● Since 2016

ISO 9001

: 2015

Quality Management

Every deliverable is produced under a documented, audited quality-management system — from feasibility studies to FIDIC supervision reports.

Certified by

Bureau Veritas

Valid until

17.04.2028

IAF code

34

Certificate · HR010756

● Since 2025

ISO 14001

: 2015

Environmental Management

A formal environmental-management system covering ESIA delivery, donor environmental-social safeguards, and project-level environmental performance.

Certified by

Bureau Veritas

Valid until

22.10.2028

IAF code

35, 34

Certificate · HR010757

● Since 2025

ISO 45001

: 2018

Occupational Health & Safety

A health & safety management system covering office and site personnel — aligned with international standards for construction supervision and ESHS reporting.

Certified by

Bureau Veritas

Valid until

27.10.2028

IAF code

35, 34

For procurement

Tender-ready compliance

ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 satisfies pre-qualification requirements on EU, KfW, World Bank and SECO procurement procedures.

For project owners

A managed practice

Every assignment is delivered under a system audited annually by an independent third party — not by us, and not by the client.

For institutional clients

Long-term continuity

Continuous certification since 2016 — nearly a decade of audited quality management on file with Bureau Veritas.

Certified by

BUREAU VERITAS

— Italy Branch · Accredia 02138

05 — Standards & frameworks

Designed and supervised under
international standards.

EU Directive

91/271/EEC — Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

EU Directive

2000/60/EC — Water Framework Directive

Contract forms

FIDIC Yellow / Red / Pink Book

E&S safeguards

KfW ESF · World Bank ESS · SECO E&S Guidance

Donor frameworks

KfW · European Union · World Bank · SECO · EAR

Direct point of contact for technical scope, programme structure, ESIA and donor compliance on water and wastewater assignments.

E-mail

Telephone

06 — Selected references

Built. Operating. Auditable.