Background & Highlights

 2006 Highlights

• Becomes a member of U.S. Green Building Council and earns LEED Accredited Professional Certificate
• Publishes design manual on small-scale wetland treatment systems which is the first publication of its kind to enable wetland design with confidence intervals
• Passes milestone of designing over 250 wastewater treatment systems worldwide

• Awarded distinguished "Grand Award" from American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for British Petroleum project in Casper, Wyoming
• Winner of "7 Wonders of Engineering Award" from Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE)
• Awarded Earth Day RUSDA project for Minnesota, City of Rutledge
• Formed strategic technology license alliance with Dharma Living Systems, patent holder of Living MachineTM . In addition, David Austin, leading designer of Dharma's Living MachineTM, joined the NAWE engineering team
• Formed collaborative marketing agreement with Ecological Engineering Group, license holder of Wastewater or Washwater GardensTM, SOLTRAN and composting technology
• Formed a teaming arrangement with Jacques Whitford, a geotechnical engineering firm in Canada, providing NAWE's constructed wetland expertise to their clients
• Formed a teaming arrangement with Weaver Boos, engineering firm in Illinois, providing NAWE's constructed wetland expertise in the landfill leachate market
• Hosted a delegation from Shenyang, China interested in NAWE's cold climate construction wetland technology
• Hosted a leading environmental engineer from Vietnam, Dr. Viet Anh, interested in our success in decentralized wastewater management
• Participated in a trade mission to SriLanka, providing education on NAWE's constructed wetland technology, a low cost alternative for wastewater treatment
• Obtained the 1st innovative permit in the state of Iowa for a constructed wetland
• Published articles; Urban Land (Sensible and sustainable development) and Canadian Environmental Protection (Cold climate wastewater treatment)

• Winner of the Environmental Management Excellent Private Sector award from Minnesota Environmental Initiatives
• Awarded Earth Day RUSDA projects in both Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Developed a denitrificaiton process and obtained first permit in Minnesota
• Vertical Flow Wetland patent (6,652,743) issued
• Expanded our technical staff by adding 5 environmental engineers
• Invited speaker at the Harvard University Conference; Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes (Scott Wallace)
• Developed the "Constructed Wetland" curriculum module for the Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment (Scott Wallace)
• Presented a paper on "Wetland and Drip Irrigation Technology" at the WEFTEC Conference (Scott Wallace)
• Speaker at the International Water Association conference in Avignon, France (Scott Wallace)
• Published articles; Land and Water (Engineered wetlands play a lead role in green development) and Environmental Protection (Constructed wetlands are an economical way to clean up petroleum contaminated sites)

• British Petroleum wetland started up in May; removes BTEX compounds to non-detect levels
• Boy Scouts of America: NAWE completes wastewater evaluation for Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
• NAWE completes 18-acre prairie restoration on a hazardous waste landfill cap
• Featured in Twin Cities Business Magazine in their "Firms To Watch" feature
• Drainfield Reclamation patent (6,576,130) issued

• Water Environment Research Foundation design manual for constructed wetland treatment systems
• Jackson Meadow development wins the 2002 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award for NAWE- designed wetland treatment systems
• NAWE selected by British Petroleum for design of a wetland system in Casper, Wyoming to treat 3,100,000 gallons per day of petroleum-contaminated groundwater
• Boy Scouts of America: NAWE Completes engineering evaluation of 10 Mile River camps in New York
• All technical staff become OSHA HAZWOPER trained in order to be able to work on hazardous waste sites
• Engineering evaluation of wetland systems in Akumal, Mexico completed
• Second Forced Bed Aeration™ patent (6,406,627) issued

• First Forced Bed Aeration™ patent (6,200,469) issued
• Cold-climate drip irrigation study completed for Geoflow, Inc.
• Wetland treatment system completed in Slovenia on behalf of the consulting firm OIKOS
• Forest Lake School District wins the 2001 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award for NAWE-designed wastewater systems
• NAWE selected for wetland design services at the U.S. embassy compound in The United Arab Emirates
• NAWE completes wetland system for the Boy Scouts of America (Northern Tier Wilderness Canoe Base)
• Six professional journal articles published
• DYNO2 system selected for National Onsite Demonstration Project in LaPine, Oregon
• Utility ownership model developed for Connexus Energy

• National marketing program started; four professional journal articles published
• Vertical Flow Wetland patent filings started
• Stream bank restoration project completed on the Rush River for Rahr Malting
• Wetland system completed for General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan
• Bena Brook wetland teaching laboratory completed for the Indian Creek Nature Center; featured in Wild Outdoor World magazine
• Designed drip irrigation system for Living Machine at Conserve School, Land-O-Lakes, Wisconsin

• Designed 3 of the largest sand filters in Minnesota for the Forest Lake School District
• Changes to Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 proposed by NAWE implemented.
• State of Minnesota hires NAWE to design first wetland for landfill leachate treatment
• NAWE wins the 1999 Minnesota Engineering Project of the Year for constructed wetland/drip irrigation designed for the City of Spring Hill
• Selected by CH2M Hill for National Park Service contract

• American Society of Civil Engineers publishes "Putting Wetlands to Work" in Civil Engineering Magazine
• Fields of St. Croix (first cluster development in Minnesota) wins the 1998 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award for NAWE-designed wetland treatment process
• Designed first wetland for cheese waste processing using Forced Bed Aeration™
• Cold-climate temperature monitoring program started
• Stream bank restoration project completed on 7-Mile Creek on behalf of Rahr Malting
• NAWE retained by Williams Pipeline to design wetland system to treat petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated wastewater

• Rahr Malting wins the 1997 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Award for the point/nonpoint source trading permit negotiated by NAWE principals. NAWE restores 180 acres of row-cropped floodplain back into native vegetation as part of the trading permit
• First patent filings for Forced Bed Aeration™ process
• First permit for a wetland treatment system issued by the State of Minnesota