Climate extremes are reshaping our planet, endangering the natural world and our connection to it. As the landscape transforms, we aim to unravel the complex web of historical alterations to our water cycles, gently guiding these systems back toward equilibrium, while ensuring our solutions are both pragmatic and purposeful.
Enriching our environment with watershed-inspired thinking.
Healthy, Vibrant Watersheds
Our watersheds are stressed. Undisciplined urban development has overburdened our natural habitats with increased flows and unwelcome pollutants, compromising ecological and recreational benefits. To heal our watersheds, Craftwater is reimagining the urban hydrologic footprint and forging new scientific bases for regulations with a clear-eyed, pragmatic approach.
How we do it:
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Water quality policy and regulatory guidance
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Water quality scientific studies
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Municipal stormwater compliance planning
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Watershed modeling and strategic multi-benefit planning
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Stormwater capture feasibility and design
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Stormwater program management support
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Stormwater operations and maintenance strategy and planning
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Geographic Information System (GIS) services
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Environmental documentation and permitting support
Clean, Abundant Water
The water cycle is changing, and increasing water scarcity is putting pressure on our cities’ water supplies. While innovations in water efficiency, recycling, and desalination remain crucial, our work is poised to inspire a visionary change in water management strategy by harvesting a truly underused resource: stormwater runoff. Capturing stormwater and pushing it back into long-term water storage reserves allows us to more holistically manage our water cycle by replenishing our local water supplies.
How we do it:
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Water resources modeling and strategic planning
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Regional runoff diversion and capture design
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Stormwater harvesting and reuse (IPR/DPR) planning and design
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Demand forecasting and supply costing
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Drinking water distribution analysis and design
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Water utility program management
Safe, Resilient Communities
Flooding, coastal safety, and urban liveability are all pressing issues, driven by climate change, rising sea levels, poorly planned urban development, and aging infrastructure. We strive to create walkable, bikeable, drivable communities that can proactively resist the impacts of climate change. With so many overlapping goals, our clients are often faced with budgetary and practical constraints, so we help them understand the tradeoffs between difficult decisions.
How we do it:
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Landscape architecture and urban planning
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Flood modeling and drainage analysis (hydrology and hydraulics)
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Watershed and drainage master planning
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Drainage design
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Coastal resiliency
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Climate resiliency planning
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Transportation and mobility solutions
