With the experience and capabilities needed for a successful wastewater treatment project,
The Probst Group can manage your project from start to finish.
The Probst Group is known for driving the industry in the advancement of efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective wastewater management solutions. Among the advanced technologies we’ve helped pioneer, The Probst Group designed the first treatment systems in Wisconsin to consistently meet the stringent phosphorus discharge limitation of 0.075 mg/L that was set in place by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).
We offer a wide range of consulting services, from budget estimation to treatment studies. Some of these services include:
- Pollutant source analysis
- Waste characterization
- Permitting assistance
- Regulatory agency interfacing
- Treatability studies
- Pilot process testing
- Bench-scale demonstrations
- Process simplification
- Needs assessments and alternatives evaluations
- Estimated budgets
- Compliance reporting
- Grant or loan assistance
Our experts will visit your facility, review your processes, and provide services to assist in the optimization of your system. The hands-on approach taken by The Probst Group ensures complete understanding of your processes, your goals, and your challenges. Our team will provide assistance and expertise in any and all areas related to wastewater treatment, helping your plant to run the most efficiently and providing consistent, reliable results.
Our design team provides designs and drawings for every aspect of our clients’ projects, including applications and support.
- Conceptual design
- Preliminary design with budget verification
- Process design
- Facility design
- As-built documentation
- Instrumentation and control diagrams
- Plant layouts
- Permit applications
- Construction and equipment budget development
- Detailed construction schedules
No matter what your design needs are, the Probst design team is able to assist. Our design and engineering team has the knowledge and experience to assist with process selection, equipment sizing, equipment layout, selection of materials, and all other aspects of wastewater treatment. With extreme attention to detail, our designers ensure that every aspect of your treatment plant or upgrade is included in detailed plans and drawings. The utmost care and attention is put into every design to ensure that construction, start-up, and future use go seamlessly.
In addition to the design process, our experienced team of engineers and project managers can oversee every aspect of the building process.
- Equipment procurement and testing
- Subcontract awards
- Daily expediting
- QA/QC inspections
- On-site construction management
- Pre-start-up process testing
- Regulatory and municipal notifications
- Client financial and progress reports
Who’s constructing this tank? When are they supposed to be here? Where’s the equipment?
Construction can leave a lot of open questions when it’s not managed correctly. As part of The Probst Group’s full range of offerings, our team can oversee and manage every aspect of the building project.
Let our team handle the construction oversight, ensuring timely delivery of all materials and products for construction and start-up. We will contract with the appropriate sub-contractors and have members of our staff on site, to ensure that your project is done right, on time, the first time.
The Probst team is well equipped to handle post-construction services, including:
- Start-up supervision
- Agency notifications per permits
- Operations and maintenance manuals
- On-call troubleshooting
- Periodic re-testing
- Regulatory reporting
- Annual facility assessments and recommendations
- Continuous quality improvement recommendations
The Probst Group has experienced operators and engineers on staff to assist with post-construction issues and start-up. Our operators plan site visits weeks in advance of the start-up date to begin the process of prepping the system – and you can definitely expect them on site throughout the start-up period. They will ensure smooth start-up and be on hand to help rectify any issues that might arise.
On an ongoing basis, this same team of operators and engineers is available to troubleshoot your system operation. We can also assist with ensuring your facility is meeting its compliance needs and your plant is running as efficiently as possible.
Unique to the industry, The Probst Group offers wastewater treatment plant operations services. Additionally, we are please to offer full environmental lab and consulting services for your water and wastewater management.
- Facility management and oversight
- Contract WWTP operations
- Operator training
- Vacation, holiday, and emergency staffing
- Oxygen uptake rate (OUR) testing
- Filamentous identification/microscopic biomass analysis
- Jar testing
- Chemical toxicity verification, evaluation, and neutralization strategies
- Assist with WET testing
- Screen for toxicity
- Restore nitrification/remove ammonia
- Resolve effluent cloudiness
- Data analysis, evaluation, and troubleshooting
- F/M ratio
- Sludge age
- Volumetric loading rate
- Treatment capacity analysis