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Modern Engineering Solutions provides specialized water and wastewater engineering services for Houston developers and municipalities navigating the region’s most complex infrastructure demands. As Texas’s largest city with explosive suburban growth and stringent flood mitigation requirements, Houston requires sophisticated engineering solutions for treatment facilities, utility systems, and accelerated TCEQ permitting. Our professional engineering team delivers strategic infrastructure planning, cost-effective system design, and proven project execution for developers building master-planned communities and cities managing aging infrastructure replacement. We specialize in fast-track permitting strategies that compress 12-month timelines to 6-8 weeks while maintaining full regulatory compliance. Our commitment to developer-focused innovation and TCEQ regulatory mastery makes us Houston’s trusted partner for residential subdivisions, municipal utility expansions, and industrial wastewater projects that must be approved quickly and built right the first time.
Modern Engineering Solutions delivers breakthrough water and wastewater engineering excellence for Houston’s most challenging development projects. We specialize in precision-engineered systems for residential subdivisions, mixed-use developments, and industrial facilities. Our proven technical expertise in package treatment plants, alternative permitting strategies, and TCEQ regulatory mastery positions us as Houston’s definitive strategic partner for mission-critical infrastructure projects that must be approved quickly and built right the first time.
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Read MorePackage plants, extended aeration systems, and MBR facilities sized for 50 to 5,000+ homes
Capacity upgrades, process improvements, and compliance retrofits for aging systems
Gravity sewer layout, lift station design, and force main sizing for subdivisions
Looped systems, storage tank sizing, booster stations, and fire flow analysis
Domestic wastewater permits, irrigation discharge permits, and permit-by-rule applications
EPANET water models and sewer capacity analysis for master-planned communities
Irrigation discharge strategies to accelerate permitting timelines from 12+ months to 6-8 weeks
A: Yes. We specialize in reuse permits (irrigation discharge) that can be approved in 6-8 weeks through TCEQ’s permit-by-rule pathway. This strategy works for most residential developments and dramatically accelerates your project timeline, reducing carrying costs and getting you to vertical construction faster.
A: We’ve designed wastewater systems for projects ranging from 50-lot subdivisions to 2,000+ home master-planned communities. Our experience spans single-phase developments to multi-year buildouts requiring phased capacity expansion and MUD formation.
A: Design fees typically range from $15,000 to $75,000+ depending on project size, complexity, and permitting requirements. We provide transparent fixed-fee proposals after reviewing your site and capacity needs during our free consultation—no surprises, no scope creep.
A: Yes. We provide bidding support, contractor coordination, site visits during construction, and startup/commissioning assistance to ensure your system operates correctly from day one and passes final inspection without delays.
A: Absolutely. Many developers have us partner with their civil firm—we handle the water/wastewater specialty work while they manage grading, drainage, and roadway design. Seamless coordination keeps your project moving without adding another project manager to your team.
A: Yes. We’ve worked with dozens of MUDs across the Houston region and understand the bond funding process, reimbursement agreements, and documentation requirements. We can coordinate directly with your bond counsel and financial advisors to ensure smooth MUD formation.
Harris County | Fort Bend County | Montgomery County | Brazoria County | Galveston County
We provide water and wastewater engineering services to developers throughout the Houston metropolitan area, including:
Houston | Sugar Land | The Woodlands | Pearland | League City | Katy | Cypress | Spring | Kingwood | Missouri City | Friendswood | Humble | Baytown | Conroe | Tomball | Richmond | Rosenberg | Magnolia
At Modern Engineering, we use AI to eliminate busy work, deliver projects faster than anyone expects, and actually respect work-life balance. If you want to do real engineering—not just push paper—while helping build the growing water/wastewater firm in multiple states, let’s talk.