Water Management Associates

Water Management Associates, LLC (WMA) was formed in June 2004.
WMA's main mission is to distribute the SludgeHammer ™ Aerobic Bacteria Generator (ABG) system. In addition, WMA has vowed to develop and implement water management and conservation solutions that are sophisticated, practical, and affordable.

WMA members have extensive experience in their respective fields. Their expertise runs the gamut from civil and sanitary engineering, alternative septic system treatment, environmental planning, irrigation design and installation, water conservation, and more.

WMA also acts as the Responsible Management Entity (RME) for all wastewater treatment systems it distributes and installs. In 2005, the Wastewater Technical Advisory Committee (WTAC) for the NM Environment Department approved the SludgeHammer ™ System as an Advanced Wastewater Treatment Unit (ATU) for secondary treatment. The approval was based on two things:

Effluent test results provided by WMA.
That WMA serve as the RME to insure ongoing maintenance.

The SludgeHammer™ ABG system that WMA distributes is one of a kind. As an innovative, compact aeration device, the SludgeHammer turns a conventional septic tank and leach field into the most efficient, cost effective and easily maintained onsite wastewater treatment system there is. And what if you have a failing septic system/leach field? Installing the SludgeHammer™ ABG system will restore the hydraulic function of the leach field. Add subsurface, landscape drip irrigation to the mix and you will have the highest level of wastewater re-use, as well as contribute to conserving our precious and dwindling potable water supply.

Water Management Associates past and current projects:

Santa Fe and Bernalillo Counties: SludgeHammer™ System installations that include septic tank and leach field remediation, recycled effluent irrigation systems for existing and new landscapes, and land restoration in pinon-juniper woodlands.
Bernalillo County: Carlito Springs Park installation of a SludgeHammer™ System as a demonstration project in collaboration with the Bernalillo County Environment Department.
Rio Arriba County: WMA partners were hired by the Santa Fe Archdiocese to design and install a wastewater treatment utility for Santuario de Chimayo. The project includes a wastewater treatment system and an irrigation system to recycle treated effluent for a new landscape.
Governor Richardson’s Water Innovation Fund: WMA received a grant to test, under rigorous scientific conditions, SludgeHammer™ System with subsurface drip irrigation. The testing will assess the potential to achieve in-soil de-nitrification.

In addition, we have installed numerous residential and commercial SludgeHammer™ Systems to re-mediate failing septic tanks and leach fields, to assure compliance with new county/state regulations, and/or to recycle and reuse their most precious resource . . . water.

	Ralph Baker

	Richard Jennings is the principle of Earthwrights Designs. The company’s specialty is planning, design, and project administration for sustainable water management systems. These systems combine water conservation, active and passive water harvesting, effluent recycling, and landscape ecology. The objective of all designs is the integration of technology and nature.

	Michael Nelsen currently owns and manages EcoScapes, LLC, a full-service landscape company with an irrigation emphasis on water reuse-rainwater, greywater, and treated blackwater-aiming to eliminate the use of potable water supplies in their landscape designs and operation. Prior to entering the landscape-contracting field ten years ago, Michael had twenty years experience managing and owning restaurants in Santa Fe. He continues to make customer service a main focus in his role as a partner of Water Management Associates.

	Neil Williams, P.E., Engineer is the sales engineer for WMA. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in Environmental Science and Engineering from Rice University. During his 31 years of experience as a civil and environmental engineer, he has designed a variety of sanitary and industrial wastewater treatment and water supply systems. He has operated municipal and commercial wastewater treatment plants, and is well versed in the chemistry and process engineering required to clean wastewater to specified standards. With his experience in ground and surface water regulatory requirements, Neil helps clients get their projects permitted and stay in compliance. Neil also owns Watershed West, LLC a separate consulting engineering company that specializes in stream gaging, hydrologic monitoring and engineering for wastewater reuse and water harvesting systems.

	Terri Morris, WMA’s office manager.