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MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES, URBAN PLANNING + DESIGN
What to Know as You Grow
City leaders: Feeling growing pains in your community? Here’s timely advice for managing growth by planning for it together with your constituents.

Wendy Shabay Bonneau
Urban Planner

Building Resilience For a Harris County Waterway
Innovative repairs have helped reduce flooding risks for a North Houston neighborhood.
Learn MoreMark Evans
TWDB Funding Now Available to Address Emerging Contaminants
Water and wastewater agencies have until June 7 to apply for $60 million in new funding for projects to help reduce exposure to emerging contaminants such as PFAS.
Learn MoreAward-Winning Biosolids Facility Provides Innovative Solution for Wastewater Byproducts
The City of Fort Worth’s new facility incorporates several first-of-its-kind innovations, including the largest rotary drum dryer in the world in a biosolids application.
Learn MoreWeatherford’s Innovative Reuse System Wins Texas Water Award
The City of Weatherford picked up a Texas Water Award for its innovative approach in providing an additional water source for the growing community. Congratulations to the project team behind the city’s Indirect Potable Reclaimed Water System.
Learn MoreDavid Buzan
What’s Wrong With Your Water? Our Scientists Can Help Identify Problem Microbes
Our team’s expertise in microscopic analysis can lead to solutions that protect water quality for humans, plants and marine life.
Learn MoreAngling For the Right Pump Room Light
Applying principles of geometry and physics, our electrical team devised specialized solutions for a lighting challenge.
Learn MoreMark Evans
TWDB Opens Solicitation for Lead Service Line Replacement Projects
Texas public water systems have a new opportunity to pay for the replacement of lead pipes in their districts, as part of the distribution of funds from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Learn MoreEPA Proposes New PFAS Regulations for Drinking Water
New PFAS limits could significantly impact vulnerable public water systems. Learn more about the proposal and how Freese and Nichols can help you.
Learn MoreRebekah Gates
Current Drought Conditions in the United States
Learn the details of drought conditions in states across the Southwest and Southeast.
Learn MoreBioengineering and Sustainable Tools for Emergency Streambank Repair at Salem Creek
The City of Winston-Salem was able to successfully use bioengineering and a variety of other natural and sustainable tools to restore the Salem Creek stream after emergency erosion, as well as resolve sediment challenges and reduce future erosion issues.
Learn MoreRhys Wilson
How to Simplify Your Development Code Update
These tips can help make the challenging code-revision process more manageable.
Learn MoreHazardous Roadway Overtopping Mitigation (HROM): Managing a Multitude of Road Flood Hazards
After roadway flooding led to multiple deaths in 2018, the City of Fort Worth stepped up its efforts to improve public safety. The City reevaluated priorities for its Stormwater Division and enlisted help from Freese and Nichols to reduce roadway overtopping. Read more about this ACEC Texas award-winning project.
Learn MoreFeatured Authors
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Wendy Shabay Bonneau
Urban Planner
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Craig Wells
Client Services Leader
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Nina Reins
Water Resources Engineer
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David Jackson
Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineer
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Adam Conner
Hydrologist