Our Services

Planning

WRE works with local, state, and federal agencies to plan new projects and upgrade existing systems.

Analysis

WRE engineers combine strong academic backgrounds with practical experience.

Design

WRE specializes in the design of water conveyance/ storage/ treatment systems and structures.

Operation

WRE assists clients in preparing operation plans for new facilities and resolving operational problems in existing systems.

Maintenance

WRE assists clients in planning maintenance activities, prepararing Operation and Maintenance (O&M) plans.

Water Resources Engineering, Inc. (WRE) is an engineering consulting firm based in San Francisco, California.

Mission Statement

WRE’s mission is to respond to our clients’ technical, economic, and policy concerns by applying the skills of highly experienced professionals, using state-of-the-art knowledge.

Our History

WRE was founded in 1989 by Gustavo Arboleda, who remains the company’s President. Mr. Arboleda’s vision was for a small group of specialists dedicated exclusively to water-related work.

Responsiveness

As a small business highly dependent on repeat clients, we respond rapidly and effectively to requests from our clients.

Certifications

Certified Small Business, State of California. Certified Small Business, US Small Business Administration. Certified Minority-Owned San Francisco Local Business Enterprise.

WRE is dedicated exclusively to water-related work

While the water industry tends to subdivide projects in terms of the type of water involved (drinking water, stormwater, wastewater, recycled water), the skill set required to plan, analyze, design, operate, and maintain all types of water facilities is similar. WRE engineers are familiar with the storage, conveyance, and treatment of water, whatever the particular application.

WRE News

The Treasure Island Water System (TIWS) has recently changed ownership, having been transferred from the US Navy to the Treasure Island Development Authority.
The facility will ultimately be conveyed to the City and County of San Francisco. The City retained WRE to develop a reliable inventory of existing service connections and to document potential cross-connection hazards (such as irrigation systems, shipyards, commercial and industrial facilities). The inventory is critical for the protection of public health and the integrity of the drinking water system, and it will also help the assessment of operational and emergency response needs of the TIWS, as well planning and operations during island construction/renovation.
WRE completed emergency action plans and inundation maps for several Northern California dams
In June of 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 92, which set forth new requirements for dam safety. The legislation mandated that dam owners submit inundation maps to the California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), by the end of 2017. After approval of the maps, dam owners were also required to submit emergency action plans to the state Office of Emergency Services for dams classified by DSOD as presenting a “high hazard” in case of failure. WRE has assisted clients with the preparation of both inundation maps and emergency action plans for many dams and a variety of Northern California clients.
WRE assisted San Francisco’s Urban Watershed Management Program in updating the San Francisco Stormwater Design Guidelines (Guidelines), initially adopted in 2010.
The Guidelines are the implementing arm of the Stormwater Management Ordinance (SMO), which requires all projects above specified thresholds to manage part of their stormwater on site. WRE assisted City staff in integrating new policies, procedures, and technical tools into an updated version of the Guidelines, as well as revising materials to reflect post-construction requirements.
WRE was retained by the US Bureau of Reclamation to provide data and analytic support for Structured Decision Making (SDM) within the Fish Resource Area of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA).
WRE provided and refined tools that connect underlying data to more robust analyses that support continuous improvement of SDM within, between, and outside of the stakeholder agencies.

Our Projects

Our Services

Planning

Analysis

Design

Operation

Maintenance

A Few Facts About Us

Water Resources Engineering, Inc. (WRE) is an engineering consulting firm based in San Francisco, California.

Mission Statement

Our History

Responsiveness

Certifications

WRE is dedicated exclusively to water-related work

WRE News

Our Projects

Water Supply & Distribution

Stormwater & Flood Control

Wastewater & Water Quality Management

Water Conservation

Water Reuse

Water Resources Planning & Management

Water Infrastructure Design

Hydropower

Forensic Engineering

Physical Modeling