Leading the Way in Constructed Wetlands

Since 2004, Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. has been developing and designing innovative wastewater projects using treatment wetlands and biofiltration that mimic nature. Our team of experts includes engineers who have designed over 100 constructed wetlands to address a wide variety of needs, many of which have won awards at both state and national levels. To learn more about this exciting technology, check out the topics below: 

1. Eco-Treatment Wetland Technology for Agriculture
2. Cost-Saving Constructed Wetlands for Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows
3. Constructed Wetlands as an Green Alternative to Wastewater Treatment Plants

News

• Bernardin Lochmueller Awarded Patent for CAFO Wastewater Treatment Wetlands

  • Press Release
    Jan. 17. 2012

    EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates (BLA), a leader in sustainable infrastructure design, recently received a method patent for its Eco-Treatment(TM) constructed wetland system to treat wastewater from animal confinement operations (Patent No. US 8,021,551 B2).

    Manure management processes by Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) have come under increasing scrutiny. Some CAFOs store manure in lagoons, until they can dispose of it, most often by applying it to fields. Environmentalists...

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• Everhart Joins BLA

  • BLA is pleased to announce that Willard "Chips" Everhart has joined the firm to concentrate on developing new market opportunities in the agricultural industry. His focus will be working with Confined Animal Feeding Operations to assist them with permitting, regulatory compliance, operational guidance and employee training with regard to permits and manure treatment systems. This will include marketing the BLA's patented Eco-Treatment System that uses constructed wetlands to treat manure lagoon effluent and other waste streams that result from the processing of agricultural products. Chips previously worked as Director of Environmental Affairs for Rose Acre Farms, one of the nation's largest egg producers. For the last several years, he has been actively involved in multiple research projects related to emission from high-rise layer houses. He has also worked on animal enclosure air emission studies in conjunction with Purdue and Iowa State Universities. His most recent research with the University of Minnesota entailed working on the USDA Agricultural and Food Research Institute projectfor mitigation of emissions from livestock operations.

• BLA Recognized on the Zwieg Letter's 2011 Hot Firms List

  • Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. was recognized as one of the fastest growing architectural, engineering, planning & environmental consulting firms in the United States. BLA was ranked 73 out of 176 firms. Read more.

    
• BLA Selected to Lead Regional Sustainability Effort

  • The Evansville metro area has been named as one of 45 regional areas to receive a grant under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) new Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Program developed to support more livable and environmentally-friendly communities. This new initiative is intended to build economic competitiveness by connecting housing with good jobs, quality schools and transportation. The Evansville MPO, the transportation planning agency for the Evansville-Henderson region, who submitted the application will administer the grant. The effort will also assist the Evansville Arts District by funding a detailed District Plan and will identify ways to encourage urban infill or redevelopment of underutilized commercial real estate assets.

    BLA will work with the Evansville MPO, along with a consortium of regional organizations in Indiana and Kentucky, to gather data, develop needed models, and establish performance measures and tools to assess livability and sustainability. Suggested actions and scenarios will then be evaluated to develop a regional plan. A primary focus of the RPSD will be on the relationship between housing and transportation. Transportation recommendations will address all modes including bicycle and pedestrian facilities; transit improvements; and roadway and bridge facilities.

• BLA Recognized as Patriotic Employer, Nominated for Freedom Award

  • BLA has been recognized for its support of employees in the National Guard and Reserve deployed in Afghanistan. The National Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve presented BLA with the Patriotic Employer Award after Kevin Johnson, BLA's Manager of Right-of-Way Engineering, recommended the company. Kevin is a Senior Master Sergeant in the Air Force Reserve and was deployed to Afghanistan from late 2009 to late 2010. He said he put in the application because of the support he received but more importantly for the contact and support his family received while he was gone. The award recognizes BLA for "contributing to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in America's national Guard and Reserve force. BLA is also a semi-finalist for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest employer award given by the Department of Defense.

• Southeast Indiana Office Opens

  • BLA is pleased to announce the opening of its latest office in Jeffersonville, Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. "This area of the state is experiencing rapid growth and BLA has been proud to be able to play a role in its success." according to Patti Yount, BLA's Project Coordinator for Southeast Indiana. Currently the firm is working on a variety of transportation and water resources projects for cities and counties in the region.

• BLA Up Over 50 Spots on 2011 ENR's Top 500 Design Firms

  • BLA is proud to announce that it's ranking in Engineering News Record's "Top 500 Design Firms" list has gone from 421 in 2010 to 365 in 2011, for a jump of 56 spots. The Top 500 Design Firms list, published annually in April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.