EBI News for August 05, 2026 – Tetra Tech to design largest dedicated PFAS water treatment facility in U.S.

Tetra Tech to design largest dedicated PFAS water treatment facility in U.S.

Tetra Tech Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.) announced that the City of Dayton’s Department of Water in Ohio has selected it for a single-award contract to design advanced treatment solutions for what the company describes as the largest dedicated PFAS treatment facility in the United States, with a projected construction cost of $350 million. Under this eight-year contract, Tetra Tech will build on prior planning work to implement innovative solutions to address legacy PFAS contamination in the Mad River Well Field, which serves the City’s 70-year-old Ottawa Water Treatment Plant, generating 96 million gallons per day of drinking water. 

Clean Harbors announces 12% revenue increase in second quarter

Clean Harbors Inc. (Norwell, Mass.), a leading provider of environmental and industrial services, announced that revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, increased 12% to $1.74 billion compared with $1.55 billion in the same period of 2025. The company demonstrated “substantial momentum” in both of its operating segments: Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. Clean Harbors also announced a significant 10-year disposal contract with a customer that is expanding its U.S. manufacturing operations. The contract, which involves incineration waste and complex wastewater volumes, carries an estimated value of $600 million. Clean Harbors also announced an agreement to acquire ES&H, a regional provider of environmental and emergency response services in the Gulf region, for $305 million in cash. The field services company is expected to contribute about $90 million of annual base revenue and $5 million in cost synergies in its first full year. 

NTT Data and Engie partner on sustainable AI and data center growth

NTT Data (Tokyo, Japan), a global AI, digital business, and technology services company, and the multinational utility company Engie (Paris, France) announced a strategic partnership to support the “decarbonization, energy resilience and sustainable expansion” of NTT Data’s global data center operations. The deal combines Engie’s experience in renewable energy and low-carbon solutions with NTT Data’s infrastructure and technology capabilities. The objective is to move beyond a traditional supplier relationship, establishing a long-term framework covering renewable energy procurement, power supply and integrated energy solutions across select priority markets. This is a multinational arrangement that supports NTT Data’s global data center expansion strategy, with working agreements already signed in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.  

U.S. data center developers focus on existing pipelines as new capacity additions slow

Thirty-six gigawatts (GW) of new data center capacity were added to the U.S. pipeline in Q1 2026, down 19% from Q4 2025 additions, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. The decline extends a deceleration that has now run for three consecutive quarters. Quarterly additions peaked at over 60 GW in Q3 2025. Cumulative U.S. disclosed data center capacity now totals 331 GW, of which approximately 40% is under active development, according to Wood Mackenzie’s U.S. data-center pipeline Q2 report. Texas leads all states in cumulative planned capacity, now totaling nearly 100 GW, with Ohio remaining the second-largest market. New entrants focused on gas supply and land access are targeting states such as Texas and Utah, but only a small fraction of those are under active development. While 53% of projects have now passed permitting phases, this cohort represents just 32% of total pipeline capacity, underscoring the gap between project count and scale. 

Arcadis acquires Satel, declines WSP offer

Arcadis (Amsterdam, Netherlands) announced an agreement to acquire Satel (Zaragoza, Spain), a power design and engineering specialist with 250 employees. The acquisition strengthens Arcadis’ position in Europe’s grid modernization, renewable energy and hyperscale data center markets. Satel has supported over 6,500 MW of installed data center capacity across Iberia. Following the acquisition of KUA Group in Germany last year, this latest transaction further strengthens Arcadis’ power and data-center capabilities in Europe. Separately, Arcadis rejected ?an improved $5.7 billion offer from WSP Global, stating that the latest offer still undervalues the company.

Ecobot selected for inaugural Permitting Innovators Expo

Ecobot Inc. (Asheville, N.C.), the developer of a field data platform for environmental permitting, announced that the White House Council on Environmental Quality selected its Multi-Agency Field Data Platform for Environmental for the inaugural Permitting Innovators Expo. Permitting Innovators is conducted in collaboration with NASA under a 2025 White House directive to update permitting technology for the 21st century. Ecobot digitizes aquatic resource field assessments, spanning the frameworks of more than 10 federal agencies to provide structured, georeferenced, submission-ready data through Ecobot Collector for mobile field capture and Ecobot Manager for web-based data management. The Expo was held on July 31, 2026. Ecobot was one of the solutions selected in a field that included Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Adobe, Accenture Federal Services, Deloitte, AECOM, Jacobs, and ICF. 

City of Houston selects CDM Smith to expand water purification plant

The City of Houston has selected CDM Smith to provide design services for Project 1 of the East Water Purification Plant (EWPP) Enhancement project, estimated at $2.2 billion in construction. The EWPP design phase is scheduled for completion in 2028. The goal of the project is to expand the capacity of the existing water treatment plant by an additional 360 MGD, implement advanced drinking water treatment processes, and plan for future PFAS removal. The EWPP Enhancement project will provide drinking water to support 75% of Houston’s population or 1.8 million residents.

Jacobs secures Owner’s Engineer role for wind farm project in Australia

Jacobs (Dallas) has been selected by Tilt Renewables as Owner’s Engineer for its 288-megawatt (MW) Palmer Wind Farm near Adelaide, South Australia. The project will feature 40 7.2MW wind turbine generators which will connect to the grid at 275 kilovolts via two new substations and transmission line to an existing switching station. Jacobs will provide delivery phase services, including design and documentation review, construction monitoring, grid connection support, and site inspections. The project will be delivered under separate contractors for turbine supply and installation, balance of plant, and grid connection works. Construction is expected to be completed in 2028. Jacobs employs more than 2,600 people across Australia, operating from 13 offices.

Tetra Tech reports strong third quarter

Tetra Tech Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.) announced revenue and net revenue $1.31 billion and $1.11 billion, respectively, for the third quarter ended June 28, 2026. Net revenue increased 8% year over year, excluding USAID / DOS and episodic disaster response. Backlog was $4.49 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 5% sequentially. Chief Executive Officer Roger Argus commented: “We delivered a strong third quarter with growth primarily driven by U.S. federal and international end markets, both increasing at a double-digit rate. We received significant new orders during the quarter, including commercial orders for data center and sediment restoration projects, driving our backlog up by more than $200 million. The Company’s performance year-to-date resulted in our increasing guidance for fiscal 2026.”

Parsons announces second quarter 2026 results

Parsons (Chantilly, Va.) announced that total revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 decreased by 1% to $1.6 billion and was down 5% on an organic basis compared to the prior year’s quarter. Excluding the company’s “confidential contract and portfolio-shaping actions,” total revenue increased 8% and organic revenue increased 3% driven by Transportation, Space and Missile Defense, and Urban Development markets. Significant contract wins in the environmental arena included an additional $161 million to continue serving as the main construction manager for remediation projects on the Giant Mine program in Canada, one of the largest and most complex mine reclamation projects in the world; and an $84-million award from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection for the Newtown Creek Combined Sewer Overflow Storage Tunnel project in New York City.

MacKay establishes new Intermountain Region with Pioneer Technical Services

Infrastructure and environmental services firm MacKay (Vancouver, Wash.) announced the acquisition of Pioneer Technical Services (Butte, Mon.), an engineering and environmental consulting firm. The move establishes MacKay’s new Intermountain Region and expands the firm’s footprint across Montana and Idaho. Pioneer Technical Services delivers engineering, environmental, geotechnical, and construction services throughout the region from its seven offices. As part of the transition, Tim Ranf, president and CEO of Pioneer, will serve as vice president of MacKay’s Intermountain Region.

Triton Environmental acquires Arletta Environmental Consulting

Triton Environmental Consultants (Vancouver, B.C.) announced that it has acquired Arletta Environmental Consulting (Calgary, Alberta), strengthening its environmental consulting services across Western Canada. Arletta Environmental has spent nearly two decades helping upstream oil and gas operators manage environmental liabilities. “Arletta has built an outstanding business with an exceptional team and a reputation for technical excellence. Their expertise in liability management and asset retirement is highly complementary to Triton’s multidisciplinary practice and strengthens our ability to support clients throughout the full lifecycle of environmental projects,” said Jason Harris, CEO of Triton Environmental. Arletta will operate as a subsidiary of Triton.

Magnetic invention removes microplastics plus PFAS

Researchers from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Australia have developed a water treatment material found to rapidly remove micro- and nano-plastics and some PFAS. The invention, a dark adsorbent material that can be added to wastewater and separated with a magnet, builds on the team’s 2022 breakthrough in microplastics removal, extending performance to much smaller particles and more complex wastewater. Researchers said the advance addresses the challenge of removing nano-plastics at scale. In lab testing, the material removed more than 95% of micro? and nano?plastics within one hour. It also removed more than 95% of tested contaminants, including mercury, chromium, copper, dyes and ibuprofen, with about 80% removed in the first 15 minutes. The adsorbent material performed across common plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyester.