Acquisition synergy Aqua Strategies has joined Hazen and Sawyer in 2025, expanding resources and capacity. This signals cross-selling opportunities for Hazen’s broader client base in water resources planning, engineering, and science, leveraging Aqua’s niche expertise to deepen project scopes and win larger, multi-disciplinary engagements.

Small team leverage Aqua Strategies operates with a lean team (2-10 employees). This presents a clear cross-sell for larger firms’ support services, including program management, specialized analytics, and scalable delivery models to augment Aqua’s capabilities on bigger, nationwide projects.

Digital expansion Hazen launched DataTech and integrates diverse tech (Power Apps, BigQuery, ArcGIS, PostgreSQL, etc.). This opens sales opportunities for data-driven solutions, dashboards, and decision-support tools that Aqua can co-deliver or rebrand for utilities seeking enhanced data management and regulatory reporting.

Industry involvement Contemporary activity includes participation in WEF and AWWA events, and collaboration with WRc. These relationships indicate a market and thought-leadership positioning that can be leveraged to propose joint ventures, grant-ready projects, and access to high-profile clients seeking innovative water solutions.

Geographic and client potential With a coast-to-coast and global client outlook and WaterSMART integration in Canada, there is opportunity to target utilities and municipalities expanding capital programs, especially those needing integrated planning, design, and data-enabled delivery across regions.