A E Hodsdon Consulting Eng Inc - A E Hodsdon Pe

A.E. Hodsdon's philosophy for design is to give the community the simplest technology to treat the waste. In many rural communities, this is a stabilization pond or and aerated lagoon. When space is the problem, the more activated sludge facilities must be used. The firm's waste water design experience covers major municipal treatment facilities ranging from sand filters to stabilization ponds, to aerated lagoons to activated sludge. We encourage the simpler technologies instead of the more complex processes.

The firm's development of new public water supplies has been mostly groundwater sources from either bedrock wells or gravel packed wells. We encourage the use of high quality groundwater over the use of surface water. The life cycle costs of groundwater are usually much less than the costs of filtration for surface water.