Drinking Water Treatment Plants

With convenient lease programs and decentralized plants, AUC brings safe, clean water where it’s needed

AUC Group has the expertise to provide communities and industries with a reliable supply of high-quality, safe drinking water, regardless of location. With decades of experience in the water industry, AUC is a trusted supplier of drinking water treatment plants, with capacities starting at 10,000 GPD and scalable based on project needs.

Our drinking water treatment solutions are decentralized, meaning they can work independently of centralized treatment facilities. With no need for long pipelines to utilities, AUC can place plants anywhere, including in rural areas or remote locations.

AUC’s drinking water plants can treat well water, surface water, brackish water, or seawater using appropriate technologies to deliver a supply of clean, safe drinking water. These technologies include:

• Multimedia filtration
• Ultrafiltration
• Reverse osmosis

Streamlined Water Treatment Infrastructure

AUC Group offers customers several plant leasing or buying options. The in-house project management option offers several benefits:

• Efficient Engineering and Flexible Designs: AUC provides scalable water treatment plants that address each customer’s specific water challenges and are designed with the possibility of expansion. This allows customers to start with a small plant, keeping initial costs low, while offering the flexibility to easily and cost-effectively expand the system to meet growing demand.
• Shorter Lead Times: AUC’s engineers bring a broad range of expertise to the table. This results in quick submittal turnaround and better site coordination, reducing completion lead times from the usual 12-18 months to as little as 9-12 months, depending on site conditions and permitting jurisdiction. Additionally, for our Texas customers, our drinking water plants are certified and approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) before going online.
• Improved Cash Flow: With AUC’s flexible Lease Plant Program, customers can gain access to the water infrastructure they need without large capital outlays. Should their needs grow, additional capacity can be added and financed through a lease agreement. This model allows customers to finance the plant they currently need without impeding cash flow, and is flexible enough to accommodate future expansion.

Drinking Water Treatment System Capabilities

• Flow ranges: Less than 50,000 GPD to more than 1.5 MGD
• Treatment of groundwater or surface water
• Conventional and membrane treatment
• Storage and pressurization
• Conditioning

Decentralized Water for Growing Communities

Decentralized water treatment lets communities deliver capacity where it is needed without waiting for large centralized expansions. Locating appropriately scaled treatment close to demand reduces pipeline costs, shortens schedules, and better aligns infrastructure with actual growth.

Master-planned developments can use decentralized systems to scale treatment capacity with phased buildout, avoiding oversized early investments while maintaining reliable water quality.

Commercial sites benefit from fast, independent access to drinking water without relying on stressed municipal systems or costly pumping through miles of leak-prone lines.

Utilities facing expansion delays can deploy decentralized treatment quickly to relieve pressure on existing systems and serve new areas while centralized infrastructure catches up.

Delivery Models and Financial Flexibility

AUC offers multiple delivery models that let communities and developers align drinking water infrastructure with real timelines and cash flow. Options include the Lease Plant Program, purchase and lease-to-purchase options, short-term rental, and build-own-operate contracts.

These approaches reduce upfront capital requirements and allow projects to move forward without waiting for long-term financing or centralized system expansions. By matching infrastructure delivery to actual demand, AUC helps customers manage risk while maintaining control over water quality and reliability.