Aqua Engineers, Inc., on of the state's largest water and wastewater management company, was awarded The Secretary of the Army Sustainability Team Award by the US Army Garrison-Hawaii.

Kaua'i-based Aqua Engineers was cited for its role in developing an In-Plant Water Reuse System at the Schofield Barracks Wastewater Treatment Plant. Aqua Engineers recommended new technologies that reduced the plant's output of nitrogen and phosphates and enabled it to provide premium recycled water that is being used for in-plant operations and various landscape watering systems instead of potable water.