About BioTerraVa
Senior Water & Wastewater Engineering, Delivered Personally
BioTerraVa is a boutique water and wastewater engineering practice serving municipalities, industrial operators, and rural communities with direct senior P.Eng. involvement from first review to final deliverable.
Who We Are
Engineering Built for Real Operating Conditions
Founded on the belief that clients paying for senior engineering should receive senior engineering, BioTerraVa combines practical field experience, regulatory understanding, and implementation-focused thinking across the full lifecycle of water and wastewater projects. From compliance audits and process troubleshooting to plant expansion and EPC delivery, every engagement is guided with hands-on accountability.
BioTerraVa Technologies Inc. is a boutique engineering company focused on water and wastewater infrastructure. We work with organizations that need more than generic consulting advice: municipalities under compliance pressure, industrial facilities facing difficult effluent challenges, and rural or remote communities that need robust systems designed for long-term operation. Our model is deliberately different from the large-firm approach. At BioTerraVa, senior expertise stays close to the work.
What We Do
Full-Lifecycle Water & Wastewater Engineering
BioTerraVa delivers water and wastewater engineering across the path from diagnosis to implementation. Our work includes compliance audits, WWTP expansion and debottlenecking, industrial wastewater treatment, PFAS strategy, biosolids and resource recovery, operations support, and full EPC project delivery. Project experience spans systems from small community infrastructure to major treatment plants up to 700,000 m³/day.
🔍 Audits & Strategy
Compliance audits, capacity studies, PFAS sampling programs, and regulatory pathway planning for municipalities and industrial facilities.
🏗 EPC Project Delivery
Full Engineer–Procure–Construct delivery from concept to commissioning for plants 400 m³/day to 700,000 m³/day.
⚗ Industrial Treatment
Heavy metals, COD spikes, variable pH, and toxic organics across 12+ sectors including steel, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas.
🧪 PFAS & Emerging Contaminants
Source control programs, treatment technology screening, and biosolids management for regulated and emerging contaminants.
♻ Operations & Recovery
Biosolids valorisation, nutrient recovery, sludge stabilization, and circular water systems with patent-pending technology.
🚨 Emergency Response
EMAOP advanced oxidation units deploy within 72 hours for WWTP overflow, overload, and CSO events.
Who We Serve
Three Core Client Groups, One Senior Engineer
🏛 Municipalities & Utilities
Plant expansion, nutrient removal, biosolids management, and regulatory strategy. We help municipalities defer capital through capacity audits and optimize existing infrastructure before building new.
🏭 Industrial Facilities
Complex wastewater streams across 12+ sectors: food & beverage, dairy, oil & gas, textiles, pharmaceuticals, steel, metal finishing, and landfill leachate. Source control, treatment design, and compliance assurance.
🍁 Rural & Remote Communities
Practical, operable systems backed by training, long-term support, and realistic implementation planning. Packaged plants designed for local operators and winter conditions.
Why BioTerraVa
Boutique P.Eng. Expertise, Without the Big-Firm Overhead
👤 Direct Senior Delivery
Every engagement is delivered personally by Medhat Gad, P.Eng., PMP — not delegated to junior staff. That means faster technical clarity, more practical decision support, and greater accountability.
🔧 Real-World Upgrade Constraints
We understand regulations, budget cycles, plant constraints, operational continuity, and the practical realities of commissioning and handover — because we have lived them across four continents.
🌊 Multi-Sector Wastewater Depth
12+ industrial sectors, municipal systems to 700,000 m³/day, and remote community packaged plants. The same senior engineer who designs your solution has operated plants at scale.
⚡ Response-Oriented Engagement
Initial response within 1 business day. Fixed-fee proposals with defined deliverables. 90-day post-delivery check-ins included. No surprise billing, no handoff to unfamiliar staff.
Innovation
Innovation Grounded in Practice
Innovation at BioTerraVa is driven by field problems, not by theory alone. Our proprietary technology platform includes four provisional patents filed April 2026 — the BOFS Valorization Process, VASCGBC-M Composite Media, Terra BPC Thermochemical Process and the Integrated Combination System — all at TRL 4 bench-scale validation at the University of Western Ontario with support from OCI and IPON.
This work reflects a broader commitment to practical innovation in contaminant treatment, biosolids valorisation, nutrient recovery, and circular resource use. We also bring published research experience in advanced oxidation, sludge stabilization, and biological treatment enhancement to inform real project decisions.
BOFS Valorisation
Converts steel slag waste into premium water treatment media — dual revenue from one waste stream.
VASCGBC-M Media
Engineered biochar with 10–12× phosphorus loading vs. conventional biochar.
Terra BPC Process
Three-output circular pyrolysis: biochar + wood vinegar + syngas from municipal biosolids.
Integrated Circular System
BOFS + VASCGBC-M + Terra BPC combined with anaerobic digestion biogas enhancement.
Technical Advisory Board
Independent Scientific Guidance Behind Every Engagement
BioTerraVa's work is guided by a Board of Technical Advisors that provides independent scientific and strategic input on technology evaluation, scale-up pathways, and environmental compliance. The board is led by Dr. Franco Berruti, P.Eng., Founding Director of ICFAR at Western University, and includes Prof. Dr. Eng. Ahmed Soliman, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cairo University and Industrial Division Director at CEGMAN — a process industries expert with 35+ years of experience in water and wastewater, petrochemicals, and environmental projects whose research has earned 1,500+ citations on Google Scholar — alongside Dr. Naomi Klinghoffer (ICFAR, Western University) and Eng. Ahmed Nasr, P.Eng., PMP, MBA (Senior Project Manager & Professional Engineer).
Credentials & Assurance
Professional Engineering Discipline You Can Verify
BioTerraVa operates under a PEO Certificate of Authorization and brings the professional discipline expected in regulated infrastructure work.
Research
Published Research
INNPT Nano Particles for Textile Wastewater Treatment for Reuse
22nd ICWT — Montreal, Canada · May 2020
92% COD, 95% TSS, 98% colour, 99% sulphate, 90% phosphorus and 77% TKN removal with 10-minute mix and 30-minute settling.
INNPT Enhancement for Biological WWTP Performance and Capacity
Int. Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Vol. 14 No. 7 · Berlin, Germany · July 2020
Raising capacity up to 4× within existing footprints while achieving tertiary-quality effluent in under one hour.
Sewage Sludge Thickening and Stabilization using ECO NADIC HMR
ICAMS — Antalya, Türkiye · May 2014 · DOI 10.15242/IIICBE.C5141089
Thickening raw sludge to 30% cake solids in 30 minutes and producing EPA Class A fertilizer in 72 hours.
Work directly with a senior P.Eng.
Whether the need is a rapid compliance review, a plant capacity strategy, an industrial wastewater solution, or a long-range EPC engagement, BioTerraVa brings senior engineering leadership directly to the assignment. We believe that the best water and wastewater solutions are not only technically sound; they are practical, accountable, and built for the realities of operations.
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