Kalispell, Montana · Industrial Water Consulting

Industrial Water
Treatment

Engineering and Services for complex water systems — from design and procurement to commissioning and optimization.

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Engineering & Services

Full-lifecycle industrial water system expertise — from initial process design through startup, optimization, and long-term operations support.

Engineering & Process Design

Customized industrial water system designs engineered to meet your specific performance and operational demands — RO, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, and beyond.

Equipment Specification & Procurement

We specify components and utilize premium quality suppliers to meet your system's performance requirements, reliability standards, and budget — ensuring you get the right equipment, first time.

System Operation & Troubleshooting

Improve your system's reliability and efficiency — and solve those difficult issues that lead to downtime. Startup support, commissioning, performance optimization, and hands-on troubleshooting.

Dustin Halko

Principal Consultant, Industrial Water Systems & Engineering Operations

Veteran engineering leader with 17+ years of hands-on and executive-level experience in industrial water treatment, manufacturing engineering, mechanical systems, and plant operations.

Proven success designing and building state-of-the-art regeneration plants, optimizing large-scale operations, and executing high-stakes upgrades under tight timelines. Technical depth, operational rigor, and full-lifecycle project leadership across ultra-high purity water systems, membrane filtration, and reverse osmosis design.

Based in Kalispell, Montana. U.S. Navy Veteran. B.S. Manufacturing Systems Engineering, CSU Northridge.

17+
Years Experience
14.5
MGD RO Designed
12+
Container Builds
5
Multi-Site Projects
  • Data Center Evaporative Cooling Water Systems
  • Deionized Water Regeneration Plant Design & Operation
  • High-Purity Reverse Osmosis / Ion Exchange Systems (Mixed-Bed & Separate-Bed)
  • Mechanical & Process Engineering
  • Instrumentation and Controls
  • Operations Management (Multi-site, Multi-team)
  • Startup & Commissioning
  • Troubleshooting, Optimization, Upgrades & Retrofitting
  • Project & Construction Management
  • 2D & 3D Design — AutoCAD and SolidWorks

Select Projects

Data Center · Tucson, AZ

4–5 MGD Reverse Osmosis with Ultrafiltration Pretreatment

Primary design engineer for three separate sites totaling 14.5 MGD of RO water production utilizing reclaimed water, aquifer recharge & recovery, and evaporation ponds for waste treatment.

Data Center · Columbia River, WA

15 MGD Multi-Media Filter / Ultrafiltration System

Principal design engineer for feasibility, river water treatment system, and wastewater discharge treatment utilizing cooling ponds with floating cooling towers and pH control.

Multi-Site · Southwest Region

12 Containerized RO Systems — Data Center & Power Generation

Primary design engineer and project manager for 12 turn-key container builds (75–200 GPM) with pretreatment and ion exchange polishers, ranging in size and treatment levels.

Regen Plant · San Jose, CA

200 cu.ft. Regeneration Plant Build

Lead engineer and PM from concept to permitting to full commissioning. Oversaw design, construction, and startup of the complete facility.

Multi-Site Upgrades · Calpine Energy, CA

High-Purity RO/DI Upgrades — Five California Sites

Designed and implemented high-purity water systems across five CA sites, including customized double-pass RO units and demineralizer trains.

Semiconductor · DuPont Air Products, AZ

UHP Loop System — 50 GPM Double-Pass RO

Built a 50 GPM double-pass RO with PVDF polishing loop for a semiconductor application requiring ultra-high purity water standards.

Prior Experience

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dustin@hydrologiciw.com