ABOUT BORA
BORA is a specialized civil engineering and infrastructure advisory firm focused on bringing context, clarity, and community ownership to engineering processes while empowering communities to initiate infrastructure solutions in drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.
The firm differentiates itself through an integrated delivery model that combines engineering design, hydraulic modeling, smart water technology applications, funding strategy, regulatory compliance, and implementation planning into a unified approach designed to strengthen local economies and preserve community organizational structure.
By aligning infrastructure investment with long-term economic resilience, BORA helps communities transform infrastructure projects into catalysts for local growth, environmental stewardship, operational efficiency, and public well-being. BORA works with municipalities, utilities, and regional agencies to identify and implement practical smart water solutions — including hydraulic modeling, asset management systems, GIS integration, condition assessment technologies, real-time monitoring, data-driven decision support, and resilient infrastructure planning — that improve system performance while remaining financially and operationally sustainable for the communities they serve.
BORA helps communities transform infrastructure needs into fundable, compliant, and shovel-ready projects by connecting local priorities with appropriate federal and state funding opportunities. These may include Environmental Protection Agency State Revolving Funds for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater improvements; Federal Emergency Management Agency and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery programs for hazard mitigation and recovery; U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development programs for eligible rural systems and Economic Development Administration investments that support infrastructure and economic growth. BORA evaluates eligibility and helps organize the technical documentation, cost estimates, schedules, and supporting materials needed to position projects for funding consideration and successful implementation.
BORA collaborates with the City of Cahokia Heights, the City of East St. Louis, and the engineering design team to advance the USACE-supported East Interceptor Project from design to construction.
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Specialties
- Water Resources Engineering
- Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling
- Planning
- Water Distribution Systems
- Water Supply and Treatment
- Wastewater Infrastructure
- Stormwater Management
- Floodplain Management
- Green Infrastructure
- Capital Improvement Planning
- Grant and Funding Strategies
- Regulatory Coordination
- Program Management
- Energy and Natural Resource Management
- Construction Support
- Community-Centered Engineering and Training