Corporate Partner Profile: Headwater Environmental
Headwater Environmental, Inc. (Headwater) is a North Carolina-based environmental consulting firm serving the southeast. Founded in Wilmington in 2014 and expanding to Asheville in 2018, their team consists of professional geologists, scientists, field technicians, and outdoors enthusiasts. As a boutique consulting firm, they offer a personal approach and understand each project is unique.
Headwater was established as a provider of environmental services for the renewable energy sector, focused on utility-scale solar development. Their first project included environmental review efforts for a small, 1MW (~5-acres) utility-scale, solar farm. Today, Headwater assesses tens-of-thousands of acres a year, providing environmental site assessments (ESAs), wetland delineations/permitting, and natural resource reviews. Since 2014, their services have evolved to include Industrial/Commercial Property Acquisition Due Diligence, Wetland Delineation and Permitting, Brownfields Redevelopment, and Environmental Resource Assessments.
“Headwater’s team has walked thousands of acres with our friends at Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy,” says Michael Falknor, Headwater Vice President. “Headwater supports SAHC’s mission of clean water, conserving natural beauty, and providing long-term conservation for all people to enjoy. By donating our time and resources to SAHC, during land acquisition and conversation phases of work, Headwater demonstrates our commitment to those goals.”
