Board Member Profile

Walter Chiang
Founder & Chairman of the Board
CP&Y, Inc.

Wen-Jo “Walter” Chiang was born on August 24, 1943, in China. His family relocated to Hong Kong in 1951 and later to Taiwan. In 1967, he received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan. He came to Texas in 1968 where he was an Engineering Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin from 1968 to 1971 under Dr. Gloyna, Dr. Malina, and Dr. Eckenfelder. He received his Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering in 1970 from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1974, he received his certification requirements to become a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. Walter Chiang has been an adjunct faculty member of the Civil Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington since 1975, and has taught water and wastewater treatment design and industrial wastewater treatment courses at UTA since that time.

Walter Chiang was employed by URS (formerly Forrest and Cotton, Inc.) from 1971 to 1976 as a civil/environmental engineer and then later as a project engineer. From 1976 to 1980, he was employed as a Project Manager for Dow Chemicals (formerly Hydroscience, Inc.).

On October 1, 1980, Walter Chiang started his own firm, Chiang and Associates, Inc., in Arlington, Texas. In August 1986, he moved his company to the Dallas area where it is known today as CP&Y, Inc. Under Mr. Chiang's leadership, CP&Y has earned a reputation for performing high quality engineering and planning work. The firm has offices in Dallas, McKinney, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix.

Walter Chiang is Chairman of the Board of CP&Y, Inc., and has more than thirty-nine years of design and project management experience in both environmental and civil engineering projects. His experience includes both water and wastewater treatment plants. Mr. Chiang specializes in water quality assessments, process design, treatability studies, pilot plant studies, and alternative treatment technologies for water and wastewater treatment. He has been in charge of many projects throughout Texas, other parts of the United States, and Internationally in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

Walter Chiang is highly regarded in the community and professional circles for his knowledge and expertise in water and wastewater treatment processes and operations. He is a member of AWWA, WEF, and is the chair of Municipal Wastewater Treatment for the Water Environment Association of Texas.

In addition, Walter Chiang has also conducted lectures and authored/coauthored numerous technical papers and books in the Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste areas.