ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
Engineering for the communities that need it most. We believe clean water and safe infrastructure are human rights, not luxuries.
Services Donated
Community Projects
Commitment to Justice
PEACE4KIDS
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT
Since 2023, Mercy Environmental has provided comprehensive pro bono civil engineering, land use advising, and technical drafting services for Peace4Kids, a grassroots nonprofit supporting youth in foster care across Watts, Willowbrook, and Compton.
The planned campus will encompass housing for transitional-age youth (18-25) and a community hub. This isn't just a building project; it is the creation of a permanent "home base" for young people who have been systematically displaced.
Mercy Environmental has donated over 400 billable hours (valued at $85,000+) to this project, encompassing site acquisition due diligence, entitlement processing, and preliminary grading design.
ENGINEERING SCOPE
- 01Site Acquisition & Due DiligenceConducted Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) and utility infrastructure analysis to ensure the safety of the land prior to purchase.
- 02Land Use & EntitlementsNavigating complex Los Angeles County zoning requirements to secure Conditional Use Permits (CUP) for mixed-use youth residential facilities.
- 03Civil Design & DraftingFull grading plans, Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater calculations, and ADA accessibility design to create a campus that is safe, sustainable, and dignifying.
THE WATER JUSTICE
INITIATIVE
Following the lead contamination crisis that gripped Newark, a "crisis of confidence" remained in the South Ward and Ironbound districts. While the city replaced service lines, many residents in multi-family tenement housing feared that internal plumbing and aging fixtures were still leaching lead into their drinking water.
Mercy Environmental stepped in to provide independent, third-party verification. We believe that data sovereignty is a key component of environmental justice—communities deserve to know exactly what is in their water, verified by engineers who work for them, not the state.
COMMUNITY SAMPLING PROGRAM
- 01Targeted SamplingWe focused on "hard-to-reach" rental units often overlooked by municipal testing, specifically targeting pre-1950s housing stock with original galvanized piping.
- 02EPA Method 200.8 AnalysisConducted rigorous First Draw and 2-Minute Flush sampling protocols to distinguish between service line leaching and internal fixture contamination.
- 03Tenant AdvocacyWe provided plain-language data reports to tenant associations, empowering them to demand fixture replacements from landlords where internal plumbing was identified as the source.
DOES YOUR COMMUNITY NEED SUPPORT?
We review pro bono applications on a rolling basis for non-profits and community groups facing environmental infrastructure challenges.
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