Welcome to the Official Website for GotBigWater.

GotBigWater is the official website of GBW Associates, LLC, a privately owned training, consulting, and design firm located in Westminster, Maryland. Our specialty is water supply for public and private fire protection. We at GBW Associates, LLC are known for our training programs, our dry hydrants, our testing and maintenance services, and our consulting work. Over the years, we have completed projects in over 40 different states ranging from rural water supply seminars to ISO water supply assessments to community master planning.

Use the menu at the left to take a look at our services and to contact us.  Be sure to check out the Big Water Information section for a whole bunch of information on water supply delivery operations. Oh...and check out the items and images below to view some of our recent activities, upcoming events, and website updates.

 Join the Members Area to discuss water supply issues.

View: Garage Fire - Wasilla, Alaska - May 2000 

View: Rural Water Supply Drill Summary - Lakes Region, NH - May 2009

View Front Suction Flow Test- Seneca County, New York

View: Tenth District VFD - Tanker 8 - Marbury, Maryland

Download the 40-hr Pump Operator Course Flyer

Download the Strafford, NH Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar Flyer 

Download the Middlesex, NY Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar Flyer

Download Our Bridge-Mounted Dry Fire Hydrant System Flyer 

Your questions and feedback our important to us!  If you have a question about water supply or pumps or FD stuff in general, join our Members area (for free) to post your inquiry. We will provide our thoughts and perhaps other folks in the field will provide theirs also. 

Also - be sure to sign the guest book if this is your first time here - guestbook.