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Decentralized Urban Wastewater Treatment

Redefines urban wastewater by decentralizing treatment into individual buildings

December 2019

Decentralized Urban Wastewater Treatment

Redefines urban wastewater by decentralizing treatment into individual buildings

  • World Alliance Member
  • Featured Solution
  • Labelled Solution
Label Date December 4, 2019
From United States
Maturity stage TRL 6 / 7 - Prototype demonstration 1:1

Epic's on-site solids recovery and treatment system diverts wastewater organics from the municipal sewer, easing the load on utilities and saving buildings money. The solution redefines urban wastewater by decentralizing treatment into buildings. This wastewater treatment system collects and processes all of a building's wastewater, recovering the organic solids and converting them into high quality soil amendments that can be used to grow crops, enhance gardens, and beautify green spaces. The separated water, with the solids now removed, can be easily treated and reused onsite for undrinkable applications, including toilet flushing, irrigation, and cooling towers. By diverting wastewater organics from the municipal sewer system and easing the load on utilities, it reduces sewer connection fees and ongoing wastewater rates for building owners and developers. The goal is to keep up with growing cities by (1) decentralizing treatment and (2) turning the “waste” in wastewater into valuable commodities.

The Environmental Benefits

  • Helps reduce a building’s water demands by 50-95% and diverts greenhouse gas emitting organics from landfill

The Financial Benefits

  • Reduces a building’s sewer connection fees and ongoing wastewater costs by up to 25%

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Epic Cleantec

Epic Cleantec is a water technology company deploying water reuse systems into the built environment.

Headquarters San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Type Startup or self-employed
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Waterpreneurs

Waterpreneurs is a global “for-impact organisation”, supporting the scaling-up of impact investments financing the growth of WASH enterprises operating in developing countries, and respecting human rights. Waterpreneurs brings extensive knowledge of the water and sanitation entrepreneurial sector, impact investing and facilitation of marketplaces.

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