Municipalities and Wastewater Facilities

Energy is often the single largest expense for many water utilities, representing 40%-50% of a water agency’s annual operating budget. LucidPipe provides municipalities with a compelling opportunity to reduce costs, reduce carbon emissions and reduce reliance on grid-based power by using their existing water infrastructure to generate clean, renewable energy.

The U.S. operates a vast governmental water infrastructure of 1.8 million miles of water distribution lines. Publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants serve 189.7 million people and treat 32.1 billion gallons of effluent every day. By installing LucidPipe, municipal water bureaus and wastewater facilities can use their distribution and wastewater streams to generate billions of megawatt hours of electricity that can be used to run power-dependent systems on site or can be fed back into the power grid to offset energy costs.