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CLEARAS Water Recovery
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clearaswater.com
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Private
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2007
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CLEARAS Water Recovery is a private water technology company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, that develops nutrient recovery technology for wastewater treatment. The company's core offering enables wastewater treatment facilities to recover valuable nutrients — primarily phosphorus and nitrogen — from wastewater streams, addressing regulatory pressures on nutrient discharge and disposal while supporting circular-economy reuse of recovered nutrients in sustainable agriculture. Per third-party market research, CLEARAS is positioned as an emerging key player in the global Nutrient Recovery Systems Market, an addressable market projected to grow from $5.11B in 2024 to $12.20B by 2032 at an 11.5% CAGR.

The company operates with 11-50 employees and has raised approximately $5.58M across four disclosed funding rounds between 2013 and 2020, with investors including NEXT Frontier Capital, Cowles Company, Goodworks Ventures, and Montcalm Capital. Its customer base is organized around two use-case segments: Wastewater Treatment Utilities (primary), driven by regulatory compliance needs, and the Sustainable Agriculture Sector (secondary), driven by demand for circular nutrient inputs. The company is led by CEO Greg Guard, with co-founders Jordan Lind, Kevin McGraw, and Terry Robinson continuing in operational and business development roles, and Garrett Pallo serving as VP of Business Development.

No product names, pricing model, distribution channels, marketing channels, named customers, certifications, patents, or partnership details are disclosed in available sources. The company website is a limited demo placeholder, and detailed historical, operational, and ownership data is not publicly available. As a result, the precise revenue mechanics — whether the company sells equipment, licensed technology, ongoing treatment services, or nutrient output — cannot be confirmed from the input data, representing a material information gap for any investment assessment.

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CLEARAS Water Recovery is a Missoula, Montana-based water technology company that provides nutrient recovery solutions for wastewater treatment utilities, recovering phosphorus and nitrogen to address regulatory compliance and support sustainable agriculture reuse. Founded in 2007, it serves primarily municipal and industrial wastewater operators.

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Operating
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11–50
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HeadquartersMissoula, United States
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Missoula
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
wastewater treatment services, nutrient recovery systems, phosphorus removal technology, water resource recovery, circular nutrient economy
Industry3 codes
1Nutrient Recovery from Sludge (Struvite, Ammonia/Phosphorus Recovery)
CodeEUANAHADPrimaryYes
2Water Reclamation & Reuse Production (Tertiary/Advanced Treatment)
CodeEUANADADPrimaryNo
3Asset Recovery, Surplus & Decommissioning Services
CodeEUAIANADPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Sewage Treatment Facilities22132
  • Waste Treatment and Disposal5622
SIC code2 codes
  • Sanitary Services4950
  • Refuse Systems4953
Product category
Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Services
Cost components4 values
Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

CLEARAS Water Recovery provides nutrient recovery wastewater treatment services that capture contaminants such as phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater streams. Recovered nutrients are made available for agricultural reuse, enabling wastewater utilities to meet environmental regulations and supporting circular nutrient loops for the sustainable agriculture sector.

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Product overview1 text field

Based on the limited source data, CLEARAS Water Recovery operates in the water technology and nutrient recovery sector. The company is identified as a key player in the global Nutrient Recovery Systems Market. However, no specific product names, modules, or detailed product portfolio information could be extracted from the provided sources.

Product and service1 record
1Nutrient Recovery Wastewater Treatment Services
CategoryWastewater Nutrient Recovery Services
Description

Treatment services that recover contaminants such as phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater streams, enabling wastewater utilities to meet environmental regulations and supplying recovered nutrients for downstream agricultural reuse.

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Peers10 records
1Paques (PHOSPAQ / CAL-GULL)
TypeDirect peer
Description

Paques offers biological phosphorus removal and recovery (PHOSPAQ, CAL-GULL) systems used by municipal and industrial wastewater plants. It is a direct functional peer to CLEARAS in struvite/phosphorus recovery with global installations.

2Anaergia
TypeEmerging player
Description

Anaergia converts organic waste streams into renewable energy and recovered resources, with nutrient recovery from biosolids and digestate. It addresses adjacent resource-recovery markets and overlaps with CLEARAS on nutrient/biosolids recovery from wastewater.

3Cambrian Innovation
TypeDirect peer
Description

Cambrian develops biological wastewater treatment and resource recovery systems that recover nutrients, energy, and clean water from industrial wastewater. It overlaps with CLEARAS on the resource-recovery-from-wastewater thesis and the sale of recovered outputs.

4OriginClear
TypeEmerging player
Description

OriginClear provides modular water treatment and water reuse technologies, including nutrient reduction systems for industrial and agricultural wastewater. It is a smaller emerging player overlapping with CLEARAS on decentralized nutrient reduction.

5Fluence Corporation
TypeDirect peer
Description

Fluent designs and operates decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse plants with nutrient removal capability for industrial and municipal customers. It overlaps with CLEARAS in providing packaged nutrient reduction/water reuse systems rather than traditional civil infrastructure.

6Suez Water Technologies & Solutions
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Suez operates wastewater treatment and nutrient removal/recovery solutions (e.g., PHOSPAQ biological phosphorus removal) for municipal and industrial clients globally. It is a broad incumbent that competes with CLEARAS for nutrient compliance contracts at scale.

7Veolia (Water Technologies & Resource Recovery)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Veolia is a global water and wastewater services giant with nutrient recovery offerings (via Hydrex, Bio-Con, and phosphorus-recovery assets). It competes with CLEARAS as an integrated vendor with broader municipal relationships and balance sheet, particularly for nutrient compliance projects.

8Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies
TypeDirect peer
Description

Ostara is the most direct competitor to CLEARAS, commercializing Pearl® technology for nutrient (struvite/phosphorus) recovery from wastewater streams and selling the recovered product as a sustainable fertilizer. Both companies serve the same utility and agricultural markets with comparable biological/chemical recovery approaches.

9Kemira
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Kemira supplies water-intensive chemistry and treatment solutions including coagulants and phosphorus-removal products used by wastewater utilities. It addresses similar nutrient management problems to CLEARAS via chemicals rather than recovery, but competes for the same utility procurement budgets.

10DC Water (Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant)
TypeOthers
Description

DC Water operates the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the US and runs one of the world's largest nutrient recovery programs (including struvite harvesting). It is a notable operator deploying nutrient recovery at scale, comparable as a reference point for the market CLEARAS targets.

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CLEARAS Water Recovery

Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Servicesclearaswater.com

CLEARAS Water Recovery is a Missoula, Montana-based water technology company that provides nutrient recovery solutions for wastewater treatment utilities, recovering phosphorus and nitrogen to address regulatory compliance and support sustainable agriculture reuse. Founded in 2007, it serves primarily municipal and industrial wastewater operators.

What CLEARAS Water Recovery does

CLEARAS Water Recovery is a private water technology company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana, that develops nutrient recovery technology for wastewater treatment. The company's core offering enables wastewater treatment facilities to recover valuable nutrients — primarily phosphorus and nitrogen — from wastewater streams, addressing regulatory pressures on nutrient discharge and disposal while supporting circular-economy reuse of recovered nutrients in sustainable agriculture. Per third-party market research, CLEARAS is positioned as an emerging key player in the global Nutrient Recovery Systems Market, an addressable market projected to grow from $5.11B in 2024 to $12.20B by 2032 at an 11.5% CAGR.

The company operates with 11-50 employees and has raised approximately $5.58M across four disclosed funding rounds between 2013 and 2020, with investors including NEXT Frontier Capital, Cowles Company, Goodworks Ventures, and Montcalm Capital. Its customer base is organized around two use-case segments: Wastewater Treatment Utilities (primary), driven by regulatory compliance needs, and the Sustainable Agriculture Sector (secondary), driven by demand for circular nutrient inputs. The company is led by CEO Greg Guard, with co-founders Jordan Lind, Kevin McGraw, and Terry Robinson continuing in operational and business development roles, and Garrett Pallo serving as VP of Business Development.

No product names, pricing model, distribution channels, marketing channels, named customers, certifications, patents, or partnership details are disclosed in available sources. The company website is a limited demo placeholder, and detailed historical, operational, and ownership data is not publicly available. As a result, the precise revenue mechanics — whether the company sells equipment, licensed technology, ongoing treatment services, or nutrient output — cannot be confirmed from the input data, representing a material information gap for any investment assessment.

CLEARAS Water Recovery firmographics

Firmographics
Name
CLEARAS Water Recovery
Website
https://clearaswater.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2007
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
CLEARAS Water Recovery is a Missoula, Montana-based water technology company that provides nutrient recovery solutions for wastewater treatment utilities, recovering phosphorus and nitrogen to address regulatory compliance and support sustainable agriculture reuse. Founded in 2007, it serves primarily municipal and industrial wastewater operators.
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akta.pro rank

CLEARAS Water Recovery industry classification

Industry
Product category
Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Services
NAICS
Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)
SIC
Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953)
akta.pro primary industry
Nutrient Recovery from Sludge (Struvite, Ammonia/Phosphorus Recovery) (EUANAHAD)
akta.pro secondary industries
Water Reclamation & Reuse Production (Tertiary/Advanced Treatment) (EUANADAD), Asset Recovery, Surplus & Decommissioning Services (EUAIANAD)

Keywords

  • Wastewater treatment services
  • Nutrient recovery systems
  • Phosphorus removal technology
  • Water resource recovery
  • Circular nutrient economy

Where CLEARAS Water Recovery is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Missoula
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

CLEARAS Water Recovery business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

CLEARAS Water Recovery product offering

Product offering

Core offering

CLEARAS Water Recovery provides nutrient recovery wastewater treatment services that capture contaminants such as phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater streams. Recovered nutrients are made available for agricultural reuse, enabling wastewater utilities to meet environmental regulations and supporting circular nutrient loops for the sustainable agriculture sector.

Product overview

Based on the limited source data, CLEARAS Water Recovery operates in the water technology and nutrient recovery sector. The company is identified as a key player in the global Nutrient Recovery Systems Market. However, no specific product names, modules, or detailed product portfolio information could be extracted from the provided sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Nutrient Recovery Wastewater Treatment Services Treatment services that recover contaminants such as phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater streams, enabling wastewater utilities to meet environmental regulations and supplying recovered nutrients for downstream agricultural reuse.

Companies that use CLEARAS Water Recovery

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

CLEARAS Water Recovery technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

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CLEARAS Water Recovery partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

CLEARAS Water Recovery competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Paques (PHOSPAQ / CAL-GULL): Paques offers biological phosphorus removal and recovery (PHOSPAQ, CAL-GULL) systems used by municipal and industrial wastewater plants. It is a direct functional peer to CLEARAS in struvite/phosphorus recovery with global installations.
  • Cambrian Innovation: Cambrian develops biological wastewater treatment and resource recovery systems that recover nutrients, energy, and clean water from industrial wastewater. It overlaps with CLEARAS on the resource-recovery-from-wastewater thesis and the sale of recovered outputs.
  • Fluence Corporation: Fluent designs and operates decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse plants with nutrient removal capability for industrial and municipal customers. It overlaps with CLEARAS in providing packaged nutrient reduction/water reuse systems rather than traditional civil infrastructure.
  • Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies: Ostara is the most direct competitor to CLEARAS, commercializing Pearl® technology for nutrient (struvite/phosphorus) recovery from wastewater streams and selling the recovered product as a sustainable fertilizer. Both companies serve the same utility and agricultural markets with comparable biological/chemical recovery approaches.

Emerging players

  • Anaergia: Anaergia converts organic waste streams into renewable energy and recovered resources, with nutrient recovery from biosolids and digestate. It addresses adjacent resource-recovery markets and overlaps with CLEARAS on nutrient/biosolids recovery from wastewater.
  • OriginClear: OriginClear provides modular water treatment and water reuse technologies, including nutrient reduction systems for industrial and agricultural wastewater. It is a smaller emerging player overlapping with CLEARAS on decentralized nutrient reduction.

Broad incumbents

  • Suez Water Technologies & Solutions: Suez operates wastewater treatment and nutrient removal/recovery solutions (e.g., PHOSPAQ biological phosphorus removal) for municipal and industrial clients globally. It is a broad incumbent that competes with CLEARAS for nutrient compliance contracts at scale.
  • Veolia (Water Technologies & Resource Recovery): Veolia is a global water and wastewater services giant with nutrient recovery offerings (via Hydrex, Bio-Con, and phosphorus-recovery assets). It competes with CLEARAS as an integrated vendor with broader municipal relationships and balance sheet, particularly for nutrient compliance projects.
  • Kemira: Kemira supplies water-intensive chemistry and treatment solutions including coagulants and phosphorus-removal products used by wastewater utilities. It addresses similar nutrient management problems to CLEARAS via chemicals rather than recovery, but competes for the same utility procurement budgets.

Others

  • DC Water (Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant): DC Water operates the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the US and runs one of the world's largest nutrient recovery programs (including struvite harvesting). It is a notable operator deploying nutrient recovery at scale, comparable as a reference point for the market CLEARAS targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

CLEARAS Water Recovery social profiles

Digital presence

CLEARAS Water Recovery financial estimates

Financial estimate

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Valuation estimate

CLEARAS Water Recovery leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

CLEARAS Water Recovery funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

CLEARAS Water Recovery M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about CLEARAS Water Recovery

What does CLEARAS Water Recovery do?

CLEARAS Water Recovery provides nutrient recovery wastewater treatment services that capture contaminants such as phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater streams. Recovered nutrients are made available for agricultural reuse, enabling wastewater utilities to meet environmental regulations and supporting circular nutrient loops for the sustainable agriculture sector.

When was CLEARAS Water Recovery founded?

CLEARAS Water Recovery was founded in 2007. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is CLEARAS Water Recovery based?

CLEARAS Water Recovery is headquartered in Missoula, United States, in the North America region.

Who are CLEARAS Water Recovery's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Paques (PHOSPAQ / CAL-GULL), Cambrian Innovation, Fluence Corporation and Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies. Emerging players are Anaergia and OriginClear. Broad incumbents are Suez Water Technologies & Solutions, Veolia (Water Technologies & Resource Recovery) and Kemira. DC Water (Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant) is listed as an others.

Does CLEARAS Water Recovery have an API?

No public API is recorded for CLEARAS Water Recovery.

What industry is CLEARAS Water Recovery in?

CLEARAS Water Recovery's product category is Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUANAHAD, Nutrient Recovery from Sludge (Struvite, Ammonia/Phosphorus Recovery), with a secondary code of EUANADAD, Water Reclamation & Reuse Production (Tertiary/Advanced Treatment). Its NAICS code is 22132 and its SIC code is 4950.

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openPR.comNutrient Recovery Systems Market is expected to Hit US$ 12.20 billion by 2032 | Emerging key players - Clearas Water Recovery, Inc., NuReSys NV, GSR Solutions, DVO Inc.DataM Intelligence released a market report projecting the global Nutrient Recovery Systems Market to grow from US$5.11 billion in 2024 to US$12.20 billion by 2032, representing a compound annual growth rate of 11.5% during the forecast period. The report highlights increasing regulatory pressures on wastewater treatment, rising demand for sustainable agriculture, and growing focus on circular economy practices as key market drivers. Notable recent activity includes Royal HaskoningDHV's April 2026 acquisition of smart water and nutrient recovery technology firms to strengthen its digital wastewater and nutrient recycling portfolio.PR NewswireAlgae Cells Ravage Wastewater Toxins and Greenhouse Gases, Then Hide in Running ShoesCLEARAS Inc. of Missoula, Montana and BLOOM™, a brand of Algix LLC based in Meridian, Mississippi, have announced a partnership to use algae biomass from wastewater treatment in sustainable consumer products. The CLEARAS system processes over 150,000 gallons of municipal wastewater daily, consumes 176 tons of greenhouse gases annually, and generates over 160,000 pounds of algae biomass each year. The initial biomass shipment will come from the Village of Roberts, Wisconsin, where CLEARAS's Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery technology is deployed, and BLOOM will use the algae to replace petroleum-based EVA in running shoes, yoga mats, and other products.PR NewswireWaupun Wastewater Utilities To Host Open House Event, Featuring The CLEARAS Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery (ABNR™) SystemWaupun Wastewater Utilities will host an open house on May 30, 2019 at its facility in Waupun, Wisconsin to showcase the CLEARAS Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery (ABNR) system, a chemical-free water treatment technology that recovers phosphorus and nitrogen. The pilot system treats up to 15,000 gallons per day, while the full-scale installation scheduled for 2021 will have a 2.0 MGD capacity targeting 3.6 mg/L total phosphorus. The city recently secured over $37 million in USDA Rural Development grants and loans to fund infrastructure improvements mandated by the EPA and state DNR to meet stricter phosphorus discharge limits.PR NewswireCLEARAS Awarded First Contract In EPA Region 5 To Address Local Water Quality Based Effluent LimitCLEARAS Water Recovery has been awarded its first contract in EPA Region 5 to supply an Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery system to the Village of Roberts wastewater treatment facility in Wisconsin. The 0.15 million gallon per day system is designed to meet strict water quality-based effluent limits for phosphorus and nitrogen, eliminating the need for upstream chemical removal. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019 as part of a strategy to address current and future regulatory requirements sustainably.FinSMEsClearas Water Recovery Closes $4M in Series B FundingClearas Water Recovery, a Missoula-based wastewater treatment firm, closed $4M in Series B funding from Cowles Companies, Next Frontier Capital, and Goodworks Ventures. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth, hire and retain talent, and optimize its ABNR platform. The technology removes nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients from industrial and municipal discharges.PR NewswireClearas Water Recovery Closes $4MM Series B Funding RoundClearas Water Recovery, Inc. announced the close of a $4 million Series B funding round from existing investors Cowles Companies, Next Frontier Capital, and Goodworks Ventures. Proceeds will be used to accelerate growth, attract and retain talent, and continue developing the company's Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery (ABNR) platform for wastewater treatment. The technology removes nitrogen and phosphorus from industrial and municipal wastewater before discharge.