PERC Water

What PERC Water does

PERC Water Corporation, founded in January 1998 by Johan Perslow and headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, is a US water infrastructure company that develops, designs, builds, operates, and finances water and wastewater facilities for municipal governments, water districts, government agencies, and private developers. The company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO), a Cayman Islands-incorporated water utility established in 1973 that provides corporate capital access for long-duration infrastructure projects. PERC has designed, built, or operated 60+ facilities across California, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, and Colorado (via its Ramey Environmental Compliance subsidiary acquired in November 2023), with a leadership team claiming 250+ years of combined experience across design, construction, and operations.

PERC's technical platform centers on its proprietary PERC ASP® hybrid-sequential batch reactor, an underground tank construction methodology that reduces facility footprints by approximately 70%, and trademarked planning tools including the Customized Design Report (CDR™) and Turn Around Plan (TAP™). The portfolio spans water recycling facilities, advanced water treatment plants using microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and UV advanced oxidation, plus seawater desalination. Project scale ranges from small community systems (e.g., 0.28 MGD Pacific Grove) to district-scale infrastructure (15 MGD Albert Robles Center serving 43 cities and 4 million people; 5.8 MGD Palm Valley; 1.7 MGD Kalaeloa expandable to 5.1 MGD). Service offerings include Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate (DBO), Design-Build-Operate-Finance (DBOF), Operations & Maintenance, Asset Management, Advisory & Consulting, and the ROTATE™ staffing program.

PERC monetizes primarily through long-duration DBOF concessions where the company finances construction and is repaid via service fees over 20–30 year contract terms, complemented by recurring O&M and asset management revenue. The integrated delivery model transfers performance risk from capital-constrained public agencies to PERC, addressing municipal budget constraints and aging infrastructure replacement. Go-to-market is exclusively enterprise field sales via public RFP/RFQ processes and direct engagement with city managers, public works directors, and utility boards, with sales cycles running 12–36 months. Recent wins include the Sarival Water Reclamation Facility (4.0 MGD, completed January 2024 for Liberty Utilities), the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP) with the City of Santa Monica, and the Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Facility joint venture for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.

Name

PERC Water

Legal name

PERC Water Corporation

Website

https://percwater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PERC Water Corporation is a US water infrastructure firm that designs, builds, operates, and finances municipal water recycling, wastewater, and desalination facilities under long-term DBOF concessions and O&M contracts. A wholly-owned subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fountain Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Design-Build-Operate-Finance (DBOF) Contracts: Long-term infrastructure contracts with municipalities and public agencies that bundle design, construction, operations, and financing into single engagements. Revenue recognized over multi-decade contract terms providing stable, predictable cash flows.
2. Asset Management Services: Ongoing asset management and infrastructure optimization services for water and wastewater systems owned by municipal clients and water districts
3. Operations & Maintenance Services: Full-service O&M contracts for water recycling facilities, desalination plants, and wastewater treatment systems under long-term agreements with public agency customers
4. Public-Private Partnerships: Structured PPP arrangements with government entities for development and operation of water infrastructure assets, often involving specialized financing vehicles

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PERC Water is a full-service water infrastructure development company that develops, designs, builds, operates, and manages water and wastewater treatment facilities across the United States under integrated delivery models including Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate (DBO), and Design-Build-Operate-Finance (DBOF). The company serves municipal utilities, water special districts, and government agencies with proprietary treatment technologies such as the PERC ASP® hybrid-sequential batch reactor, complemented by long-term operations and maintenance, asset management, and public-private partnership services.

Product overview

PERC Water is a full-service water infrastructure development company offering an integrated portfolio of services across the entire project lifecycle: design, build, operate, and finance. The core product offerings center on the Customized Design Report (CDR™) methodology, which provides project certainty through comprehensive design and planning, combined with Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate (DBO), and Design-Build-Operate-Finance (DBOF) delivery models. Supporting services include Operations & Maintenance, Asset Management, Advisory & Consulting, the Turn Around Plan (TAP™) for compliance turnaround, and the ROTATE™ staffing program. The company also operates a portfolio of water recycling, advanced water treatment, and desalination facilities including Albert Robles Center, Leo J. Vander Lans AWTF, Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Facility, Santa Paula WRF, Sarival WRF, Sundance WRF, Palm Valley WRF, SPA 2 & 3, Vista Canyon, Pacific Grove, Mountain House, Adelanto, and the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project. Through its subsidiary Ramey Environmental Compliance, it extends operations into the Rocky Mountain region. PERC Water's proprietary PERC ASP® treatment process underlies multiple facilities, with the company recognized for underground tank designs that reduce facility footprints by 70%.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Customized Design Report (CDR™)

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple facilities awarded 'Project of the Year' and 'Plant of the Year' by leading industry associations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kiewit Infrastructure WestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner for the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP) with the City of Santa Monica. Kiewit brings heavy civil construction capabilities for large-scale water infrastructure development.
• ArcadiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering and consulting partner for the SWIP project with City of Santa Monica. Arcadis provides technical engineering expertise for complex water infrastructure design.
• Kalaeloa Desalco LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture subsidiary formed between PERC Water and parent company Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. to develop and operate the Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Facility for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply.
• Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO)coreOthersNASDAQ-listed parent company (CWCO) that owns PERC Water. Consolidated Water provides corporate backing, capital access, and operational synergies across its water development subsidiaries.

Scale indicators3 records

Direct peers

• Black & Veatch: Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, procurement, and construction firm with a major water practice that delivers DBO and DBOF treatment plants to municipal clients — directly competing with PERC Water for the same public-agency contracts and offering similar integrated design-build-operate delivery.
• Carollo Engineers: Carollo Engineers is one of the largest US water and wastewater engineering firms focused exclusively on the water sector, providing planning, design, and construction management services to municipal utilities — a direct competitor for municipal treatment-plant design and program management work.
• Brown and Caldwell: Brown and Caldwell is a specialized environmental engineering firm serving municipal and industrial water/wastewater clients with design, construction management, and asset management services — directly comparable to PERC Water's engineering and O&M service lines.
• HDR: HDR is a large engineering firm with a substantial water/wastewater practice delivering design-build and program management for municipal utilities, including advanced treatment and reuse — competing with PERC for the same DBO and design-build municipal pursuits.

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs is a global engineering and professional services giant with a sizable water infrastructure practice, including DBO and program management for major municipal water projects — broader than PERC but routinely competes for the same municipal mega-contracts.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a major water practice delivering design, build, and program management for municipal water and wastewater — overlapping with PERC's municipal client base but at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with deep water and environmental expertise, including design-build of water treatment and reuse facilities for municipalities — competes with PERC on DBO pursuits but as part of a broader portfolio.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with a significant water practice and is already an SWIP partner with PERC — competes with PERC on municipal water infrastructure design and program management while also being a partner on certain projects.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental firm with a large water practice serving municipal clients on treatment, reuse, and conveyance projects — competes for similar municipal DBO and design contracts across North America.

Emerging players

• IDE Technologies: IDE Technologies is an Israel-based desalination technology and project company specializing in seawater reverse osmosis plants — closely comparable to PERC Water's Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Facility, competing in the same niche of municipal desalination project delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/percwater

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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

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