Sunrise Water Authority

What Sunrise Water Authority does

Sunrise Water Authority is a public municipal water utility serving residential, business, and government customers across Happy Valley, Damascus, and Clackamas County, Oregon. Its core offering is direct water supply and delivery, supported by water-quality monitoring and reporting, backflow and cross-connection control, emergency response, leak and pressure support, conservation programs, contractor services, and public governance. Residential customers are the primary segment, while business customers use metering, hydrant-permit, backflow, and commercial-rate services.

The authority delivers water through owned mains, meters, and distribution infrastructure and generates recurring revenue from monthly residential and business water rates, service connection fees, and related utility charges. Customers can pay through a third-party online portal, by mail, or through other listed payment methods, while service requests and backflow submissions use ArcGIS Survey123. The authority also uses FlashAlert, Clackamas County Public Alerts, and GovernmentJobs.com. No proprietary software platform, API, patent portfolio, or AI/ML capability is disclosed.

Name

Sunrise Water Authority

Legal name

Sunrise Water Authority

Website

https://sunrisewater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sunrise Water Authority is a public municipal water utility supplying residential, commercial, and government customers across Happy Valley, Damascus, and Clackamas County, Oregon, with water delivery, quality compliance, billing, conservation, and emergency support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Drinking water supply
• Water quality reporting
• Watershed protection
• Utility billing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Happy Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Water Utility Service Billing: Sunrise Water Authority generates revenue through water utility service charges, including residential and commercial water rates, service connection fees, and related utility charges. The authority maintains billing operations with multiple payment channels including online bill pay, mail payments, and various fee structures for different customer types.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sunrise Water Authority is a public municipal water utility that provides safe, clean drinking water to residential and commercial customers in Happy Valley, Damascus, and Clackamas County, Oregon. The authority operates and maintains water supply infrastructure, conducts water quality monitoring and reporting, and offers supporting services including billing, backflow prevention, conservation programs, and emergency preparedness resources.

Product overview

Sunrise Water Authority operates as a single unified water utility service providing safe, clean, reliable tap water to residential and commercial customers in Happy Valley, Damascus, and Clackamas County, Oregon. The service portfolio consists of core water supply and delivery as the primary product, supported by multiple operational sub-products including Water Quality Reporting (annual compliance documentation), Billing & Payment Services (online bill pay portal), Service Requests (start/stop service, issue reporting), Backflow & Cross Connection Services (contamination prevention), Emergency Preparedness resources, Troubleshooting & Repair support, Water Conservation Programs (rebates, tips), Contractor Services (development, plan review, procurement), and Board Meetings & Governance (public transparency). The company also provides specialized services through third-party integrations including online bill payment via Online Bill Pay, service request forms via ArcGIS Survey123, emergency notifications via FlashAlert and Clackamas County Public Alerts, and employment listings via GovernmentJobs.com. No API, AI/ML capabilities, or product launches are indicated.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Water Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Water supplied to customers throughout 2025 met or exceeded all federal and state drinking water standards

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oregon Energy FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunrise Water Authority partners with Oregon Energy Fund to provide emergency water-bill assistance for local families in need. The program offers bill assistance to eligible customers experiencing financial hardship. Customers can learn about eligibility and apply directly through the Oregon Energy Fund website.
• Regional H2OminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunrise Water Authority collaborates with Regional H2O for emergency preparedness information, providing multilingual resources on water preparedness in case of emergencies. Resources are available in multiple languages including Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and others.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clackamas River Water Providers: Clackamas River Water is a neighboring Oregon water district serving parts of Clackamas County with drinking water supply, treatment, and distribution. Directly comparable as a small-to-mid Oregon water authority operating in the same regional watershed and customer mix.
• North Clackamas County Water Commission: A wholesale water provider serving North Clackamas County, including portions of Happy Valley and Damascus. Directly comparable to Sunrise as a Clackamas County-area water authority with overlapping service area and similar customer base.
• Oak Lodge Water Services: Oak Lodge Water Services Authority provides drinking water and wastewater services to the Oak Grove area of Clackamas County. Comparable in size, governance structure, and service offerings to a small Oregon water authority.
• Tualatin Valley Water District: TVWD is a Washington County, Oregon water district providing wholesale and retail water service. Comparable regional water authority serving suburban Portland-metro communities with similar regulatory and operational profile.

Regional players

• Portland Water Bureau: Municipal water utility serving the City of Portland and portions of surrounding communities. Comparable Oregon water utility but larger scale and broader service territory than Sunrise.
• Tigard Water Service Area: City of Tigard provides water service to residents and businesses in Tigard, Oregon, a nearby Portland-metro community. Comparable suburban Oregon municipal water utility, but operates within city limits rather than as a standalone water authority.
• West Slope Water District: West Slope Water District provides water service in Washington County, Oregon. Comparable as a suburban Portland-metro water district with similar customer mix, though located in an adjacent county.
• Clean Water Services: Special district providing wastewater and watershed management in Washington County, Oregon. Comparable Oregon special-district utility operating in the adjacent county with overlapping regulatory environment.

Broad incumbents

• American Water Works Company: Largest publicly traded US water and wastewater utility, serving over 14 million people across 14 states. Comparable as a regulated water provider operating under the same federal SDWA framework, but at vastly greater scale and as an investor-owned company.
• California Water Service Group: Large investor-owned California water utility providing regulated water service to ~2 million customers. Comparable as a regulated water utility with similar SDWA compliance obligations, but at materially greater scale and scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SunriseWater
• Facebookfacebook.com/SunriseWaterAuthority
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sunrise-water-authority

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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