South Platte Renew

What South Platte Renew does

South Platte Renew is a municipal water renewal facility operated by the City of Englewood, Colorado, and is Colorado's third-largest wastewater treatment utility. The organization treats nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater daily, serving approximately 300,000 residents across the City of Englewood, City of Littleton, and 19 connecting communities. Its core service is the Water Renewal Process, a multi-stage wastewater treatment operation that cleans influent for environmental discharge and resource recovery. The facility is located at 2900 S. Platte River Drive in Englewood.

South Platte Renew generates revenue primarily through recurring wastewater treatment fees charged to residential customers, commercial establishments, and municipal partners within its service territory. Its Industrial Pretreatment Program serves as a compliance gateway for food producers, dental facilities, auto shops, carwashes, stonecutters, and septic waste haulers, requiring these businesses to manage wastewater discharges before they enter the treatment system. The organization also operates educational programs for schools and community members, including facility tours, virtual 3D tours, and curriculum resources covering the water cycle and the South Platte River ecosystem.

The organization has established a Pilot and Research Center (PARC) as an innovation sub-brand focused on piloting new technologies in water, natural gas, and biosolids. PARC has forged research partnerships with Pearlhill Technologies, Battelle Energy Alliance, and Boise State University, notably for analytical validation of portable PFAS sensor technology toward regulatory compliance. The PARC Innovation Flow Podcast serves as a thought-leadership channel, and community events such as the Grease & Oil Takeback program support public engagement and infrastructure protection.

Name

South Platte Renew

Legal name

South Platte Renew

Website

https://southplatterenewco.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Short description

South Platte Renew is a municipal wastewater treatment utility operated by the City of Englewood, Colorado, processing nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater daily for 300,000 residents across Littleton, Englewood, and 19 connecting communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Services

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Onsite/Decentralized Reuse Utilities (District/Building‑Scale Reuse as a Service) (EUANAGAH)

Keywords

• Wastewater treatment services
• Municipal water utility
• Industrial pretreatment
• Water resource recovery
• Biosolids management

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wastewater Treatment Services: Public utility revenue generated through wastewater treatment fees charged to residential customers, businesses, and municipalities served by the facility.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

South Platte Renew is a municipal wastewater treatment utility that cleans nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater per day for approximately 300,000 residents across the City of Englewood, the City of Littleton, and 19 connecting communities in Colorado. It also operates an Industrial Pretreatment Program that helps commercial and industrial dischargers comply with wastewater regulations, and runs the PARC Pilot and Research Center for water, natural gas, and biosolids innovation.

Product overview

South Platte Renew operates as a single unified water renewal (wastewater treatment) service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering is the Water Renewal Process that treats nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater daily for 300,000 residents. Supporting this core service are: the PARC (Pilot and Research Center) sub-brand, which serves as an innovation hub for piloting new water, natural gas, and biosolids technologies and forging research partnerships; the PARC Innovation Flow Podcast for thought leadership; Virtual 3D Tours enabling public education; the Industrial Pretreatment Program for business compliance; and community programs like the Grease & Oil Takeback. Educational services covering the South Platte River ecosystem round out the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PARC (Pilot and Research Center): PARC is the Pilot and Research Center operated by South Platte Renew, focused on innovation in water, natural gas, and biosolids.

Products and services

• Water Renewal Process Core municipal wastewater treatment service that cleans nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater daily, serving 300,000 residents across Littleton, Englewood, and 19 connecting communities in Colorado.
• Industrial Pretreatment Program Program for businesses to properly manage industrial wastewater before discharge into the municipal system, covering food producers, dental facilities, auto shops, carwashes, stonecutters, and septic waste haulers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 20 million gallons of wastewater treated daily
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Pearlhill TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPearlhill Technologies partnered with South Platte Renew's PARC for analytical validation of their ENVIR-OGT portable PFAS sensor toward compliance. The collaboration involves using South Platte Renew's PARC facility for validation testing of the sensor technology designed for field detection of individual PFAS compounds.
• Battelle Energy AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBattelle Energy Alliance partners with South Platte Renew's PARC for analytical validation toward PFAS compliance. The partnership supports validation of portable sensor technology for detecting PFAS compounds at compliance-relevant concentrations.
• Boise State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoise State University collaborated with Pearlhill Technologies to develop the ENVIR-OGT portable PFAS sensor, with South Platte Renew's PARC involved in analytical validation for compliance applications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Denver Water: Largest water utility in Colorado, supplying drinking water across the Denver metro area. Adjacent to South Platte Renew's wastewater focus as the upstream water provider feeding the same customer base, with overlapping governance and rate-setting dynamics.

Direct peers

• DC Water: Large municipal water and wastewater authority serving the Washington DC region. Comparable to South Platte Renew as a major urban wastewater utility with similar regulatory compliance, capital infrastructure, and community engagement requirements.
• Colorado Springs Utilities: Multi-service municipal utility in Colorado providing water, wastewater, electric, and gas services to Colorado Springs. Comparable to South Platte Renew as a Colorado-based municipal utility with wastewater treatment operations and a similar rate-regulated revenue model.
• King County Wastewater Treatment Division: Regional wastewater treatment utility operated by King County, Washington, serving the Seattle metro area. Comparable to South Platte Renew as a multi-jurisdictional wastewater authority delivering large-scale treatment and environmental services.
• Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County: Special district providing wastewater and solid waste management for much of Los Angeles County. Comparable to South Platte Renew as a large-scale public wastewater treatment agency serving multiple municipalities with industrial pretreatment oversight.
• LA Sanitation & Environment: City of Los Angeles department operating wastewater treatment and solid waste programs for millions of residents. Comparable to South Platte Renew in operating large-scale municipal treatment infrastructure under public ownership with industrial pretreatment programs.
• Aurora Water: City of Aurora's water and wastewater utility serving a large Denver-metro population. Operates in the same Front Range geography as South Platte Renew with overlapping municipal customers and similar treatment scale.
• Metro Water Recovery: Largest wastewater treatment utility in the Denver metro area, serving over 2 million people across multiple municipalities. Highly comparable to South Platte Renew as a regional Colorado municipal wastewater authority with similar regulatory, customer, and operational profile.
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago: Major regional wastewater authority serving Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Comparable to South Platte Renew as an independent government entity providing wholesale wastewater treatment to multiple municipalities under a similar rate-based revenue model.
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District: Regional sewer district serving greater Cleveland with wastewater collection and treatment. Comparable to South Platte Renew as a multi-community wastewater authority operating under public governance with industrial pretreatment and environmental compliance programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SouthPlatteRenew
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/south-platte-renew

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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