It isn’t every day a major utility spins off a small, agile startup entity. But that’s what DC Water did about two years ago.
DC Water is the utility that distributes drinking water and collects and treats wastewater for more than 672,000 residents of Washington, D.C., and provides wastewater treatment for 1.6 million people in neighboring counties.
That small and agile startup is Blue Drop, a nonprofit entity that shares expertise and best practices from DC Water with other water and wastewater utilities, markets biosolids products, and aims to elevate the stature of water agencies and the water professions.
Alan Heymann is president
