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Learn how we are improving wastewater treatment, removing CO2, and scaling to meet immense opportunity.
A Climate Fix That Could Cut Your Water Bill
Helping the climate can be a tough sell when the green option costs more. But what if it saves you $400 million? That’s the head-scratcher confronting Charles Bott. He is the technology chief for Hampton Roads Sanitation District, a public water utility in coastal Virginia serving nearly 2 million people. Tough water-quality rules are straining its wastewater plants, and it has been considering an expensive upgrade at one of them. But that investment has been put on hold thanks to a startup offering a way to squeeze more out of the existing facility. Yale spinout CREW Carbon uses a simple ingredient—ground-up limestone—to improve the efficiency of sewage plants. As a bonus, it keeps carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
CREW Raises $25M of Funding to Scale Wastewater Treatment Optimization Technology as Climate Solution
Water-tech company closes round across equity and non-dilutive capital sources to deploy patented technology at more wastewater utilities, reducing costs and delivering verified carbon dioxide removal BROOKLYN, NY — CREW Carbon, Inc. (CREW) announced today it has closed an oversubscribed Series A round led by Burnt Island Ventures with participation from AP Ventures, Sony Innovation […]
Is heavy industry the future of carbon removal in the US?
America’s water infrastructure is old, and requires billions of dollars of investment to make it efficient, he explained. He pointed to CREW, a Brooklyn-based startup that provides wastewater treatment facilities with a process intensification solution to improve performance, lower costs, and permanently remove greenhouse gases, as an example. CREW is essentially applying enhanced rock weathering, a form of alkalinity enhancement, to wastewater reactors by adding a mineral-dosing retrofit that helps manage nutrients and improves treatment.
HRSD partners with CREW to deploy process intensification technology at Norfolk treatment plants
HRSD has announced a long-term partnership with CREW to deploy a process intensification solution at two wastewater treatment facilities in Norfolk: the Virginia Initiative Treatment Plant and the Army Base Treatment Plant. The partnership follows a yearlong testing phase in which CREW’s technology — which uses calcium carbonate dosing to optimize treatment processes and remove greenhouse gases — demonstrated improvements in biological nutrient removal and plant performance, according to the organizations.
HRSD partners with water technology company CREW to implement new process intensification solution
The multi-facility agreement brings CREW’s process intensification solution to Hampton Roads, improving performance, lowering costs, and permanently removing greenhouse gases. NORFOLK, VA — HRSD (Hampton Roads Sanitation District) and CREW announce a long-term partnership to deploy CREW’s process intensification solution at its two Norfolk-based wastewater treatment facilities: the Virginia Initiative Treatment Plant and the Army […]
Colorado Energy Office Awards $2.35M To CREW And Its Wastewater Treatment CDR Tech
CREW has secured a $2.35 million award from the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) that will power the optimization of a Colorado-based wastewater treatment facility. The funding will enable CREW to enhance the plant’s operations, boosting its performance and lowering its costs while delivering high-quality carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
Could your city’s sewage capture carbon? A New Haven startup is putting it to the test.
In Fall River and other cities, CREW is adding limestone to wastewater treatment, betting it can deliver better sewage-processing while also combatting climate change.
