Infrastructure Investment City of Cadillac has approved an $18 million wastewater plant upgrade and related water/sewer rate increases, signaling a strong capital improvement pipeline for utilities. This creates opportunities for suppliers and services in equipment, treatment upgrades, SCADA and automation, and ongoing maintenance contracts.

PFAS Compliance Funding A recent $8.2 million EGLE grant to enhance water safety via PFAS mitigation suggests demand for treatment technologies, filtration systems, monitoring services, environmental consulting, and grant administration support for municipal projects.

IT Modernization With a tech footprint that includes Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare, and IIS, Cadillac is positioned to partner on IT security, cloud migration and optimization, disaster recovery, hosting, and managed services for municipal operations.

Analytics & Monitoring Usage of analytics tools like Piwik points to opportunities to implement dashboards and data platforms for water/wastewater metrics, customer billing analytics, asset management, IoT sensor integration, and GIS-driven performance insights to inform rate setting and operations.

Engineering Partnerships Historical collaboration with engineering firms for site design and public works elements indicates ongoing need for civil engineering, environmental assessments, project management, and design-build services for capital projects and infrastructure upgrades.