Sustainability leadership WaterOne’s Climate Registered Gold status and Sustainable Water Utility Management Award signal a mature sustainability program. This presents an opportunity to discuss energy efficiency, carbon accounting, and potential green financing or infrastructure optimization services aligned with their environmental leadership.

Energy optimization Recent collaboration with Evergy to host a solar array at a pump station demonstrates a readiness to incorporate on-site renewable energy. This opens doors for vendor partnerships in solar, microgrid solutions, energy storage, and demand management for critical water infrastructure.

Public utility scale With 400,000+ daily customers and a Master Plan guiding expansion, WaterOne is focused on infrastructure investment and capacity planning. This indicates a need for advanced asset management, SCADA/OT cybersecurity, leak detection, and resilience solutions to support growth.

Reputation and talent Multiple recognitions for water quality and workplace culture suggest strong stakeholder trust and potential for programs in customer experience technologies, employee engagement platforms, and community-facing initiatives that can be paired with public funding or sponsorship opportunities.

Financial scale Revenue in the mid to high hundreds of millions with 201-500 employees points to a sizable procurement budget and potential for enterprise-grade utilities solutions, including ERP enhancements, data analytics, and enterprise security for a utility of WaterOne’s scale.