Clear Water Compliance Services Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago it was just a vision--take innovative storm water treatment technologies and match them with a passion for customer service to create win-win solutions that help growing economies while preserving and protecting the natural environment. Today, Clear Water Compliance Services has not only achieved that vision, it has achieved market dominance and positioned itself for worldwide growth.

“We not only started a company, we helped to start an industry,” said Thomas Leggiere, chief executive officer of Clear Water, which provides high-technology treatment services for storm water, industrial waste water, groundwater and sludge dewatering. “We started as a small company in response to a growing need to address storm water quality issues in Washington state, and we’re now doing business around the world.”

The company has opened offices on both coasts of the U.S. and recently completed the acquisition of KI Environmental, Richmond, British Columbia, a firm already highly respected in Canada for its work in protecting water quality. Clear Water’s parent company, Worldwide Water Inc. of Lynnwood, Wash., has recently opened subsidiary offices in Doha, Qatar; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and, Al Buraimi, Oman.

“The company has doubled in size every year for the past five years, and we enjoy 80 percent market share in western Washington because of the exceptional caliber of our team members,” Leggiere said. “They bring the highest level of integrity to their work, never compromise their principles and always create opportunities for everyone to win.”

Clear Water was established in 1998 in response to the heightened awareness of storm water quality issues arising from the phased implementation of the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. These regulations gave rise to the need for specialized erosion control and water treatment services at construction and industrial sites.

Over 10 years, Clear Water has earned a reputation for high-quality water treatment in such high-profile projects as the Third Runway Project at Seattle’s SeaTac International Airport and the reclamation of wetlands south of Seattle. Its systems have been used in projects ranging in size from small residential construction sites to multiple-acre commercial and government road improvement projects. The company serves a variety of clients including developers, builders, contractors, architects, engineers, large industry, municipalities, transportation authorities, state agencies and port authorities. Leggiere added that the company has significantly diversified in the past 10 years--to the point where by mid-2009, storm water treatment services will account for only 50 percent of total revenue.

“Water resources in general and water quality in particular are growing concerns throughout the world,” Leggiere said. "There is no substitute for clean water, and there never will be. Our company is well positioned globally for the future to provide two critical services: cleaning dirty water and finding new sources of water.”

Source: Clear Water Compliance Services Inc.