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What's in the White Paper

📈 A breakdown of confirmed sewer rate increases in 10+ major U.S. markets (with sources)
💵 How rising utility costs flow through to NOI and property value via the cap rate formula
🏙️ A detailed case study using a 1,000-unit Los Angeles development
💰 The dual-savings mechanism that makes onsite water reuse a natural hedge against rate increases
💚 Seven value drivers beyond utility savings, including green certifications, ESG positioning, energy recovery, and regulatory future-proofing
✔️ Epic Cleantec's track record across multifamily and commercial real estate

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The Problem

The operating cost you can't negotiate

Across the U.S., municipalities are locking in multi-year sewer rate increases to fund aging infrastructure. In Los Angeles, sewer charges are more than doubling by 2028. In Honolulu, rates rise 115% by 2035. Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities are on the same trajectory.

Unlike rent, these increases are set by municipalities. You can't negotiate them, optimize around them, or absorb them indefinitely without impact. For a 1,000-unit multifamily building in Los Angeles, rising sewer rates alone represent a projected $6.4 million reduction in property value by 2028 at a 5% cap rate. That's before accounting for water supply charges.

The Opportunity

Turn a rising cost into a compounding asset

Onsite water reuse converts the same rate environment into a financial advantage. By recycling a building's wastewater for non-potable uses like toilet flushing, irrigation, and cooling tower makeup, the OneWater™ system reduces both water purchases and sewer charges simultaneously.

For the same 1,000-unit building, that translates to an estimated $8 million increase in property value from utility savings at 2028 rates.

The total value swing between doing nothing and installing a system: approximately $14.4 million by 2028.

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How Epic has helped other projects

Salesforce Tower

Salesforce Tower is a 61-story office skyscraper located in San Francisco, CA boasting a 30,000 GPD blackwater, rainwater, and condensate recovery system operated and maintained by Epic Cleantec.

Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills

The award-winning Waldorf Astoria hotel located in Beverly Hills, CA will reuse over 438,000 gallons of highly purified water per year for use in landscaping with Epic Cleantec's OneWater system.

Northeast Service Center (NESC)

Epic Cleantec is spearheading the design, implementation, and permitting of a rainwater treatment system at the NESC that will support the rainwater reuse strategy through two separate systems, reducing campus water demand by 75%.

Image of the planned Alia tower in Honolulu, HI

Ālia

Epic Cleantec is spearheading the design, implementation and permitting of this greywater reuse system that will supply the building with over 8.2 million gallons of treated water annually, saving the owners around $93,000 per year in utility fees.

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