What does clean water actually cost to run?

Enter your operation below. This compares ongoing operating cost against a HydroGenesis deployment sized to the same daily volume. Enter your own current spend for the most accurate result.

Operating cost only. Equipment and deployment quoted separately.

Your operation

Adjust any input. The matching system is selected automatically.
1,000,000litres / day
DB-1025Base system · single 20 ft unit
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Industry reference: contaminated water raises legacy O&M by ~40% (1.4\u00D7). Edit if known.
Forever chemicals in feed water Toggle ON if PFAS / PFOS is regulated in your jurisdiction or relevant to your application (US municipal post-NPDWR, data centers, industrial sites, military). HydroGenesis destroys 30% inline; remaining residual handled via downstream GAC.
Off — no PFAS treatment burden in this comparison
Treated water goes into pipe network Municipal code requires a disinfectant residual in pipes. Legacy plants run heavy dosing & safety overhead. With HydroGenesis ultra-pure output, the pipe needs ~10% of legacy dosing for the same residual.
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EPA WBS reference (conventional surface water). Edit if known.
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EPA WBS reference, auto-set by your facility size. Edit if known.
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Using regional benchmark. Enter your own figure for an exact comparison.
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Defaulting to $0.08 / kWh industrial average.
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PROJECTED 1-YEAR OPERATING SAVINGS

Legacy system

Regional benchmark — North America
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Treatment$0
Chemicals est.— — —
PFAS treatment est.— — —
Energy— — —
Total / yr$0
Lines marked est. are derived from the regional total using published industry shares (AWWA / EPA / Statistics Canada). Enter your actual figures in the input panel for precision.

HydroGenesis

System sized to volume
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Treatment (process + filters + service)$0
Chemicals (process)Zero
Pipe residual — — —
PFAS residual handling$0
Energy$0
Total / yr$0
Lines marked est. on the legacy side are derived from the regional total using published industry shares (AWWA / EPA / Statistics Canada). Enter your actual figures in the input panel for precision.

HydroGenesis process uses zero chemicals. Pipe residual is municipal code, not our equipment.

  • No chemical delivery logistics or hazmat trucking schedules
  • No bulk chemical storage or secondary containment to maintain
  • Simpler operator training; no hazmat certification for handling at source
  • Reduced compliance and insurance overhead from dangerous goods handling
Figures are estimates for comparison only and do not constitute a quotation. HydroGenesis operating cost reflects the purification process at scale, flat across clean and contaminated freshwater feeds. Brackish desalination is wired with HydroGenesis-engineering-confirmed energy and maintenance figures; ocean/seawater desalination is held pending finalized engineering data and shows a pending state when selected. Legacy benchmarks are scale-banded: small (under 5,000 m\u00B3/day), mid-municipal (5,000–50,000 m\u00B3/day), and large/utility (50,000+ m\u00B3/day). Freshwater bands draw from Statistics Canada EnviroStats 16-002-X (2007 survey, O&M-only, distribution excluded). Brackish bands draw from TWDB Report 12-06 (2012, El Paso KBH at large scale) and Pearson et al. 2021 (modern peer-reviewed BWRO OPEX). All band values are conservative-low across documented ranges. Filter and service-contract figures are deliberately conservative annual approximations. Chemical product, contamination multipliers, and handling figures are EPA/AWWA references with conservative-low defaults; all are editable. PFAS treatment is a user-toggled line item; when enabled, the legacy benchmark uses Boodoo et al. 2022 NEWMOA GAC realistic-median ($0.069/m\u00B3) corroborated by AWWA UCMR-5 2024, and the HydroGenesis line shows residual handling cost for the 70% not destroyed inline (30% verified destruction rate; 70% engineering target not yet validated). Legacy chemical and energy line items shown on the legacy side (in freshwater modes) are derived from the regional total using published industry shares and are marked est. Fleet centralized handling has no published benchmark and is omitted unless the user provides a figure. This tool covers operating cost only; equipment and deployment are quoted separately.