Interest is growing for recovering resources from wastewater

Stantec Executive VP Ryan Roberts explains how resource recovery is just one of many trends showing revenue growth opportunities can align with utility sustainability initiatives.

Bob Crossen

Feb. 29, 2024

Wastewater treatment systems collect and treat flows of wastewater, but not all the qualities of those flows are actually a waste. Interest from wastewater utility managers and engineers continues to grow in how to use that waste to generate energy and repurpose nutrients treated out of the water for other beneficial uses.

Ryan Roberts, executive vice president of water for Stantec, explains this is one of a number of business growth areas that he and his company see for the future of the water and wastewater industries.

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About the Author

Bob Crossen

Bob Crossen is the editorial director for the Endeavor Business Media Water Group, which publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor.