“The Water Council’s Pilot Program has given my small business the opportunity to implement its biogas purification technology in the real world and prove that it works.”

–Bryan Johnson, Principal, Energy Tech Innovations LLC

Prove Your Tech Where It Matters

We facilitate in-field pilot testing to move your technology from concept to practical, real-world application. By validating your solution at active demonstration sites, we help you prove its performance and reliability in the water industry.

Forging Innovation: MMSD & Tomorrow Water

The Water Council bridges the gap between groundbreaking tech and major infrastructure. We successfully introduced our member, Tomorrow Water, to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD), leading to the pilot of its Proteus filtration technology.

Now, this partnership is scaling. MMSD’s upcoming state-of-the-art research facility (breaking ground in 2026) will feature Proteus as one of its first major tests – marking a milestone for primary filtration tech in the U.S.

The pilot facility will be built at MMSD’s South Shore Water Reclamation Facility.

We are proud to partner with the Fund for Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on many of our pilot projects.

Interested in becoming a pilot site? Let us know!

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Innovation Programs Director

Katie Kollhoff Mouat