'Waterpreneurs' Fuel Area Firm's Unique Business Model

OriginClear, which has already disrupted water treatment infrastructure, sets its sights on an even more imaginative way to operate.

Is water set to become a hot new commodity for investors? Can the infrastructure model that delivers clean water to people — traditionally the domain of large, government-subsidized utilities — be privatized and decentralized?

At the Forefront

OriginClear, a Clearwater-based company that specializes in modular water-treatment systems, is at the forefront of answering such questions and, in the process, not only disrupting an industry but creating a new entrepreneurial ecosystem around it.