Steel River Group Announces a Reimagined Approach to Water Care in Canada

Calgary, AB, May 06, 2021 – Calgary based Steel River Group Ltd. (Steel River), an Indigenous-owned diversified management and construction consortium, has announced the formation of a new entity, Water Care Company, reimagining the approach to the preservation, sovereignty, and stewardship of one of our most important resources, water.

Access to simple, effective, and user-friendly water and wastewater treatment solutions continues to be a growing challenge across Canada and beyond. This challenge is amplified and often overlooked when talking about small, remote, and Indigenous communities. Water Care Company will provide mobile turn-key water care to meet this crucial need.

Through Steel River’s expansive ecosystem, Water Care Company is working with industry leaders like Total Metalworks Inc., a Calgary-based manufacturer with decades of experience in the water space, designing and fabricating modular treatment solutions for deployment.

“As an Indigenous business owner who has worked with Indigenous communities across Canada, I’ve seen first-hand the water crisis that many remote and Indigenous communities are facing,” said Trent Fequet, Founder and CEO of Steel River. “By supporting collaboration through Steel River’s ecosystem  partners like Total Metalworks Inc., Water Care Company is immediately able to offer treatment solutions that are owned, operated and maintained by communities at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems, giving these communities access to clean, drinkable water that they need.”

Although basic water infrastructure and processes have remained unchanged for decades, the cost requirements to put these processes in place have continued to remain high, even increasing year over year. Many small, remote and Indigenous communities do not operate their own facilities, which leads to increased operating costs and lost opportunities for employment and benefits to remain within the community.

In addition to these challenges, regulations on wastewater are continuously increasing as the world sees rising evidence of the negative effects that inadequately or non-treated wastewater has on nearly every ecosystem on the planet.

Water Care Company has aligned itself with several simple, effective and user-friendly treatment technologies, allowing them to provide equipment and system offerings to communities that fit their unique needs. Water Care Company will continue to leverage new effective technologies and solutions-based services to act as a complete turnkey approach to support Indigenous and rural communities, government, and industry in taking better care of their water.

For more information about Water Care Company, visit www.watercarecompany.com

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