There’s a lot of talk about energy efficiency out there, but not enough about how water efficiency dovetails with it to compound savings. Cascade Energy is one of the few providers with a holistic water strategy that melds site-level coaching with larger-scale water stewardship and local risk management, thanks to the combined expertise of our colleagues at Fresh Coast Climate Solutions. 

Aquafficiency 

That site-level coaching lives in Aquafficiency, Cascade Energy’s program for treating water and energy as two sides of the same operating bill. Aquafficiency’s team walks paint lines, cooling systems, and other high-intensity processes to find quick, low- or no-cost fixes, then builds the reuse and recycling strategies that cut intake and discharge volumes. Every recommendation comes with a cost/benefit case attached, so the savings are never just theoretical. For water and wastewater systems, energy can account for a significant share of the operating budget, and even modest efficiency gains translate into real, sustained cost reduction and smarter capital decisions down the line. 

Water Stewardship 

That’s only half the picture. Fresh Coast Climate Solutions picks up where the fence line ends, helping businesses understand the water-related risks, challenges, and opportunities tied to the watersheds and communities they operate in. Whether a company is just starting its stewardship journey or looking to strengthen an existing program, Fresh Coast builds the baseline analysis, strategy, and stakeholder engagement needed to support recognized frameworks like WAVE, the Alliance for Water Stewardship, and CDP Water. The payoff is stronger supply chain resilience, deeper community trust, and a credible, third-party-validated story to tell investors, regulators, and neighbors alike. 

Where the Two Meet 

Here’s the part most providers can’t offer: Cascade Energy and Fresh Coast have combined these programs into a single engagement, so customers don’t have to manage two vendors, two audits, or two disconnected strategies. A site’s existing Aquafficiency audit now folds in Fresh Coast’s water and carbon accounting in the same walkthrough, capturing the full operational cost and footprint of water alongside the Gems and Quick Wins the audit already produces. The project roadmap that ranks those opportunities by cost and effort now layers in watershed and local risk context too, so prioritization reflects the full picture along with the easiest wins. And the technical training a site’s team already attends gets a stewardship component built in, so the same people who run efficiency projects can speak fluently to watershed risk and ESG reporting.

Efficiency and stewardship used to be separate conversations, handled by separate teams on separate timelines. They don’t have to be anymore. With Aquafficiency and Fresh Coast working from the same roadmap, customers get one relationship that covers cost savings and community risk in the same breath. 

Ready to see what a combined water strategy could look like at your sites? Learn more about Aquafficiency and Fresh Coast’s water stewardship program.