Lower-loss infrastructure for a sustainable future.
Hidden losses in water, energy, and material conveyance systems drive affordability crises and environmental harm globally. SolidMelt partners with municipalities, utilities, manufacturers, and development institutions to build resilient, lower-loss infrastructure that reduces waste, improves affordability, and strengthens environmental stewardship.
- ✓ Reduce water waste and leakage in distribution systems
- ✓ Lower methane and gas losses, reducing emissions
- ✓ Improve affordability through lifecycle cost thinking
- ✓ Build resilience and enable remote development access
The Cost of Hidden Losses
Essential services face a mounting affordability crisis driven by inefficiency, leakage, and system failure—not just energy costs, but the hidden burden of waste and disruption.
Water Affordability Crisis
Water/sewer/sanitation inflation: 4.7% annually. 12-19.2 million U.S. households already lack affordable water access. Leakage and system losses drive invisible costs to municipalities and residents.
67.7% of drinking water need in distribution/transmission systems
Rising Energy Burden
Residential electricity costs up 31.6% in 10 years. Natural gas costs up 34.5%. Conveyance losses compound these burdens, pushing essential services beyond affordability.
EPA threshold: 6% of income for energy affordability
Public Safety & Disruption
6,300 reported natural gas incidents (2012-2021): 112 fatalities, 538 injuries, $2+ billion in property damage. Winter water-main breaks cost billions annually beyond repair alone.
Emergency response dominates actual maintenance cost
Environmental Impact Through System Resilience
Lower-loss infrastructure reduces environmental harm not by replacing energy generation, but by eliminating waste in existing conveyance systems. This approach directly addresses affordability, climate adaptation, and ecosystem resilience.
Water Preservation
Every unit of water lost in conveyance is a unit unavailable for agriculture, drinking, or ecosystem services. Lower-loss systems are critical to food security and climate adaptation, especially in arid and drought-prone regions.
Emissions Reduction
Methane loss from gas systems and material degradation in conveyance represents significant emissions. Better systems directly reduce leak-based emissions alongside improving service reliability.
Ecosystem Restoration
The Amazon has lost 17% of its forest in 50 years, partly due to inefficiency in resource systems. Better infrastructure efficiency frees resources and land for restoration and resilience.
Climate Adaptation
Resilient conveyance systems are essential for managing water in a changing climate. Coastal adaptation, desert agriculture, and remote settlement all depend on lower-loss delivery infrastructure.
Building a Global Partnership Ecosystem
Lower-loss infrastructure requires collaboration across utilities, manufacturers, standards bodies, workforce development, and development institutions. We partner with organizations committed to resilience, affordability, and environmental stewardship.
Municipalities & Utilities
City leaders and utility executives managing water, wastewater, and gas systems face affordability pressures, service reliability challenges, and climate adaptation needs. We work with municipalities to pilot lower-loss systems and transition toward lifecycle cost procurement.
- • Testing and verification of new system approaches
- • Workforce training and certification programs
- • Procurement and specification development
- • Climate resilience planning and adaptation
Equipment Manufacturers
Material suppliers, joint manufacturers, and system integrators benefit from standards that reward lower-loss performance. We collaborate to develop specifications and testing protocols that enable innovation at scale.
- • Standards development and performance verification
- • Testing and certification programs
- • Market development and field pilots
- • Supply chain resilience planning
Standards Bodies & Labor
Standards create markets. Workforce training and certification are adoption infrastructure. We work with labor organizations, building trades, and training programs to ensure that better systems create better work.
- • Certification and apprenticeship programs
- • Standards development and adoption
- • Career pathway development
- • Labor-management collaboration
Development Institutions
Global health, water security, and climate adaptation depend on reliable, affordable infrastructure. We partner with development institutions to build lower-loss conveyance systems in remote and underserved regions.
- • Water and sanitation projects
- • Resilience and climate adaptation
- • Economic development and job creation
- • Remote region infrastructure access
Systems Approach to Lower-Loss Infrastructure
Lower-loss infrastructure is not a single product—it's a systems approach combining better materials, verified connection integrity, lifecycle cost procurement, and skilled workforce development.
Better Materials & Design
HDPE and other corrosion-resistant materials deliver longer lifecycle and lower total cost of ownership. System design optimizes connection integrity and reduces failure points.
Verification at Connection Points
Testing and proof closer to point of risk reduces system-wide uncertainty. This enables faster ditch closure, predictable maintenance windows, and lower emergency response burden.
Lifecycle Cost Procurement
Shifting from lowest-bid to lifecycle-cost evaluation rewards systems that reduce total cost of ownership. This incentivizes innovation in durability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Workforce Development
Certification, training, and career pathways ensure that better systems create better work. Labor and management alignment drives adoption and ensures standards stick.
Key Business Outcomes
- → Reduced Testing Time: Faster ditch closure
- → Lower Installation Cost: Fewer rework loops
- → Reduced Disruption: Fewer emergency repairs
- → Lifecycle Savings: Extended asset life
Join Us in Building Resilient Infrastructure
Whether you represent a municipality, utility, manufacturer, standards body, development institution, or workforce organization—we'd like to explore how lower-loss infrastructure can serve your mission.
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