Green Building and LEED Certification in the Water Utility Sector

Recent water and wastewater projects that have achieved LEED certification indicate broad opportunities for sustainable construction and operation. The geographic dis¬tribution of the water and wastewa¬ter projects indicates that incorpora¬tion of LEED sustainability factors has broad planning and economic applicability relative to the variabil¬ity of potential sites. The building industry’s most widely used rating system for sus¬tainable construction, LEED certifies that the built environment is con¬structed and used in sustainable, cost-effective, and healthy ways.