Essential services. Permanent ownership.
Built to hold
Longwater acquires family-owned grease, septic, and municipal liquid-waste companies — and holds them for good. The essential work beneath every community, owned like it matters.
Family-owned roots
Operators who stay operators
Decades-long horizon
We measure in generations
US & Canada
Metro and regional markets
Our approach
Three layers. One system.
Our mark is a tank in cross-section — and so is our model. Read it top to bottom.
What people see doesn't change. Your name, your crews, your customers stay exactly where they are.
Routing, compliance, disposal, back office. We strengthen the middle and keep it moving.
Permanent capital, settled underneath. No flip, no fund clock, no exit on a timer.
What we look for
Steady businesses, built on routes
We partner with established liquid-waste service companies — the kind that have quietly served the same communities for years, from restaurant kitchens to municipal storm systems.
The work we know
Grease trap & interceptor pumping
Restaurants, groceries, commercial kitchens — plus used-cooking-oil collection.
Septic pumping & maintenance
Residential and commercial, including inspections and aerobic-system contracts.
Municipal & stormwater services
Catch basins, lift stations, sewer jetting, CCTV.
What they tend to look like
- Family- or founder-owned — often second or third generation
- Established routes and recurring contracts
- Real operations: trucks, licensed drivers, customers that renew
- Typically $1M–$10M revenue — smaller with dense routes welcome
When we're the right call
Retirement or succession. No next generation coming into the business.
Taking chips off the table. Liquidity now, keep running the company.
Growth beyond current means. Capital, fleet, or back-office the business can't fund alone.
If some of this sounds like your company, we'd like to know it exists — even if a sale is years away.
We are not brokers, and we don't flip. We buy to own.
Start a conversation →For business owners
Your next chapter, on your terms
You built something your community depends on. If retirement or succession is on your mind, we'd welcome a confidential conversation. No pressure, and nothing shared without your say-so.
Confidential
Every conversation stays private until you decide otherwise.
Straightforward terms
Clear, fair, and explained plainly — no games.
Your team stays
Crews and customers keep the people they know.
Your timeline
Sell now or transition over years. Your call.
Contact
Talk to us
Prefer email? Write to us at hello@longwaterholdings.com
Every inquiry is read by a principal and held in confidence.