Best Waste & Water Management Companies in Maryland, United States
The 39 best Waste & Water Management companies in Maryland, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: USALCO.
Our analysis of 50 Waste & Water Management companies
$2.9b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in Maryland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USALCO Provider of alumina based chemical solutions for water treatment and industrial applications | $37M | 75 mo ago | Late Stage | — | 1979 | WebflowApple iCloud MailSalesforce+20 | 69 patents Aluminum-based water treatment coagulants and production processes for flocculation. | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Red Bag Solutions Provider of bio-hazardous waste management services | $5M | 180 mo ago | Series A | Don Millard President and CEO | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Planet Found Energy Development Manufacturer and supplier of biogas plant to convert poultry litter to electricity and heat | $1M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 4 | PaverGuide Provides installation services for permeable pavement reservoir | $825K | 88 mo ago | Seed | Charles White Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | 8 patents High-permeability media for nutrient removal in water treatment and permeable pavement systems. | — |
| 5 | CleanBay Provider of poultry waste treatment and recycling services | $100K | 57 mo ago | Series A | Thomas Spangler Executive Chairman and Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Origin International Provider of production waters and water contaminated oil tanks | — | 101 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2017 | — | 148 patents Medical nitric‑oxide generation and delivery systems for therapeutic and diagnostic applications | — |
| 7 | Soil Safe Provides soil recycling services | — | 278 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | — | 50 patents Formulating advanced fertilizer and soil amendment compositions for enhanced crop nutrition. | — |
| 8 | ace environmental Ace Environmental is an environmental contractor that offers oil spills, vacuum trucks, tanks, and stormwater… | — | — | Acquired | — | 2005 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | — |
Top 7 Waste & Water Management companies in Maryland
#1
Late Stage · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 1979 · 190 employees$37Mraised▾
Provider of alumina based chemical solutions for water treatment and industrial applications
#2
Series A · Princess Anne, Maryland · founded 2013 · 14 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of poultry waste treatment and recycling services
- Dec 2021Series A—
- Nov 2017Series A$2M
- Jun 2017Conventional Debt$1.2M
- Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$1.4M
#3
Acquired · Pocomoke City, Maryland · founded 2011 · 4 employees$1Mraised▾
Manufacturer and supplier of biogas plant to convert poultry litter to electricity and heat
- Jul 2019Seed$360K
- Dec 2016Seed$675K
- Aug 2014Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2014Grant (prize money)$676.1K
#4
Series A · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 2002 · 13 employees$4.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of technology-based equipment intended for on-site processing of medical and biohazardous waste. The company's waste processing systems dispose of papers, films, wovens, non-wovens, metals and other blood-contaminated materials. enabling clients to save money, guarantee sterilization and have a less environmental impact than other commonly used methods.
- Aug 2011Series A$1.2M
- Oct 2008Series A$647.4K
- Sep 2007Series A$722.7K
- Jan 2006Series A$2.1M
#5
Seed · Worton, Maryland · founded 2015 · 1 employees$825Kraised▾
Manufacturer of permeable pavement reservoirs designed to reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality. The company develops a structural filter media that reduce stormwater runoff, reduce erosion, reduce urban flooding, reduces the heat island effect, reduces GHG emissions, reduces harmful algal blooms, and improves water quality, enabling clients to avail themselves of advanced permeable pavement by lowering costs, improving pollutant removal, and reducing environmental impacts.
- Apr 2019Seed$650K
- 2017Seed$175K
- 2015Grant (prize money)$35K
#6
Deadpooled · Baltimore, Maryland · founded 2017 · 7 employees—raised▾
Provider of production waters and water contaminated oil tanks
- Apr 2018PE—
#7
Acquired · Columbia, Maryland · founded 1998—raised▾
Soil Safe provides soil treatment as well as complete soil recycling services to reduce or completely remove petroleum products, nitrogen and phosphorous concentration, heavy metals, etc. It uses micro-encapsulation and thermal absorption techniques to clean the soil. It has 4 soil processing facilities in US and targets markets including agriculture, construction, forestry, etc.
- Jun 2003PE—
Funding & investor landscape
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Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Maryland researches in water treatment
- University of Maryland, College Park13
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science7
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County5
- University of Maryland, Baltimore1
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore1
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