Case Study: Antea Group uncovers up to $14.5M in 10-year water-recycling savings with Palisade's @RISK

Antea Group uses @RISK to Uncover up to $14.5M Savings for U.S. Beverage Manufacturer

Antea Group was engaged to help a major U.S. beverage manufacturer that could not justify a capital-intensive water recycling system because the perceived low tap-water price masked the true costs. To quantify the business case, Antea Group used Palisade’s @RISK to model "true" water costs across operations—including sewer fees, treatment, energy, yield losses—and to capture uncertainty in those inputs.

Using Palisade @RISK, Antea Group performed probabilistic and sensitivity analyses, identified discharge to the sanitary sewer as the biggest cost driver, and ran scenarios for inflation, drought, production growth, and reputation benefits. The work showed the recycling system (up to 85% reuse) would produce projected cumulative savings of $10.5M–$14.5M over 10 years, enabling the company to meet internal investment hurdles and proceed with the project.

Antea Group

John Estes

Consultant