The Metropolitan District has established a supplier diversity council to help steer contracts for its $2.1 billion water quality effort to small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses, it announced.
Under the memorandum of understanding signed Wednesday, the state-chartered nonprofit — the largest water supplier in Central Connecticut — will work with a variety of agencies and groups to assist targeted contractors pursuing work or already working with the MDC.
MDC partners in the effort include the Department of Economic and Community Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, Capital Community College, the University of Hartford’s Entrepreneurial Center and HEDCO Inc.
The MDC’s Clean Water Project aims to meet the standards of the federal Clean Water Act by 2020.
The project’s main elements include reducing sewer overflows and nitrogen levels.
The state-created nonprofit provides water, sewer and waste collection services to a dozen Greater Hartford communities.
