DC Water is a strong advocate of our certified business community and is committed to ensuring local, small, disadvantaged, and women business enterprises have equitable access to procurement opportunities at all tiers on DC Water projects. 
DC Water’s Compliance Team is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination, and monitoring of all contract compliance and business development programs required by Board policies and Federal regulations. These include, but are not limited to:

• The Disadvantaged/Women Business Enterprise (D/WBE) Program.
• The Fairshare Objectives for Federally Supported Projects.
• The Local and Small Business Enterprise (LSBE) Program.
• Strategically targeted outreach efforts that are designed to maximize and gauge the certified business communities’ interest in DC Water opportunities.