Congratulations to Bloom’s own Chris Peot, who received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association (MABA). Here is the full statement from MABA:
Chris Peot is an exemplary leader in the field of biosolids, consistently championing our industry even when it means going against the grain or putting himself in the hotseat, and has consistently done so across his career both as head of resource recovery for DC Water and now also as interim President of Blue Drop, overseeing Bloom.
His leadership and ingenuity are both behind Bloom’s success, standing up the first CAMBI system in North America that has now been replicated by many others.
Chris cares deeply on a personal level about our work and connecting the public with it in ways large and small, including building and sustaining a greenhouse at Blue Plains that grows seedlings for school and community gardens using biosolids. His enthusiasm and earnest care for this work is infectious.
Rather than the model of “flush and forget,” Chris is constantly introducing others to his refrain of “no waste, only wasted resources” and “treating biosolids as the asset it is.” Chris’ approachable way of speaking to stakeholders at every level, patiently listening to their concerns, and finding ways to turn adversaries into allies is the kind of leadership this industry needs now.
He’s an eternal optimist with a “get things done” attitude that makes the impossible possible. As a leader of people as well as projects, he hires passionate, capable employees who believe in his vision and mission of the “beauty of biosolids”, and then empowers them to do their best work and generate ideas without micromanaging their methods, and always making sure to give credit where credit is due.
Chris has also been instrumental in MABA’s work from its inception to present day, and is now mentoring the MABA volunteers and leaders of the future.
