Dig Co-op Inc. is a design/build, general contracting firm that specializes in green building and on-site water catchment/reuse systems for residential, commercial and institutional clients.

We are proud to be a worker-owned cooperative.

Our primary goals are to care for the earth and for the workers of our business, all while giving you top quality customer care to meet your needs. Construction is an industry that has a tradition of worker exploitation, and we defy those traditions by providing a dignified and fair wage to all of our workers.
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OUR COOPERATIVE ETHICS:
Care for the Earth ( Stewardship), Care for People ( Compassion, and Fair Share), Fair Share ( Equity)

OUR CLIENTS

Thank you to all of our past, and future, clients for supporting our worker owned company and choosing to invest in innovative water conservation systems as well as productive urban and drought tolerant landscapes. Over the years we have sincerely enjoyed working for people who share the same values and invest in water and land stewardship projects. 

OUR STORY

During California's drought conditions of 2005, a group of builders and ecologists founded DIG Cooperative Inc. and built the first permitted residential constructed wetland for greywater treatment in California. The greywater wetland is located at the Berkeley Ecology Center's EcoHouse. We continue to pioneer permitted greywater reuse and rainwater catchment systems across the San Francisco Bay Area. Our work is driven by a commitment to protect and conserve freshwater and creating a Water Secure Future for generations to come.

OUR VALUES/MISSION

Our team is committed to regenerative ecology, quality craftsmanship and creative collaboration. We work with clients to integrate the natural forces of water into their homes and landscapes to create drought resilient, productive habitats. Our mission is to assist people steward life to the urban landscape by building the future of clean water today. 

DESIGN/BUILD

We view each site as a whole-system organism and provide a comprehensive approach to water conservation, reuse, rainwater harvesting, erosion control, flood mitigation, earthquake and emergency preparedness, fire fighting and drought tolerant design. Our design philosophy draws from the principles of Permaculture which are derived from observation of nature, and are based on the way that ecosystems naturally thrive. To learn more, please visit The Urban Permaculture Institute.