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Total Addressable Market for Water & Wastewater Utilities: U.S. Benchmarks for Owner Market Share and Consolidation Opportunities
The U.S. water and wastewater landscape is heavily fragmented across 48,587 community water systems serving 313 million people and 23,481 wastewater treatment facilities serving an estimated 267 million people. From municipalities to investor-owned utilities, organizations are evaluating consolidation strategies. Bluefield’s Total Addressable Market analysis sizes this market opportunity and estimates utility ownership of the country’s 183 million customer connections at US$977 billion.
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Utility Staffing, Hiring Challenges Drive Demand for Third-Party Digital Water Services
As utilities move to digitalize their networks, they increasingly seek employees with the technical skills to implement, operate, and maintain digital hardware and software. However,...
6 Feb. 2022
Research Note
Brief research summaries on single topic or recent event
Cybersecurity Threats Materializing for Digital Water
On 5 February 2021, the city of Oldsmar, Florida experienced a cybersecurity breach at its water treatment plant. Hackers accessed the plant’s supervisory control and...
10 Mar. 2021
Research Note
Brief research summaries on single topic or recent event
Water M&A: Technology, Equipment, Services Trends and Deal Flow, Q3 2020
The impacts of COVID-19 are still working their way through the markets and potentially impacting deal flow, leaving significant uncertainty in the near to medium...
30 Sep. 2020
Quarterly Review
Reviews of the research of the past quarter, trends and insights
Water M&A: Technology, Equipment, and Services Trends and Deal Flow, Q2 2020
The first quarter of 2020 initially began with what would otherwise have been a strong start for the global water markets until the outbreak of...
20 May. 2020
Quarterly Review
Reviews of the research of the past quarter, trends and insights
Digital Water: Key Trends, Project Activity, and Market Outlook Q2, 2020
The first quarter of 2020 kicked off what could otherwise have been a banner year for the global digital water market, before the outbreak of...
8 May. 2020
Quarterly Review
Reviews of the research of the past quarter, trends and insights