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Investor-Owned Utilities: Market Overview and Company Rankings
The U.S. water and wastewater utility 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. But within this landscape, an evolving roster of investor-owned utilities is reshaping the market by carving out regional and national positions—regulated and non-regulated—through M&A and organic growth.
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Water-Energy Nexus: Water Utilities to Benefit from Advanced Power Sector Solutions
To date, the water and power sector verticals have coexisted as customers of one another, rather than as partners in managing energy and water flows...
11 Jan. 2018
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
Corporate Sustainability Targets: Water Management Trends across Ten Key Industries
Increasingly, publicly traded companies are publishing annual sustainability or corporate social responsibility reports which track resource use and environmental footprint across operations, including
5 Feb. 2020
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Water for Energy: Trends, Market Conditions, Forward Looking, Q1, 2021
The water for energy market landscape is undergoing a transformation, shaped by changing energy supplies and related water management strategies. In recent months, notable policy...
26 Jan. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
Electric Vehicle Makeover to Alter Water Footprint for Automotive Industry
Quebec City, Canada-based H2O Innovation announced an engineering contract with U.S.-based automaker Tesla. H2O Innovation’s Water Technologies & Services business unit will design two reverse...
16 Feb. 2021
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
Industrial Water Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q1 2021
Corporates make investments in sustainability, growing interest from critical infrastructure companies outside water continues to grow, the future of the auto industry to impact water...
23 Mar. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
Water for Automotive: Market Disruption to Reshape Industry Outlook
As the auto industry transitions over the next decade to alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hydrogen, and hybrids, greenfield development of new facilities in new geographies...
16 Apr. 2021
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Industrial Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q1 2022
Chip shortages fuel expansion of fab facilities, driving water demand. The U.S. Department of Commerce, on 25 January 2022, reported semiconductor buyers currently have less...
14 Feb. 2022
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
Competition for Water Increases between Cleantech and Community Stakeholders
To meet expanding EV production, the global pipeline for new gigafactories (i.e., battery manufacturing facilities) has climbed to 304 factories. In Europe alone, Bluefield has...
6 Sep. 2022
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
Corporate Sustainability: Water Management Targets and Goals, 2022
The establishment of water-related goals and management strategies within corporate sustainability plans is increasingly evident, globally. Motivated by myriad pain points ranging from water risks,...
22 Nov. 2022
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