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Our Industry Insights provide deep-dive analyses into global water topics, including water infrastructure, industrial water management, digital solutions, and more. Reports are available for purchase (through our Report Store) or with a Corporate Subscription.
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Australia Digital Water Landscape: Utility Strategies, Competitive Dynamics, and Growth Forecasts, 2026–2036
Australia's digital water opportunity is built on structural necessity, not discretionary spending. Growing from US$958.6 million in 2026 to US$2.4 billion by 2036, utilities are committing to five-to-ten-year capital programs that lock in technology choices for the decade ahead.
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U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q3 2025
Roughly half of all water-related deals recorded in the U.S. and Canada this year have targeted companies offering treatment and filtration or distribution services. Most...
23 Sep. 2025
Quarterly Review + Data
Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends and Deal Flow, Q3 2025
With fewer than 166 deals recorded year-to-date, the M&A water-sector is constrained in 2025. This broad-based pullback is most pronounced in digital water, which saw...
18 Sep. 2025
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
U.S. Water Utility Ownership & Strategies: Key Trends, M&A Activity, and Market Outlook, Q3 2025
Unitil Corporation marked its water sector debut with a pending US$100 million purchase of the Aquarion Water Company’s assets in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Meanwhile,...
9 Sep. 2025
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
Azuria, Inframark Join to Create US$2 Billion Water Service Platform
On 18 July 2025, Azuria Water Solutions and Inframark announced their plans to merge under one banner. The merger is expected to close in late...
11 Aug. 2025
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Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends and Deal Flow, Q2 2025
The water sector entered a more cautious M&A environment in 2025, with only 71 deals recorded in the first half of the year—down from 202...
17 Jun. 2025
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q4 2024
The outcome of the U.S. elections in November will have long-term ramifications for the water sector’s regulatory and funding landscape. Republican control of Congress is...
19 Dec. 2024
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends and Deal Flow, Q4 2024
Water sector M&A maintains momentum. While the pace of transactions has moderated, the 334 deals tracked this year underscore continued investor confidence in the water...
3 Dec. 2024
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q3 2024
In the first Clean Watersheds Needs Survey report to Congress in 10 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the project requirements to meet...
30 Sep. 2024
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Analysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.