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Scale Is the Strategy: American, Essential Set Benchmark for Water Investor-Owned Utilities
The American–Essential merger marks a major transformation in the U.S. regulated water sector, significantly augmenting American Water’s status as the largest and most geographically diverse water utility in the country.
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Nexus’s Utility Sell-Off Goes to American Water
On 19 May 2025, Nexus Water Group announced its divestment of select operations and assets in eight states to American Water Works Company for US$315...
13 Jun. 2025
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Essential and Investor-Owned Water Utilities Look Beyond the Rate Base
Essential Utilities’ commitment to the Greene County data center project, slated to come online in 2029, looks less like a strategic pivot and more like...
23 Sep. 2025
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Scale Is the Strategy: American, Essential Set Benchmark for Water Investor-Owned Utilities
The American–Essential merger marks a major transformation in the U.S. regulated water sector, significantly augmenting American Water’s status as the largest and most geographically diverse...
6 Nov. 2025
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Oldcastle Cements Digital Water Strategy via Partnerships and M&A
On 1 August 2023, Oldcastle Infrastructure and FIDO Tech announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the U.S. market entry of FIDO’s artificial intelligence-powered leak detection...
5 Sep. 2023
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Nestlé, Corporate Requirements Amplify Water Risk in Parched Arizona
On 21 March 2023, Arizona’s Senate passed Senate Bill 1660 to allow industrial facilities to treat wastewater onsite and receive long-term storage credit for recharging...
9 May. 2023
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Water P3s Inch Forward from Florida to Oregon
On 21 February 2023, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida announced the closing of a public-private partnership (PPP) with Ridgewood Infrastructure, IDE Technologies, and Kiewit...
7 Apr. 2023
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Canada’s EPCOR Acts on Arizona Water Cuts
Amid the ongoing supply shortage in the Colorado River Basin, the city of Scottsdale codified a Drought Management Plan that bans hauling water beyond the...
27 Feb. 2023
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Covid-19 Sets Stage for Water & Wastewater Utility M&A
As implications of the coronavirus pandemic continue to unfold across the U.S., and around the world, essential water & wastewater service providers are facing unforeseen...
7 Apr. 2020
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.SJW Lands Rare, Cross Country Water Utility Deal
On 15 March 2018, SJW Group (SJW) and Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (CTWS) announced plans to merge in an all-stock transaction, priced at US$750 million....
2 Apr. 2018
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Brief research summaries of market development or company strategies.Eversource’s $1.68B Water Deal Indicates Renewed Convergence of U.S. Critical Infrastructure
One 2 June 2017, Eversource Energy, New England’s largest energy provider, announced plans to acquire Aquarion Water, the region’s largest private water company for $1.68...
8 Jun. 2017
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