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Research Note
21 Oct 2025

U.K. Lifts Smart Sewer Investments 
Anglian Water and Thames Water remain emblematic of diverging digital sewer strategies, but other companies are now joining them in enhancing visibility. Severn Trent and United Utilities have rapidly expanded their network telemetry and event monitoring systems, both reporting reductions in pollution incidents and improved response times.

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U.K. Water Utilities’ Road to AMP8: Proposed Business Plans and Regulator’s Review 

Over the past months, preparation for AMP8 has stepped up, as the U.K. water industry has been bracing for the next investment cycle that will...
20 Aug. 2024
Insight ReportDeep dive analysis on comprehensive topics to identify market opportunities.

Third-Party O&M for U.S. Water & Wastewater Utilities, 2023 

Enabled by lower barriers to entry across a fragmented addressable market, third-party O&M providers represent the bulk of private participation in the U.S. Bluefield has...
1 Sep. 2023
Insight Report + DataDeep dive analysis on comprehensive topics to identify market opportunities. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders and report buyers.

Digital Water: Key Trends, Project Activity, and Market Outlook, Q1 2023 

2022 was a year of ups and downs for the global digital water market. The onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, persistent inflationary pressures, and lingering...
20 Apr. 2023
Quarterly Review + DataAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events. Data access available to Data Navigator seat holders.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Digital Water Landscape Data Seat Holders

Digital Water Key Trends, Project Activity, and Market Outlook, Q2 2022 

While supply chain disruptions have impacted hardware suppliers’ order fulfillment and squeezed their profit margins, many major digital water providers have avoided large-scale order cancellations...
11 Jul. 2022
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Digital Water Landscape

Water M&A: Technology, Equipment and Services Trends, and Deal Flow, Q1 2021 

Driven by the accelerating rollout of vaccines, an economic recovery is underway as the world begins to turn the corner on COVID-19. As a subset...
8 Apr. 2021
Quarterly ReviewAnalysis and insights of previous quarter water market activity, trends, and events.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Global Water Competitive Landscape

Is U.S. Private Water Poised for Shakeup at the Top? 

On 31 August 2020, Veolia made an unsolicited offer to acquire 29.9% of Engie’s shares of Suez. The offer came in at €15.50 per share—50%...
21 Sep. 2020
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY U.S. Water Utility Ownership & Strategies

H2O Innovation Builds Water Utility Service Portfolio via M&A 

On 2 July 2020, H2O Innovation announced the acquisition of Gulf Utility Service (GUS), an operations and maintenance (O&M) company for water & wastewater utilities...
17 Jul. 2020
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY U.S. Water Utility Ownership & Strategies

U.K. Municipal Water: Market Performance and Outlook for 2020-2025 

2019 is a pivotal year for the privatized water and wastewater services companies in the U.K. They are all currently with regulator Ofwat on price...
19 Feb. 2019
Insight ReportDeep dive analysis on comprehensive topics to identify market opportunities.

Regulatory Review: ‘Beast From The East’ Exposes Vulnerabilities Of U.K. Water Companies 

On 19 June 2018, U.K. water sector regulator Ofwat released a review of water company performance during the ‘Beast from the East’, a freeze thaw...
16 Jul. 2018
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Digital Water LandscapeEurope Municipal Water Market

Ofwat Challenges UK Water Utilities to Evolve 

On 21 November 2017, the outgoing head of UK water sector regulator Ofwat provided an update on price review 19 (PR19), which underscored its outcome-focused...
4 Dec. 2017
Research NoteBrief research summaries of market development or company strategies.
CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Europe Municipal Water Market