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21 Nov 2025

U.S. Water Utility Ownership & Strategies: Key Trends, M&A Activity, and Market Outlook, Q4 2025 
U.S. utility M&A regained momentum in Q3 2025, signaling renewed consolidation pressures across the sector. Bluefield tracked 32 deals, the highest quarterly count since Q3 2023.

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Opportunities in Canadian Industrial Water: Market Size, Trends, and Forecast, 2019-2023 

Economically, the market for industrial water management Canada – acquisition, treatment, reuse – exceeded US$1.36 billion in 2018. Bluefield's analysis covering over 7,500 industrial facilities...
24 Jan. 2019
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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
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Sizing Industrial Water Markets: Analysis of OECD Countries Beyond U.S. & Canada, 2019-2023 

Industrial withdrawals in OECD countries beyond the United States and Canada are expected to increase by 2.2 billion gallons per day from 2019 through 2023...
6 Mar. 2019
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Funding U.S. Water & Wastewater Infrastructure: Analyzing Government Sources for Project Development 

Municipal utility infrastructure in the U.S. is recognized for its much needed investment across more than 49,000, 18,000, and 2,400 community water, wastewater, and stormwater...
3 Apr. 2019
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Sizing Industrial Water Markets: The BRICS and Select Emerging Markets, 2019 – 2023 

Industrial water withdrawals for manufacturing, power and mining in non- OECD countries exceeded 306 billion gallons per day in 2018, of which 53% was made...
17 Apr. 2019
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U.S. Private Water Utilities: Drivers, Competitive Landscape and Acquisition Trends, 2019 

This new Focus Report from Bluefield Research provides an in-depth analysis of the changing investor-owned utility landscape in the U.S., including key policy drivers, M&A...
31 May. 2019
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Almost 50 years with The Clean Water Act: Analyzing Federal & State Enforcement Approaches and Trends 

The impact of the Clean Water Act (CWA) on U.S. waterways and surface water bodies has been significant over the last 47 years and one...
19 Jun. 2019
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Segmenting Utility CAPEX – U.S. Municipal Water Infrastructure Forecast 

By building on a foundational understanding of historical trends, distribution & collection network assets, and treatment facilities in 50 states and six U.S. territories, Bluefield’s...
20 Sep. 2019
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Underground Infrastructure: U.S. Water & Wastewater Pipe Network Forecast, 2019-2028 

More than US$234 billion of capital expenditures (CAPEX) are forecasted over the next decade to address aging municipal water & wastewater pipe network infrastructure. Precipitated...
8 Nov. 2019
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Water Industry 4.0: U.S. & Canada Digital Water Market Forecast, 2019-2030 

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the market for digital water, wastewater, and stormwater management solutions in the U.S. & Canada municipal water industry.
14 Jan. 2020
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