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6 Nov 2025

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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U.S. EPA Industrial Consent Decrees: Judicial Consent Decree Trends and Planned Investment 

The EPA has issued 95 consent decrees to industrial violators of the Clean Water Act, totaling more than US$6.4 billion in civil penalties. This Data...
19 Oct. 2016
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Smart Water Meters in Europe: Utility Strategies Drive Adoption, 2016-2020 

Market insight analyzing utility strategies to drive smart water meter adoption. Available for purchase and immediate download European water utilities are deploying new strategies to become more...
27 Oct. 2016
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Canada Municipal Water Infrastructure: Utility Strategies & CAPEX Forecasts, 2016-2025 

Canada’s municipal utilities are on track to spend C$72 billion (or  C$2,500 bill per person) on water infrastructure over the next decade
28 Oct. 2016
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Europe’s Private Water Utilities: Company Profiles, Rankings, & Trends, 2016 

Europe's top 15 consolidated private water utilities serve over 147 million of people in 11 countries, covering just under 30% of total population.
2 Nov. 2016
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Market-Based Opportunities for Private Water Players: U.S. Military Service Contracts 

Once dominated by a few select players, military service contracts now offer market-based opportunities for private water companies. While investor-owned utilities in the U.S. rely heavily...
14 Nov. 2016
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Leakage Management in Europe: Water Utilities Develop Multi-Vendor Strategies 

Leakage management has emerged as a major priority for Europe’s water utilities to reduce non-revenue water. New market insight available for purchase.
1 Dec. 2016
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U.S. Dairy Sector Water Management: Market Trends and Forecasts, 2016-2020 

The biggest water-related obstacle dairy processing facilities face is the removal of excess nutrients from wastewater streams, the complexity of which often require customized
5 Dec. 2016
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U.S. Biogas Markets & Trends: A Convergence of Municipal Wastewater and Power 

Large-scale municipal wastewater treatment plants provide the greatest opportunity for biogas. However, declines in natural gas prices and expectations of continued supply
10 Dec. 2016
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U.S. Investor-Owned Utilities M&A Update, Year-End 2016 

More than US$622 million of acquisitions for 56 deals were completed in 2016, pushing the total executed deal value since the start of 2013 to...
19 Jan. 2017
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Europe Smart Water: Market Forecasts and Utility Strategies, 2017-2025 

Europe’s water industry is on pace to lead the world toward smarter municipal supply networks. With a focus on metering, leakage management, and energy efficiency
28 Jan. 2017
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