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State Profile: Texas Water Market
Texas has 4,667 community water systems serving a combined 30.6 million people. Of these systems, 67% obtain water from groundwater, while 33% rely on surface water or purchased surface water as their primary source.
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Engineers, Big Consultancies Converge on Water Sector’s Decision Layer
As compliance and resilience priorities outpace utilities’ internal capacity and capabilities, municipal utilities are consolidating spend around fewer trusted partners that can help shape strategy...
4 Feb. 2026
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NMDC Joins GCC Water Peers with Spain, EU Market Entry
Spain provides NMDC with a credible entry point into the European Union procurement environment. It delivers a base to bid on EU-funded resilience upgrades, reuse...
30 Jan. 2026
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Veralto Strengthens Water Monitoring Portfolio
Veralto’s existing water monitoring portfolio includes Hach, which specializes in water and wastewater monitoring, and OTT HydroMet, which focuses on surface-water monitoring. In-Situ’s product line...
19 Dec. 2025
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Revised Lead Service Line Inventories Reset Market Outlook
Most states have significantly reduced their projected lead service lines counts, led by Florida and Texas. Only five states reported marginal increases, with Kansas, Mississippi,...
12 Dec. 2025
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K-water Builds Global Momentum with AI-Powered Solutions
As a digital stormwater solutions provider, K-water wields a unique advantage: a fully implemented national reference system that spans South Korea. The utility’s Digital Garam+...
8 Dec. 2025
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Select Water Tests Economics of Lithium Mining from Oilfield Brines
On 22 October 2025, Texas-based Select Water Solutions announced the groundbreaking produced water lithium extraction facility in the city of Joaquin. The commercial-scale facility will...
15 Nov. 2025
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Orbia Weighs Netafim Precision Agriculture Divestment
Since its acquisition by Orbia, Netafim has shifted from drip irrigation equipment to a digital agriculture platform integrating hardware, software, and data analytics. In doing...
14 Nov. 2025
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Cox Unveils Ambitious Desalination Growth Plans for Mexico Water Business
Founded in 2014, Cox initially focused on developing solar energy projects. The company has since expanded into water management, particularly following its acquisition of the...
7 Nov. 2025
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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...
6 Nov. 2025
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Netmore Deepens Footprint in Europe with Arson Metering
Arson Metering can act as a beachhead for Southern Europe meter operations and deployment logistics, powering Netmore’s Metering-as-a-Service and Network-as-a-Service business lines.
31 Oct. 2025
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