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Thirsty Agriculture Sector Looks to Innovation to Reduce Water Footprint, Boost Resilience

Agriculture accounts for the lion’s share of freshwater consumption—more than 40% in high income countries and as much as 70%, elsewhere. If anything, the scale of water usage is so large that it is often considered too big to even try to manage. Although, change is afoot. The convergence of external forces, such as more… Continue reading Thirsty Agriculture Sector Looks to Innovation to Reduce Water Footprint, Boost Resilience

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Could Greater Regulatory Acceptance Turbocharge Digital Water Market Growth?

In August 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to amend the City of South Bend, Indiana’s Clean Water Act consent decree. Issued in 2012 to address the City’s combined sewer overflow problems, the consent decree originally required South Bend to invest as much as US$700 million dollars in upgrading its wastewater… Continue reading Could Greater Regulatory Acceptance Turbocharge Digital Water Market Growth?

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Telecom Firms Converge on $143 Billion Digital Water Market Opportunity

Boston, Massachusetts: Amidst increased demand for digital solutions from water utilities and industrial firms, a host of telecommunications companies are responding with dedicated strategies to capitalize on the burgeoning market opportunity, according to a new report from Bluefield Research, Connecting Water Infrastructure: Telecom Company Strategies in the Global Digital Water Market. Digital water, which is… Continue reading Telecom Firms Converge on $143 Billion Digital Water Market Opportunity

Esri

Headquartered in Redland, CA, Esri is a global provider of geographic information system (GIS) software. The company’s flagship offering is the ArcGIS platform, which provides various solutions using geospatial analysis and visual mapping for a broad set of industries. Esri has tailored ArcGIS offerings for water utilities designed to provide insight into the complete water… Continue reading Esri

Innovyze

Innovyze is a global provider of water network modeling and business analytics software solutions designed for water and wastewater utilities, engineering firms, and regulators. Shortly after being acquired by private equity firm EQT in March 2017, Innovyze was merged with its former rival hydraulic modeling software provider, XP Solutions. Originally, Innovyze was primarily focused on… Continue reading Innovyze

Trimble

Trimble Water offers network and asset management software, dataloggers, and GPS mapping equipment for water & wastewater utilities. Trimble Water is a business division of Trimble Inc., a hardware, software, and services company serving industries such as construction, agriculture, transportation, natural resources and utilities, and government. Telog was acquired by Trimble in 2015 and now… Continue reading Trimble

Azteca Systems (Cityworks)

Azteca Systems was purchased by diversified technology provider Trimble in October 2019. Azteca Systems offers its Cityworks computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software for public asset management. Cityworks’ software includes applications for the management of assets, project permits, and field services. Cityworks is a GIS-centric solution built on top of Esri ArcGIS. Cityworks has historically… Continue reading Azteca Systems (Cityworks)

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Outsiders No Longer Just Window Shopping in Water

Recent excitement over 3x billion-dollar acquisitions in one week underscores a scaling interest in water and an opportunity for water as a platform for growth. While it is obvious that water is essential to all sectors of any economy, the growing roster of companies entering the market and expanding their positions validates the water industry’s… Continue reading Outsiders No Longer Just Window Shopping in Water

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Landis+Gyr

The Swiss company Landis+Gyr, established in 1896, currently operates worldwide with 72 sites in 31 countries. It originally produced only electric meters, telephone inductors, and phonographs. Toshiba became the primary stakeholder in Landis+Gyr after acquiring a 60.0% stake in the company in 2011, but following several financial scandals for the investor, Landis+Gyr once again became a… Continue reading Landis+Gyr