On 13 April 2017 Societá Metropolitana Acque Torino S.p.A (SMAT), Turin’s municipal water utility, and Olivetti, the digital center of Telecom Italia Group (TIM), signed an agreement to deploy the first Narrow Band Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) cellular network in Italy. Currently operating 750,000 manually-read meters, SMAT becomes the first Italian utility to explore new IoT protocols.… Continue reading Utilities Pilot Nascent IoT Protocols for Efficiencies
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Maximizing Operational Resilience (Smart Water Networks Forum)
Water for Fracking: Produced Water Treatment & Disposal Trends in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale
Pennsylvania continues to set the pace for recycling produced water for fracking in the Marcellus shale, with more than 60% of the 25 million barrels stored and treated for multiple applications. At the close of 2016, reported wastewater production from Pennsylvania’s 6,538 permitted wells declined 54% to 11.8 million barrels from a historical high of… Continue reading Water for Fracking: Produced Water Treatment & Disposal Trends in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale
Coal (De)regulations Impact Water Sector
U.S. Municipal Pipe Markets: Trends, Opportunities, and a Changing Competitive Landscape in Water
The new installation and rehabilitation of underground municipal infrastructure in the U.S. represents 51%, or US$272 billion, of forecasted capital expenditures over the next ten years. Hundreds of thousands of reported main breaks every year, coupled with 40% of water and wastewater pipe networks exceeding expected lives, have put a spotlight on the sector. This… Continue reading U.S. Municipal Pipe Markets: Trends, Opportunities, and a Changing Competitive Landscape in Water
U.S. Smart Water: Defining the Opportunity, Competitive Landscape, and Market Outlook
Smart water solutions – hardware, software, and analytics – are taking hold in the U.S. municipal water sector, driving close to US$20 billion of capital and operating expenditures over the next decade. At the root of this buildout are continued financial pressures on municipalities to do more with less — while the proliferation of cloud-based… Continue reading U.S. Smart Water: Defining the Opportunity, Competitive Landscape, and Market Outlook
Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape
Water related M&A activity has been robust over the last three years, surpassing US$57 billion, globally, since the start of 2014. Intensifying concerns over water scarcity, water resource contamination, and shortfalls in municipal infrastructure investment drive a surge in optimism for growth and deal flow. This new report from Bluefield Research, available for purchase and… Continue reading Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape
State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations (South)
With declining federal funding for water projects, State Revolving Funds (SRF) provide low interest loans to public and private entities to improve drinking water and clean water infrastructure across the US. US $6.5 billion has been requested from the State Revolving Fund funds in the South (43% for drinking water projects and 57% for clean water projects).… Continue reading State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations (South)
State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations (Northeast)
With declining federal funding for water projects, State Revolving Funds (SRF) provide a key source of funding — through low interest loans to public and private entities — to improve drinking water and clean water infrastructure across the US. More than US$34.5 billion has been requested from the State Revolving Fund funds in the Northeast… Continue reading State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations (Northeast)
State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations, 2016-2017 (West)
With declining federal funding for water projects, State Revolving Funds (SRF) provide a key source of funding — through low interest loans to public and private entities — to improve drinking water and clean water infrastructure across the US. On average, state revolving funds make up 17%, or US$6.7 billion of total public spending on… Continue reading State Revolving Fund Budget Allocations, 2016-2017 (West)