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Total Addressable Market for Water and Wastewater Utility Consolidation Hits US$977 Billion 

30 June 2023, Boston, Massachusetts: Amid growing calls for utility consolidation of a highly fragmented U.S. water sector, the total addressable market opportunity for utility ownership of the count...

Finding the Fit: Water Utilities Adjust to Ongoing Challenges 

A mainstay in our annual event schedule, Bluefield Research keenly participated in the AWWA’s Utility Management Conference in Sacramento, California, this past 28–30 March. Well attende...

Banking Industry Anxiety? Be Water, My Friend 

Here we go again. For those of my vintage, the last week has generated a not insignificant amount of 2008, Lehman Brothers anxiety with the fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The r...

Policy Leadership Key to Water Reuse Development in Europe 

Currently, more than 700 water reuse projects in Europe are garnering significant attention in the wake of drought and extremely high temperatures that swept across the continent during the ...

We’ve Been Talkin’ ’bout Jackson 

Bluefield’s water experts breakdown the how and what’s behind the ongoing water and wastewater crisis in the capital city of Jackson, MS. From drinking water quality issues to infrastructu...

Where Next after Jackson? U.S. Cities Face Looming Water Crises 

For the second time in as many years, Jackson, Mississippi’s 164,000 residents face a water crisis. In 2021, Mississippi residents were crippled by what we now call the Texas Winter Storm – some h...

Supreme Court Ruling Sets Roadblock for Water Sector, Regulations 

The writing is now on the wall. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling (6-3 in West Virginia v. EPA on 30 June 2022) undercuts the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority in it...

Six Trends Shaping the Longer-Term Outlook for Water 

Bluefield’s water experts discuss key trends shaping water infrastructure, investment, and strategies over the next three to five years, framing the longer-term market outlook for the water sect...

Decoding the Dump: Wastewater Data Offers Insights into Our Public Health 

Wastewater epidemiology, not exactly a household term, has moved into the mainstream media throughout the pandemic. Just last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention touted wastewate...

How the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators Views Upcoming Issues 

Water industry veteran and Association of State Drinking Administrators (ASDWA) Executive Director Alan Roberson discusses the big issues facing the water sector from a state regulatory perspective. P...