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Drought Spurs Water Innovation in Western Cape
On 16 May 2017, the City of Cape Town, South Africa applied for level 4 water restrictions, as persistent drought has put the Western Cape Water Supply System at significant risk.
The city’s response highlights the broader impacts of climate volatility on municipalities, globally, and their push to adopt more innovative water supply and management strategies.
In this Research Note, Bluefield water experts analyze Cape Town’s drought mitigation strategies, including investment in reuse and desalination, and water management devices. More recent analysis on global municipal water markets.
Pipe Suppliers Aim to Capitalize on $300B Municipal Water Opportunity
BOSTON – Pipe and hardware companies are poised to benefit from heightening concerns about U.S. municipal water infrastructure and $300 billion of forecasted capital expenditures over the next deca...Hydraulic Fracturing’s Rebound? Forecasting Its Impact on Water Management
The hydraulic fracturing sector’s call for water management solutions has been kickstarted by a resurgence of drilling activity in 2017. On the heels of a U.S. horizontal rig count that has climbed ...Emefcy-RWL Merger Tests Fluency in China
Israeli wastewater treatment technology firm Emefcy Group Limited (Emefcy) and US-based industrial water services firm RWL Water have announced their plans to create a global provider of innovated distributed water and wastewater treatment solutions – under a new entity, Fluence.
Emefcy anticipates RWL will accelerate its deployment in China — where the company aims to increase wastewater treatment levels from 10% to 70% of total flow in rural areas within its current Five-Year Plan.
U.S. Investor-Owned Water Utilities: M&A Deals and Trends, Q2 2017
Deal activity, sparked by favorable macroeconomic trends, continues to center on a core group of states– Pennsylvania, Texas, California– but recent deal flow and policy shifts indicate further expansionDave Speaks. An Interview by Matt Klein
TWV #001 guest Matt Klein returns to turn the tables on Dave. Matt and Dave discuss a wide range of issues affecting the water industry, and Matt does a terrific job leading the discussion. Take a lis...My three takeaways from SWAN 2017
Bluefield Research recently attended the 7th annual SWAN conference in London and it was an exciting two days. Well over 200 attendees took part in the conference and a diverse mix of utilities, ve...Utilities Pilot Nascent IoT Protocols for Efficiencies
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.
To date, SMAT (and the Italian water sector) have been plagued by non-revenue water loss. By harnessing Narrow-Band IoT, the utility aims to optimize its network by integrating real-time network monitoring with advanced remote control stations, enhancing predictive demand forecasting with district metering, and improving data flow and transparency to turn water customers into educated consumers.
In this Research Note, Bluefield analyzes the changing nature of water sector IoT communications and evolving strategies of utilities that are leveraging these technologies. For more in-depth analysis, see our recent reports on smart water in the US and Europe.
