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China’s Municipal Wastewater Sector: Market Analysis & Trends, 2016-2020
In China, increasing regulation and openness to private sector investment are fundamental drivers for municipal wastewater project development. In this Market Insight, our water experts analyze:
- China’s macroeconomic and water investment environment
- Policy drivers and inhibitors
- The evolution of China’s wastewater market
- Profiles of China’s 11 provinces; ranked by market attractiveness
Water Rights as Property Rights
Spencer Williams of Ponderosa Advisors provides his insight into how different prior appropriation regimes are administered in several prior appropriation states, as well as a hybrid prior appropriati...Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Latin America Market Analysis
Now available is Bluefield’s Market Insight, Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Latin America Market Analysis.
This Market Insight analyzes Latin America’s scaling PPP market across key countries including Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Colombia. The report also includes details on shifting policies influencing project tenders, infrastructure plans, and utility concessions and how policy developments are encouraging new PPP opportunities and growth in Latin America.
The findings of this report draw from Bluefield’s Focus Report, Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Company Strategies & Market Opportunities, 2015-2020, which supports clients with key trends, market shifts, and opportunities for global PPP activity in water.
Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Asia Pacific Market Analysis
Now available is Bluefield’s Market Insight, Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Asia Pacific Market Analysis.
This Market Insight analyzes wastewater treatment and desalination capacity additions in the Asia Pacific region developed through private participation. The report includes an analysis of key private water markets and how increasing policy support is influencing water PPP development in the region.
Emerging opportunities in smaller Asian nations and outside of China are also highlighted alongside those that are driving the Asia Pacific as a water PPP industry leader with utility concessions, IWP/WPP contacts, and improving BOT markets.
The findings of this report draw from Bluefield’s Focus Report, Public-Private Partnerships in Water: Company Strategies & Market Opportunities, 2015-2020, which supports clients with key trends, market shifts, and opportunities for global PPP activity in water.
Advancements in Irrigated Agriculture
Irrigated agriculture expert Daniele Zaccaria joins The Water Values Podcast for an in-depth look at the state of irrigated agriculture. Daniele has been around irrigated agriculture his entire life a...Debt Wave Crashes on Abengoa Water
On 25 November 2015, Seville-based Abengoa S.A., the parent company of Abengoa Water and Abiensa, filed for creditor protection in Madrid, a precursor to bankruptcy proceedings. Spanish industrial player Gonvarri Steel Services’ (Gestamp) offer to acquire 28% of the firm for €350 million (US$377 million) fell through the prior week. This, combined with weak Q1-Q3 results, sparked a downward spiral in share price from €0.91 to €0.25 in a matter of hours.
Abengoa began to confront its financial difficulties head-on in August 2015, when it announced a €650 million capital increase and initiated its search for a strategic investor.
Abengoa has a global footprint across water, renewables, cogeneration, and ethanol (bioenergy) sectors. Its engineering & construction (E&C) business, Abiensa, represented 63% of the parent company’s €7.1 billion revenues in 2014, while the water concession business unit, Abengoa Water, accounted for less than 1%, or €41 million, of total revenues.
2015 Year In Review
What a terrific year 2015 has been – thank you for making it so! Without you, the listeners and readers, I wouldn’t have been able to pull of a second year of The Water Values, so a heartfelt than...RWL Water Strategy Taking Shape with New Deals
On 18 November 2015, RWL Water announced a joint venture, RWL Water Mexico, with Química Apollo to pursue industrial water and wastewater treatment projects in Mexico. Mexico-based Química Apollo specializes in chemical treatment services in the oil and gas, power, and other industrial sectors.
US-based RWL was founded by Ronald W. Lauder in 2010 and has since expanded geographically through five key acquisitions– Nirosoft, Aeromix, Eurotek, Unitek, Tipton– and key local partnerships in emerging water markets. The company has built a global position supplying water, wastewater, and reuse treatment solutions across municipal and industry verticals.
Only since 2014 has the firm consolidated its acquired brands under one global banner to present itself as an integrated solutions provider.
New Supply Strategy Surfaces for EPCOR
On 1 November 2015, EPCOR Utilities Inc. and Arizona’s Maricopa Water District (MWD) signed a 50-year agreement allowing the purchase and treatment of surface water for potable uses in the Agua Fria district of the West Valley region. This agreement, the first of its kind between a private utility and irrigation district, reflects a shift in water allocation priorities from agriculture to growing municipal populations.
In Arizona, 65 irrigation districts supply the agricultural sector- the majority of which are located in the Phoenix Active Management Area (AMA), including MWD. MWD is an irrigation and water conservation district covering 60 square miles west of Phoenix. Its primary water off-takers are agricultural producers.
Alberta, Canada-based EPCOR is wholly owned by the City of Edmonton and the largest private, regulated water utility in Arizona. It currently owns and operates ten service districts in Arizona and has assets in New Mexico.
