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The Philippines Extends Water PPPs Beyond Manila
Private water concessions in Manila have driven water coverage from under 60% to nearly 100% between 1997 and 2015 and created a more positive environment for private company participation going forwa...The Philippines Extends Water PPPs Beyond Manila
Bluefield Research has released a new Market Insight, The Philippines Extends Water PPPs Beyond Manila, which analyzes the emerging opportunities in the Philippines to develop its municipal water market nationally. The country’s PPP Center has nine strategic projects lined up through 2020. The success of the US$542 million Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project, currently awaiting final bids, represents a key milestone to prove the government ability to enable private participation beyond its capital city.
Price-competitive European and Asian water players– partnered with local construction firms– are poised to play a significant role in the country’s development through these tenders. At the same time, EPC players can address Manila Water and Maynilad’s required ramp-up in capital improvements to meet wastewater treatment demands. Bluefield anticipates the Philippines will scale in terms of private water participation between now and 2018, when the first tenders reach fruition. As a result, a host of companies are now positioning to tap into the market’s resurgence.
The Philippines Extends Water PPPs Beyond Manila highlights the following:
- Increasing municipal water infrastructure build-out
- Philippines’ highly fragmented water sector and lack of regulation challenges expansion beyond Manila
- EPC services and upcoming tenders carrying national and multilateral guarantees among opportunities for private water players
U.S. Power Profile Shift Sparks Water Opportunity
Panda Power Funds’ progress towards the second of two new gas-fired power plants in the Chesapeake Bay basin highlights an increasing trend towards zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) in the U.S. power sector. Panda’s proposed Mattawoman Power Project in Brandywine, Maryland is an 859 MW combined cycle generating station planned for commissioning in 2017. While Mattawoman awaits public comment, the 778 MW Stonewall project in Virginia is under construction and planned for 2017.
Both of Panda’s plants will employ innovative water management strategies for water supply and wastewater. They will use municipal reclaimed water for supplies and install ZLD systems to treat produced wastewater. The Stonewall plant will use reclaimed wastewater from Leesburg, VA for cooling water, while the Mattawoman Plant will draw reclaimed water from the Piscataway WWTP in Accokeek.
Analyst Presentation // Water Scarcity and A Volatile Landscape for Water Reuse in U.S. Fracking
Bluefield Research delivered a presentation, Water Scarcity and a Volatile Landscape for Water Reuse in U.S. Fracking, at the 30th Annual WateReuse Association on 14 September 2015. This presentation highlights the findings of Bluefield’s report, Water for U.S. Hydraulic Fracturing: Competitive Strategies, Solutions, & Outlook, 2014-2020, an in-depth analysis on the rapidly changing U.S. landscape for fracking water solutions and business strategies.
As discussed in the report, the water treatment market for fracking will grow from US$138 million in 2014 to US$357 million in 2020. In 2014 alone, the U.S. fracking industry spent over US$6.38 billion on water management.
This report profiles 57 key companies from across the water management supply chain, categorizing them in three segments: Pure-play Water Service Providers, Energy Service Providers, and Key Technology Providers.
Analyst Presentation // U.S. Municipal Wastewater & Reuse: Market Trends, Opportunities, & Forecasts
Bluefield Research delivered a presentation, U.S. Municipal Wastewater & Reuse: Market Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts, 2015-2025, at the 30th Annual WateReuse Association on 14 September 2015.
This presentation highlighted the findings of Bluefield’s new report, U.S. Municipal Wastewater & Reuse: Market Trends, Opportunities, & Forecasts, 2015-2025, an in-depth analysis on the rapidly changing U.S. municipal water landscape for wastewater reuse solutions and business strategies. This report provides a valuable market overview for companies pursuing water reuse as a business opportunity.
Wastewater reuse for municipal utilities will increase 61% by 2025, requiring US$11 billion of capital expenditures. Bluefield’s forecasts build on the more than 8.3 million m3/d of municipal wastewater flows currently reused in the US.
The report has been used by leading water and infrastructure companies in their strategic planning to address U.S. market opportunities with detailed data, market trend analysis, and growth forecasts not found anywhere else.
A PDF copy of the presentation is available to Bluefield’s Insight Service clients.
Green Infrastructure Issues
Drew Bender of VS Engineering brings over 20 years of experience in green infrastructure issues to our conversation in this episode of The Water Values Podcast. He provides a wide-ranging discussion a...AMP6 Seeks Sea Change for UK Water Utility Market
This Market Insight, AMP6 Seeks Sea Change for UK Water Utility Market, highlights the long-term impacts on the UK’s municipal water sector from a series of policy changes that have been implemented over the past two years, including the Pricing Review 2014 (PR14) and the Regulator Ofwat’s Open Water Program.
Overall, a broader industry restructuring is expected due to current regulatory shifts and utility responses for UK water utilities to ensure profitability amidst compliance with policies. Utility business plans will require greater efficiency to meet performance targets for Ofwat compliance, which will increase pressure on margins and lead to greater retail competition and market restructuring.
AMP6 Seeks Sea Change for UK Water Utility Market highlights the following:
- Ofwat PR14’s approach, impact on AMP6 driving fundamental shifts
- Utility business plans aim for efficiency, performance targets for Ofwat compliance
- Increasing pressure on margins, prospect of greater competition
- Increase in innovation for efficiency (i.e. Smart water)
GCC Municipal Wastewater & Reuse: 2015-2020
This brief presentation by Bluefield analyst, Erin Bonney Casey, highlights some of the key findings from Bluefield’s just released report, Municipal Wastewater & Reuse in the GCC: Market Drivers, Trends, and Forecast, 2015–2020. The report analyzes market trends and how government wastewater treatment and infrastructure investment targets are enabling greenfield opportunities for companies across the water value chain.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region’s wastewater market is scaling with more than US$40 billion of government investment slated for new treatment and collection systems. Bluefield forecasts US$22.4 billion of wastewater treatment spending in the region from 2015-2020, representing a significant step toward bridging the region’s wastewater infrastructure gap and offering significant greenfield opportunities, particularly in the areas of wastewater treatment and re-use. Further, more than US$13 billion of projects are in various stages of development, and the region’s extreme water stress is driving new strategies, such as reuse, to address the growing water supply challenges in GCC countries.
The data and analysis in this presentation highlights the critical drivers shaping the wastewater & reuse markets across the GCC region. The presentation touches upon the report’s themes and addresses the landscape for reuse and regional forecasts.
Aqualia Adds to Scaling MENA Wastewater Position
On 30 August 2015, the Egyptian Urban Planning Ministry awarded Orasqualia, a consortium of FCC Aqualia, Orascom Construction, Veolia, and ICAT the Abu Rawash wastewater treatment project. The project will expand the existing wastewater treatment plant from 1.2 million m3/d to 1.6 million m3/d and upgrade the entire facility to secondary treatment. The contract includes a 20-year operations component and is valued at US$2.7 billion.
Orasqualia outbid three other consortia for the Abu Rawash project: Kharfi National, Metito/Hochtief/PWT, and Degremont/Arab Contractors. The expected Abu Rawash project win follows Orasqualia’s win of the 250,000 m3/d New Cairo wastewater treatment plant in 2010.
