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Water Losses Cost U.S. Utilities US$6.4 Billion Annually 

28 April 2025, Boston, Massachusetts—Nearly one in five gallons—19.5%—of treated drinking water in the U.S. is lost before it reaches customers or is improperly billed. This growing challenge, c...

Tackling the Trillion-Gallon Problem: Water Loss Reduction Initiatives Benefit Utilities and Consumers Alike 

Most people are familiar with real, physical water losses— those caused by pipe bursts, system leaks, and overflows. But fewer are aware of apparent losses, which stem from issue...

Recession Risks, U.S.-China Tariffs Expose U.S. Industrial Water 

Pullbacks in various market segments are certain to reduce production-driven industrial water spend, thereby creating a more challenging environment for industrial water solutions providers. Companies like Newterra, Gradiant, Fluence Corporation, and Aquatech are somewhat exposed to their reliance on global supply chains, including key components, such as membranes, pumps, and treatment hardware.

Metering-as-a-Service to Find Market Niche 

LoRaWan providers angle for growth alongside major NB-IoT contracts. Major telecom operators such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and Orange have leveraged their cellular networks to offer IoT connectivity solutions like Narrowband-Internet of Things and Long Term Evolution Machine Type Communication, alternatives to LoRaWAN.

Water in Transition: Signals From the Top 50 Companies 

Bluefield’s latest snapshot of the top 50 publicly traded water companies shows a sector still growing—but with turbulence under the surface. In this episode, host Reese Tisdale digs into Bluefiel...

Private Investment 

Private Investment The role of private participation in water, globally, is one path to rehabilitating and upgrading utility assets. From investor-owned utilities in the U.S. to build-own-and-operate ...

Corporate Sustainability 

Corporate Sustainability Increasingly, publicly traded companies are accounting for the impacts of their decisions on water usage and facilities’ discharges. The outcome of their growing focus will ...

Infrastructure Investment 

Infrastructure Investment Water infrastructure has been chronically underfunded. According to the most recent Infrastructure Report Card by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Drinking Water...

Stormwater 

Stormwater Stormwater infrastructure assets, designed to handle historical levels of precipitation, are increasingly insufficient to withstand the frequency and severity of today’s storms. In the U....

Water for High Tech 

Water for High Tech The number of internet users worldwide has more than doubled since 2010. Scaling demand for cloud-based data and service offerings—shaped by machine learning, cryptocurrency, and...