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How Are Hardware, Equipment, and Services Distributors Driving Change in the Water Sector? 

As companies like Core & Main, Ferguson, and DXP Enterprises evolve from middlemen to essential market channels, they’re shaping the water industry through expansive networks, deep customer rela...

Build American Policy Compliance Altering U.S. Water Supply Chains 

The water sector faces a pivotal shift in regulatory compliance as the BABA program is more widely enforced. With the recent Office of Management and Budget Memo M-24-02 released by the White House in October 2023, waivers that previously provided flexibility for suppliers are being phased out, and compliance checks are becoming stricter and more comprehensive.

The LCRI – What You Need to Know with 120Water’s Isaac Pellerin 

Isaac Pellerin, Vice President of Marketing at 120Water, dives into the data on lead service line (LSL) inventories and explains what you need to know about the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI...

PFAS Put a Spotlight on Biosolids – Regulations Are Still Catching Up 

Resource recovery has become a hot topic in the wastewater industry, and biosolids—an organic-rich treatment byproduct also termed ‘sewage sludge’—are often the keystone of nutrient reuse stra...

Flood Management Under Pressure: Europe’s Response to Storm Boris 

With climate change accelerating the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, countries across the continent are grappling with the need for resilient infrastructure. This conversation could...

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A Proven Track Record Bluefield supports vendors, utilities, and investors seeking custom guidance to address targeted opportunities and challenges across the municipal and industrial water landscapes...

Pat Byrne 

Pat Byrne is an analyst focusing on emerging technologies and contaminants as well as state and federal policy. Pat’s work prior to Bluefield includes research into hydroclimatic extremes, the w...

Water on Trial: SCOTUS and the Clean Water Act 

On 16 October 2024, the Supreme Court of the U.S. heard oral arguments for City and County of San Francisco, California vs. Environmental Protection Agency, a legal dispute over the methodology behind pollution standards written into National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits.

With Landmark Ruling from the EPA, the U.S. Moves Closer to Eliminating Lead in Drinking Water 

In one of the most substantial overhauls of water-quality standards in decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new rule to accelerate efforts to replace the country’...

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Tracking the Spending, Q4 2024 

Moving into fiscal year 2025 of the 2022–2026 Water Infrastructure and Western Water Infrastructure appropriations timeline, Bluefield’s team of water experts has evaluated the progress of project funding across 10 discrete programs and subprograms administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.