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A Multi-Faceted Approach to Asset Management with Tacoma Zach 

Tacoma Zach, Co-founder and CEO of MentorAPM, delves into the problem of prioritization for utilities. Tacoma provides an insightful look at ways utilities can efficiently prioritize their asset manag...

Your little-known washing machine setting could save you on $17 monthly energy costs and size doesn’t matter 

Market Entry Support 

Market Entry Support The water sector presents a wide range of investment opportunities as municipalities and industrial corporations seek solutions to manage industry challenges. Bluefield specialize...

U.S. Private Water: Key Trends, M&A Activity, and Market Outlook, Q4 2023 

From Arizona to Massachusetts, deal flow recovers following slowest H1 since 2019. Regulators approved a total of 42 acquisitions by 17 different buyers during Q3, with deal flow recorded across 16 states. While smaller, privately owned water systems remain the primary target for most IOUs, leading IOUs American Water and Essential Utilities have shown a growing appetite for privatizing medium and large systems by leveraging acquisition incentives such as fair market value.

What’s Behind the Decline in the Water Utility Workforce? 

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported that employment of water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators is projected to decline 6% from 2022 to 2032. This news shines the s...

Behind the Data: Unveiling the Water Footprint of Artificial Intelligence 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days—but when consumers type a question into ChatGPT, they aren’t thinking about water. ChatGPT, a generative AI tool with 1.4 billion site visit...

Europe Municipal Wastewater Reuse: Business Models and Competitive Strategies 

Part 2 of Bluefield's comprehensive Europe municipal wastewater reuse analysis, studies 16 municipal wastewater reuse projects in nine European countries that showcase different approaches to customer-base targeting, infrastructure build-out, and investment structure. This Insight Report explores market opportunities through the analysis of business and value creation models, key case studies, the competitive framework, and selected players.

U.S. Municipal Water & Sewer: Annual Utility Rate Index, 2023 

Bluefield Research has for the eighth consecutive year engaged in a comprehensive analysis of water and sewer rates for 50 of the largest U.S. cities. This analysis considers the associated impacts on residential water and sewer bills, as ratepayers represent the primary funding source for municipal operating expenditures.

Water costs rising in the Valley