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U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q3 2023 

Public feedback regarding EPA’s proposed maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) suggests a long road ahead. Upon closure of the public comment period in May, the EPA received more than 120,000 comments, which will inform its decisions on the final MCLs.

The Digital Transformation of Small Utilities 

Water for Pulp & Paper: Market Trends and Forecasts, 2023–2030 

From newsprint and tissue paper to packaging material, the highly mature pulp & paper sector is undergoing a transformation. The shift stems from a myriad of factors that have taken place in recent decades, such as the impacts of digital technology (i.e., the Internet) on the demand for office paper & newsprint and online shopping, which is fueling demand for paper-based packaging.

U.S. & Canada Municipal Utility Capital Improvement Plans, 2023–2031 

For three years running, Bluefield’s team of water experts has collected, cleaned, and analyzed published CIP data from more than 750 utilities across the U.S. and Canada. This CIP analysis translates utility capital needs into market opportunities for technology and equipment vendors as well as engineering and construction firms.

Aquatech Amsterdam 2023: Unveiling the future of water technology 

Water for Chemicals: Market Trends and Forecasts, 2023–2030 

The chemical sector market forecast focuses on water usage, geographic variability, and key pockets of opportunity. Bluefield’s forecast methodology considers a variety of market and macroeconomic variables, including chemical industry trends, inflationary pressures, facility-level usage, and policy incentives. This report lays out Bluefield’s 2023–2030 forecast for water for chemical capital expenditure and operating expenditure.

Oldcastle Cements Digital Water Strategy via Partnerships and M&A 

On 1 August 2023, Oldcastle Infrastructure and FIDO Tech announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the U.S. market entry of FIDO’s artificial intelligence-powered leak detection software. This partnership is the latest in a series of recent maneuvers by Oldcastle to gain a foothold in the digital water solutions market.

Energy Recovery’s Water Story with Rodney Clemente 

Energy Recovery, Inc.’s Senior Vice President of Water, Rodney Clemente shares how using energy recovery technologies, the water sector saves energy, becomes more sustainable and delivers water at a...

Aegion Adds More Deals to the List 

The Future of Water host, Reese Tisdale, talks with Bluefield’s Senior Analyst Ethan Edwards about the Aegion deal, M&A, and the trenchless pipe rehabilitation market. In this episode, the B...

Third-Party O&M for U.S. Water & Wastewater Utilities, 2023 

Enabled by lower barriers to entry across a fragmented addressable market, third-party O&M providers represent the bulk of private participation in the U.S. Bluefield has identified more than 2,000 O&M contracts from the 1970s that represent the foundation for market sizing by contracts, system sizes by population, and values.