Underground Infrastructure: U.S. Water & Wastewater Pipe Network Forecast, 2019-2028

8 Nov 2019
Available with corporate subscription

Focus Report available for purchase. (Report included with US & Canada Municipal Insight service subscription).

More than US$234 billion of capital expenditures (CAPEX) are forecasted over the next decade to address aging municipal water & wastewater pipe network infrastructure. Precipitated by decades of underinvestment, municipal utilities are under increasing pressure to address deteriorating linear assets at a faster pace.

This Focus Report forecasts the capital expenditures (CAPEX) and factors shaping the rehabilitation, replacement, and new build across an existing network of 4 million miles of linear assets.

REPORT DETAILS

  • Ten-year Annual CAPEX Forecast
  • Forecast Methodology & Assumptions
  • Pipes by Material Type & Diameter
  • Network Hardware: Valves, Fittings, Hydrants, Manholes
  • State-by-State Geographic Segmentation
  • Market Drivers & Shifts
    (e.g. Housing Starts, Population)

KEY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED

  • What factors drive replacement, rehabilitation, and greenfield network CAPEX?
  • How are U.S. pipe distribution & collection networks segmented, geographically?
  • What are the emerging trends and market disruptors?
  • Which pipe materials will gain market-share over the next decade?
  • How are associated hardware impacted by network growth?

 

Table of Contents

  1. Report Scope & Methodology
  2. Executive Summary
    • Historic Investment Trends in Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
    • Network Asset CAPEX Forecast, 2019-2028
    • Total Network CAPEX by Asset Class
  3. Drivers for Change in Distribution & Collection Network Infrastructure
    • Anticipating Climatic Events Mitigates Utility Risks
      • Billion-Dollar Weather-Related Disaster Trend 1980-2018
      • National Flood Insurance Claims Paid by Year, 1978-2017
    • Population, Demographic Shifts Signal Demand Changes
      • U.S. Public Water Supply Trend, 1950-2015
    • Aging Infrastructure & Deferred Investment
      • Water Loss Auditing Programs by State
      • Age of Pipe Infrastructure by Region
    • New Network Additions Driven by Housing Starts
      • Housing Starts: Total, Privately Owned Housing Units Started
      • Urban-Rural Splits by State
    • Municipal Material Preferences, Procurement Policies Shape Market Opportunities
      • Installed Pipe Networks by Material Type by Region
  4. Forecast Methodology & Assumptions
    • Bluefield Forecast Methodology
    • Bluefield Approach & Assumptions
    • Building on the Existing Asset Base
    • Calculating the Underlying Costs
    • Determining Rates of Change
    • Geographic Inputs Shape Variability
    • Diverging Material & Hardware Costs
    • Sowing Seeds for Greenfield Infrastructure
      • Greenfield Infrastructure Inputs
      • Northeast Region Replacement and Rehabilitation Inputs
  5. Distribution & Collection Network Forecasts
    • Forecast Overview
      • Network Asset Investment Compared to Total U.S. Municipal Water & Wastewater CAPEX
      • Labor versus Equipment Spend on Network Assets
    • Forecast by Geography
      • Ranking : Top Ten States by CAPEX Segments
    • Breaking Down the Outlook : Greenfield, Replacement, & Rehabilitation
      • Network Asset Investment Forecast : Greenfield, Replacement, & Rehabilitation
    • Distribution and Collection Pipes and Fittings
      • Pipe Equipment Spend by New, Replacement, & Rehabilitation
      • Pipe Equipment Spend by Material Types
      • Pipe Equipment Spend by Pipe Diameter
      • Pipe Fittings Equipment Spend
    • Valve Types & Sizes
      • Butterfly, Plug, & Gate Valve Equipment Spend
      • Air Valve Equipment Spend
    • Manhole Market Outlook
      • Manhole Equipment Spend by New, Replacement, and Rehabilitated Assets
      • Manhole Equipment Spend by Size
    • Hydrant Market Outlook
      • Hydrant Equipment Spend
  6. Looking to the Future
    • Annual Value of State and Local Construction Put in Place 2006-2013
    • Digital Impacts : Network Asset Intelligence & Windows into the Network
      • Potential U.S. CAPEX Savings from Advanced Asset Management, 2018-2027
    • New Materials Reshape Footprint
      • Historical Pipe Material Usage
    • Will Trenchless Go Big?
      • Advantages and Disadvantages of Trenchless Technologies
    • Lead Mitigation to Continue
      • Existing Lead Service Lines by State