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Industrial water management surpasses $10 billion, annually; reflecting moves toward greater efficiency 

Boston, Massachusetts – In 2017, U.S. industry spent $10.2 billion on water management, including water acquisition, treatment, reuse, and discharge. Bluefield Research’s new report, Opportu...
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Navigating Water through Data 

Data is crucial, and the water sector is no exception. In fact, data might be even more critical to water, given the ~70,000 municipal water and wastewater systems and +300,000 industrial systems in t...

Opportunities in U.S. Industrial Water: Market Size, Trends, and Forecast, 2018-2022 

Industrial demand for water & wastewater management, from supply to discharge, is gaining intensity. Major U.S. industries discharge over 130 billion gallons of water per day from approximately 300,000 facilities in the power, mining, energy, food & beverage, heavy manufacturing, and light manufacturing sectors.

Brown and Caldwell Stakes Out Digital Water Position With BC Blue 

On 23 October 2018, U.S.-based engineering firm Brown and Caldwell (BC) launched BC Blue, repositioning its smart utility services capabilities under a unified brand. In parallel to the launch, the company announced an ongoing partnership with Suez North America.

The announcement signals another strategy in the evolving relationship between engineering firms and digital water business models. In this Research Note, Bluefield water experts analyze EPC strategies in digital water.

 

Podcast

A Fresh Perspective on WASH and Related Issues 

WASH consultant Ed Bourque joins The Water Values Podcast and lends a fresh perspective on WASH issues. Ed discusses the relationships of WASH with integrated water resource management and water gover...
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Planning to Attend a Water Conference in 2019? Read This 

The positive feedback and interest in Bluefield Research’s analysis of WEFTEC 2018’s conference proceedings have compelled our team to look further into other water & wastewater conferences, i...

Water Utilities Evolution Toward Advanced Asset Management 

This presentation was first given by Bluefield Vice President Keith Hays at the Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure Forum in London. Key questions addressed:

  • What is a connected journey for a water utility, and how does asset management apply?
  • What are some live examples of utilities implementing solutions and their results?
  • How does the market landscape look for providers of asset management solutions?

For more analysis, see Bluefield’s report on Advanced Asset Management Strategies for Municipal Water.

Podcast

Water Reuse with Pat Sinicropi 

Water Reuse Association (WRA) Executive Director Patricia Sinicropi joins The Water Values Podcast for a deep dive into the current state of water reuse. Pat identifies current geographic hotbeds in t...