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NW Natural Expands Into Water Via M&A
NW Natural announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Salmon Valley Water Company and Falls Water Company, two privately owned water utilities in the Northwestern U.S.
The acquisitions mark NW Natural’s first foray into the regulated water utility sector. The purchase of the Salmon Valley system has enabled NW Natural to carve out a small position in water in its home state, adding to its existing, large customer base for gas services.
The water utility market provides attractive opportunity for utility outsiders. Bluefield estimates the total value of significantly financially stressed community water systems in the U.S. at US$2.38 billion.
What Exactly Is Zero Liquid Discharge, Anyway?
Saltworks Technologies CEO Ben Sparrow joins us to explore wastewater treatment processes and specifically zero liquid discharge systems. Ben does a great job walking us through the steps of the indus...Water-Energy Nexus: Water Utilities to Benefit from Advanced Power Sector Solutions
To date, the water and power sector verticals have coexisted as customers of one another, rather than as partners in managing energy and water flows within the municipal networks. A paradigm shift is underwayAcciona Tests Mexico Utility Concession Model
On 19 December 2017, Spanish private water player Acciona Agua and the municipality of Boca del Río, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico signed a 30-year water utility concession agreement for the company to manage the full water cycle for over 140,000 people.
The contract’s operation performance targets include a reduction of non-revenue water, which currently stands at over 50%. The clock is ticking on Mexico’s 2014 national infrastructure plan. With federal elections coming on 1 July 2018, this concession’s performance will provide a useful reference.
Hubbell Makes a Splash into Water with Aclara Purchase
Closing out 2017 with another water-sector M&A deal, Hubbell Incorporated, a diversified equipment supplier to industrial and utility sectors, announced on Dec 26 that it would acquire Missouri-based Aclara Technologies from Sun Capital Partners. The US$1.1 billion deal is expected to close first quarter of 2018.
The deal positions Hubbell for growth in the municipal water sector and across utility markets. Aclara has built a unique offering of smart water solutions for municipal water utilities by coupling its core data communications competency with value-added hardware and software solutions.
