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Paleohydrology and What It Can Teach Us
Water legend Ken Wright joins The Water Values Podcast for a discussion about paleohydrology. Ken’s studies of how ancient cultures used water over the last quarter century have shed tremendous ligh...Industrial Marijuana and $22B to Drive Water Solutions
On 7 July 2017, the California State Water Resources Control Board released its draft Cannabis Cultivation Policy. The proposed policy aims to ensure that the diversion of water and discharge of waste associated with cannabis cultivation does not negatively impact water quality and quantity in the state.
Making up an estimated 13% of the total market, legal marijuana sales in the U.S. totaled approximately US$7.1 billion in 2016 and are forecasted to reach US$22 billion by 2020. At this growth rate, legal marijuana sales will become the 4th largest agricultural crop in the U.S., behind corn, soybeans, and fruit & nuts.
As the sector evolves, and transitions towards more industrialized scale and processes, the anticipated opportunity for water solutions and management will be too large to ignore.
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XPV Funds Smart Water Data Roll-up
XPV Water Partners has backed the merger of water resource data management player Aquatic Informatics, with sister companies WaterTrax and Linko Technology Inc. The merger creates a combined data management software portfolio positioned to inform data-driven decision making across the water cycle.
In this Research Note, Bluefield water experts analyze the implications for the companies’ strategies, evaluate the evolving role of water data management, and identify similar private-equity backed deals.
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How Widespread are Municipal Water Utility Buy-backs?
The Town of Milford, Massachusetts is acquiring its water company--privately-held Milford Water Company for US$63 million. At the center of municipal utility buy-backsLandis+Gyr Steps from Toshiba Shadow, Into Water
Landis+Gyr, the Switzerland-based manufacturer of electricity and gas meters and provider of AMI, has launched an IPO, raising needed liquidity for its financially-stressed parent companyU.S. Investor-Owned Water Utilities: M&A Deals & Trends, Q3 2017
More than US$187 million of acquisitions for 28 deals were completed in the second quarter of this year. While American Water and Aqua America further built out their footprint, Eversource Energy announced the acquisitionWater Leadership
The one and only Pat Mulroy joins The Water Values Podcast for a discussion about water leadership and training the next generation of water leaders. Pat also discusses utilities facing problems, solv...India Smart Cities: Investment Trends for Smarter Water Infrastructure
India is positioning itself at the global forefront of smart urban infrastructure development with US$29 billion in total spend by 2020 allocated to its Smart Cities Mission. Of the $13.2 billion identified for the first 60 cities, US$1.6 billion, or 12.5%, is for water-related infrastructure– potable water, wastewater, stormwater, and smart water.
The initiative is designed to tap the private sector, through public-private partnerships, and develop municipal bond markets as nascent funding mechanisms for municipal water infrastructure.
In this Data Insight, Bluefield water experts analyze the multi-billion dollar investment opportunity in India’s smart cities, including lists of projects by city, financing options, and consultants competing to be implementation partners.
