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U.S. Smart Water: Defining the Opportunity, Competitive Landscape, and Market Outlook
Smart water solutions – hardware, software, and analytics – are taking hold in the U.S. municipal water sector, driving close to US$20 billion of capital and operating expenditures over the next decade. At the root of this buildout are continued financial pressures on municipalities to do more with less — while the proliferation of cloud-based information technology presents a viable solution.
This new report from Bluefield Research, available for purchase and immediate download, is essential for companies evaluating the outlook, opportunities, and trends in smart water solutions in the U.S.
Report sections include:
- Defining Smart Water
- Policy and Market Environment
- Competitive Landscape and Trends
- Smart Water Market Forecasts to 2025
- 40+ Vendor Profiles by focus area: Smart Metering, Revenue and Billing, Design and Modeling, Leakage Management, Network Management, Network Monitoring
Listen to Bluefield President Reese Tisdale discuss key trends and opportunities in the U.S. smart water market.
Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape
Water related M&A activity has been robust over the last three years, surpassing US$57 billion, globally, since the start of 2014. Intensifying concerns over water scarcity, water resource contamination, and shortfalls in municipal infrastructure investment drive a surge in optimism for growth and deal flow.
This new report from Bluefield Research, available for purchase and immediate download, evaluates the outlook, opportunities and trends in the water sector and impacts on the competitive landscape.
Bluefield analyzes 447 deals, the lion’s share of which centers largely on developed markets. The data shows there are no boundaries to M&A, as Asian investors look abroad, Brazil attracts foreign infrastructure investors, and technology solutions are applicable to developed and developing markets alike.
Key questions addressed:
- What factors are driving M&A?
- Which market segment is driving deal-flow?
- How do EBITDA multiples vary by segment?
- What role are financial investors playing?
- Which countries are attracting the most activity?
- What are the trends in utility and asset water acquisition, globally?
- What trends do the transactions indicate year over year?
