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Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Trends and Deal Flow, Q1 2025 

With the 2020–2021 M&A frenzy now in the rear-view mirror, corporates across the water sector and beyond have largely realigned strategies to embrace simplicity. This marks a shift from traditional conglomerate models, which historically prized diversification.

Europe Municipal Water: Key Trends, Policy Activity, and Market Outlook, Q1 2025 

In Q1 2025, several European countries launched major investment programs to modernize water infrastructure, improve wastewater treatment, and enhance climate resilience. Germany committed €1.2 billion to upgrade wastewater treatment plants.

U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q1 2025 

The new administration’s executive order to pause unspent IRA and IIJA funds has created turbulence in water infrastructure financing. While subsequent clarifications have mitigated some uncertainty, ongoing legal disputes threaten the allocation of US$13 billion in water-related IIJA funding, spanning SRF programs, WaterSMART initiatives, and desalination projects.

Uncertain Times: The State of Water Policy in Washington 

In this client webcast, Bluefield water experts presented on where federal and state water policies currently stand, the status and outlook of federal funds appropriated for water and wastewater in stimulus laws passed by the last administration, and the challenges that lie ahead for agencies, utilities, and businesses.

AI in Water Management: Balancing Innovation and Consumption 

What’s Fueling Spain’s Data Center Growth—and Will It Last? 

In this episode, host Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield colleagues Keith Hays and Chloé Meyer to unpack the rapid expansion of data centers in Spain and the growing challenges related to water and...

The EU’s Water Resilience Strategy (WRS): An Audacious Goal—Will It Make an Impact? 

Water is finally getting the attention it deserves in Europe. In February 2025, the European Commission launched a call for evidence for its first-ever Water Resilience Strategy, a landmark initiative...

Oxyle Scales Up for Europe PFAS Opportunities 

On 30 January 2025, the Swiss startup Oxyle AG announced a €12.7 million seed round to further develop its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances destruction technology. This investment includes 360 Capital (lead), Axeleo Capital, and returning investors Founderful and SOSV, representing its largest round to date.

Industrial Water: Key Trends, Deals, and Policy in Water Management, Q1 2025 

The U.S. power market is under pressure from AI-driven data center expansion, industrial reshoring, and electrification, driving a projected 2.3% CAGR in electricity demand from 2025 to 2030. While renewables have dominated new capacity additions over the last decade, natural gas expansion and nuclear plant restarts are reinforcing high water withdrawal and consumption requirements for power generation.

Digital Water: Key Trends, Project Activity, and Market Outlook, Q1 2025 

The 10 publicly traded digital water companies tracked by Bluefield saw an annual revenue growth of 7.4% in 2024, with five of these firms posting double-digit growth, led by Trimble with an impressive 22.3% increase.