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3 Ways to Invest in America’s Crumbling Water Infrastructure 

Amid Water Crisis, Majority-Black Town Faces Higher Utility Bills 

The Silver Tsunami Meets the Great Resignation: Trends, Drivers, and Solutions for the Shifting Water Workforce 

The global water sector is in the midst of a severe labor crunch, with long-term structural employment trends exacerbated by a sharp uptick in retirement and staff turnover rates during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manila Water Sets Table for Expansion 

The fingerprints of Manila Water’s new owner, Trident Water, are emerging. Since Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon’s Prime Strategic Holdings acquired a 52% voting stake in Manila Water from Ayala Corporation in 2021, the Philippines-based company has begun ramping up its international position while simultaneously expanding and renewing its flagship domestic concessions.

Supercritical Water Oxidation – A PFAS Solution with 374Water’s Marc Deshusses 

374Water’s Marc Deshusses provides unique insights on supercritical water oxidation and its ability to destroy PFAS. Marc also discusses his early efforts to harness the power of supercritical water...

Small-Town Sewers are Getting Tech-Like Premiums 

Aliaxis Next Ventures into Digital Water 

In August 2022, Brussels-based water management solutions provider, Aliaxis, announced its acquisition of Aquarius Spectrum, an Israel-based digital leakage management and pipeline condition assessment startup. Aquarius Spectrum will join Aliaxis’ newly launched Aliaxis Next division, which takes positions in emerging water technology segments, including digital water, via M&A and early-stage investment.

SouthWest Water, Corix Merger Shuffles Utility Leaderboard 

On 29 August 2022, Corix Infrastructure Inc. and SouthWest Water Company announced the merger of the two companies’ water and wastewater businesses, including Corix-owned Utilities, Inc. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2023, consolidating utility assets serving over 1.3 million people across 20 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Policy Shifts, Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen Opportunity for Renewable Natural Gas 

In the wake of the Inflation Recovery Act’s passage, wastewater solutions providers are poised to benefit from the Section 48 Energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) program, which has been expanded to include biogas capture and interconnection distribution. Under this program, biogas system owners are eligible for a 30% ITC for new facilities that begin construction before 1 January 2025.

U.S. & Canada Municipal Water: Key Trends, Policy Activity, Market Outlook, Q3 2022 

Infrastructure funding plays out across U.S. & Canada as U.S. states continue to allocate Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and other infrastructure funds for projects across the water, wastewater, and stormwater sectors, with recent funding announcements in New York, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, and North Carolina. In Canada, the country continues to roll out funding associated with the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.