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Outcome Based Contracting with Woodard & Curran CEO Alyson Watson 

Alyson Watson, CEO of Woodard & Curran, delivers a tour de force performance explaining why the water industry needs a fresh approach to delivering services and advocating for an outcome based con...

Inframark-ESG Build Water O&M Portfolio via M&A 

On 15 October 2021, Pennsylvania-based Inframark announced its acquisition of ESG Operations, a municipal and industrial operations & maintenance services company. The new company will be renamed Inframark-ESG. 

Industrial Facility Count Affirms Surge in Water Opportunities 

In September 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest data on industrial facility counts and employment across the United States. The data indicates that the U.S. added over 29,000 industrial facilities, during which time COVID-19 emerged as a global disruptor and energy prices collapsed. The most recent data shows facilities in 1,947 counties employing 5.4 million people.

Industrial Facility Count Affirms Surge in Water Opportunities 

In September 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest data on industrial facility counts and employment across the United States. The data indicates that the U.S. added over 29,000 industrial facilities, during which time COVID-19 emerged as a global disruptor and energy prices collapsed. The most recent data shows facilities in 1,947 counties employing 5.4 million people.

To Remove All the Lead Pipes in America…First, You Need to Find Them. Digital Can Help. 

The country is a step closer to addressing the longstanding issue of lead in the country’s drinking water with the bipartisan infrastructure bill that Congress advanced last week allocating...

Deals, Deals, Deals 

Deal activity in water is climbing. If activity in the Private Water and Digital Water sectors keep pace, as it has historically over the past few years, this year’s transactions in water will s...

NextEra Signals Approaching Water-Energy Convergence 

On 20 October 2021, during its third-quarter earnings call, NextEra Energy Inc.’s management team announced the acquisition of 17 regulated water and two wastewater utility systems in eight counties near Houston, Texas, in a deal with Quadvest, LP—a 40-year-old family-owned water & sewer utility— that is expected to close in 2022. The acquisition falls in line with NextEra's emerging water-focused strategy it has undertaken over the last two years. 

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Top Companies In Water: Financial Signals and Market Trends, Q3 2021 

Bluefield Research monitors the financial trends and market signals detailed in the quarterly and annual reports of publicly traded companies with positions in water. Q2 2021 had seen record revenue growth in the water industry, with nine of the 45 tracked companies reporting year-over-year (YoY) growth over 25.0%, and only six reporting a negative quarterly performance.

Mapping the Digital Water Vendor Landscape: Global Water Hardware, Software & Service Providers 

The growth of the digital water market has coincided with an explosion of digital technology and service providers targeting water, wastewater, and stormwater segments over the past 20 years. The profiles of global companies stepping up their water-related positions range from startups to well-established industry incumbents. With so many eyes on the digital water segment, these companies represent the key movers and shakers worth watching at this early stage of the industry’s digital transformation.