What's Behind the Rise in Private Participation in Water?

Shaped by a growing demand for water & wastewater infrastructure investment and an increasingly favorable policy landscape, private participation among U.S. utilities is on the rise. Bluefield's water experts discuss their recent analysis of investor-owned utilities' strategies, highlighting M&A trends and how companies—from American Water to private equity-backed firms—are approaching the water market. Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield water experts Isabel Kezman and Charlie Suse. If you enjoy listening to The Future of Water Podcast, please tell a friend or colleague, and if you haven’t already, please click to follow this podcast wherever you listen.  If you’d like to be informed of water market news, trends, perspectives and analysis from Bluefield Research, subscribe to Waterline, our weekly newsletter published each Wednesday. Related Research & Analysis: Investor-Owned Water Utilities: M&A, Market Share, and Competitive Strategies Third-Party O&M for U.S. Water & Wastewater Utilities Opportunities in the U.S. Private Water Market