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The Future of Water — 151 episodes

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The Firms Behind the Decisions: Engineering and Construction's Expanding Role in Water

2

Are We Reading the Water Market Right?

3

Beyond the Dashboard: Digital Water's Operational Turn

4

Mid-2026 Water Check-In: Deals, Geopolitics, and What's Next

5

Is the Data Center Water Problem Fake?

6

Last Call for the Colorado River

7

Who Owns Your Water and Who Wants To?

8

Are We Approaching a Federal Water Funding Cliff?

9

Inside Europe’s €643 Billion Stormwater Opportunity: Who's Positioned To Capitalize?

10

Is Australia the Blueprint for the Future of Water?

11

Your Water Questions Answered: Bonds, Energy, Irrigation, and Tech

12

Why Are U.S. Water and Sewer Bills Rising Faster Than Inflation?

13

Water for Agriculture: An US$84 Billion Irrigation Opportunity

14

The US$10 Billion Market Nobody Talks About: Chemicals for Water Treatment

15

Debunking the Myths of the Data Center Water Footprint

16

When States Lose Veto Power: The New Water Policy Landscape

17

Water Runs on Power: The Energy Lever Utilities Can’t Ignore

18

Year-End Water Check: AI's Thirst, Aging Infrastructure, and 2026 Contrarian Bets

19

What Does a Decade of Fair Market Deals Tell Us About Water’s Future?

20

From Landfill Capacity to PFAS: The Pressures Reshaping Biosolids Management

21

Is Water Reuse Going Mainstream?

22

What’s at Stake When Cyber Threats Target Water Infrastructure?

23

How Did Midstream Water Become a US$26 Billion-a-Year Business?

24

TAQA’s US$1.2 Billion Move: What Does GS Inima Bring to the Global Water Market?

25

What Do 2025 Capital Improvement Plans Reveal About Water Utility Spending?

26

Why Don’t We Care About Water?

27

Industrial Water Showdown: Comparing Opportunities Across Europe and the U.S.

28

Canada’s New Water Agency and the 'Big Beautiful Bill': What's Next for Water Funding in North America?

29

What’s Driving the Market for Decentralized Water Treatment?

30

How Investor-Owned Utilities Are Reshaping the U.S. Water Market Through M&A?

31

How is Europe's Water Sector Responding to Climate and Regulatory Pressure?

32

Quenching High Tech's Thirst: The Rising Water Demands of Data Centers and Semiconductors

33

Water Metering’s Digital Shift: Platforms, Analytics, and AI Integration

34

Big Spend, Bigger Stakes: The Next 10 Years in U.S. Water & Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure

35

Water in Transition: Signals From the Top 50 Companies

36

Clarifying the Chaos in Washington: Answering Top Questions on U.S. Water Policy

37

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

38

Herc, Sunbelt, and United: How Recent M&A Is Reshaping the Water Equipment Rental Market

39

The Digital Water Playbook: Who’s Investing, What’s Changing, and Why It Matters

40

Will Spanish Engineering Firms Reshape the Global Water Landscape?

41

What's the Price of Your Household Water?

42

Diehl Metering’s Digital Water Leap Powered by Analytics-focused Acquisition

43

2024 in Water, What Mattered the Most?

44

From Pharma to Energy, What's Driving Growth in Water-Intensive Industries?

45

Strategic Moves Reshaping the Water Sector

46

How Are Hardware, Equipment, and Services Distributors Driving Change in the Water Sector?

47

Flood Management Under Pressure: Europe's Response to Storm Boris

48

San Francisco vs. the EPA: What's at Stake for the Future of Water Regulation?

49

Show Me the Money: Where Are Utilities Investing in Water?

50

Private Equity Adds Water Treatment Chemicals to Their Playbook

51

Uncharted Waters: Are U.K. Utilities Ready for the AMP8 Investment Cycle?

52

From Milestones to Predictions: What’s Next for the Future of Water?

53

How Will the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Shape the Future of Water Management?

54

Answering Ten Burning Questions about the Private Water Industry

55

What's Driving Rapid Growth in U.S. Stormwater Management?

56

Three Industries Shaping Industrial Water Management

57

Emerging Trends and Foreign Investment Opportunities in Spain's Water Market

58

How Would a Potential Schneider-Bentley Deal Shake Up the Water Sector?

59

Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water: Who Will Bear the Burden?

60

AI Opportunities and Impacts for Utility Construction Firms in Water

61

The Emergence of Collaborative Delivery for Water

62

IIJA Project Funding Update: Where Are the Dollars Now?

63

What is Private Equity's Role in Digital Water?

64

What's the State of Private Participation in Water?

65

The Role of 8 Japanese Trading Houses in Water

66

Badger Meter, Trimble Change Lanes in Digital Water

67

Looking into 2024: Key Water Trends to Watch in the EU

68

Latest Trends in Industrial Water Management

69

From City to City, Why Are Water Utility Rates So Variable?

70

What’s Behind the Decline in the Water Utility Workforce?

71

Are Take-Private Water Deals on the Rise?

72

Saltwater Intrusion In Drinking Water Is More Common Than You May Realize. What Are the Mitigation Options?

73

What Are the Financial Opportunities and Challenges Facing Water Utilities?

74

How Are Water Utilities Prioritizing Infrastructure Spend and Outsourcing Strategies?

75

Aegion Adds More Deals to the List

76

Grundfos Goes Deeper Into Digital Water

77

Water Reuse Builds Momentum in Europe

78

How Real Is the Thames Water Crisis?

79

A Review of the State of the Water Industry

80

What's the Addressable Market for Water Utility Consolidation?

81

What's Behind Engineering Firms' Strategy Shifts in Water?

82

Will Semiconductor Boom Drive Water Market Opportunities?

83

EU Regulators Ramp Up PFAS Action for Drinking Water, Biosolids

84

A Perfect Storm: Tribal Infrastructure Investment, Western Water, and the U.S. Supreme Court

85

Digital Disruption In The Century-old Water Metering Market

86

IOU Acquisition Trends: States & Buyers to Watch and Deal Drivers

87

The EU's Sweeping Push for Corporate Sustainability

88

Xylem + Evoqua = What Does It Mean for the Water Industry?

89

IIJA: Water Funding and Policy Developments

90

PFAS: Where Is the U.S. Water Market and beyond Headed?

91

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

92

Which Municipalities Are Driving Climate and Water Sustainability?

93

Tapping Water Utility Data for Business Strategies

94

Water M&A, Recent Deals, Trends, and Outlook 

95

Who’s messin’ with Texas Water Utilities

96

We've Been Talkin' 'bout Jackson

97

Water Sector Gatekeepers: Engineering Firms Build Out Digital Water Strategies

98

How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Reshape Water Market Opportunities?

99

The Heat Is On: The State of the Global Water Market

100

Breaking Down the Global Desalination Market

101

Build America, Buy America: What Does It Mean for the Water Sector?

102

Milestone Episode: Disruptors, Winners & Losers, and Trends in Water

103

California Drought, Blackouts, and the End for Desalination?

104

Six Trends Shaping the Longer-Term Outlook for Water

105

Is a Market for Residential Water Reuse Developing?

106

Digital Water Trends and Market Review

107

A Closer Look at IIJA and State Revolving Funds

108

Looming Energy Crisis to Squeeze Water & Wastewater Utilities

109

Is Household Water Management Overlooked as an Opportunity?

110

Bottled Water Craze Raises Questions about Water Quality & Utility Strategies

111

Retrospective: The Biggest Stories in Water in 2021

112

Workforce Disruption: Who do Utilities Call for Help?

113

Water Wins Big in Infrastructure Bill

114

Deals, Deals, Deals

115

What Did We Learn at the World’s Largest Wastewater Conference?

116

Drought, Floods Disrupt Global Water Sector

117

Tight Supply Chains Squeeze the Water Industry

118

Do Droughts Impact Household Water Rates?

119

How Have Water Utilities Fared from COVID?

120

A Review: State of the Water Industry

121

The "Amazon Effect" on Water

122

Does California Deserve All the Drought Shaming?

123

What We Think about… When We Think about Water

124

Telecom Strategies Emerge at the Center of Digital Water

125

Cloud Solutions Opening Door to Smaller Water Utilities

126

Veolia and Suez Come to Terms, Redefining "Big Water"

127

What’s the Outlook for Fixing America’s Lead Water Pipes?

128

Water Stress Undermines Global Supply Chains

129

World Water Day

130

Special Episode: Big Acquisitions in Water Are a Big Deal

131

Is Texas Water Crisis a Harbinger of Climate Risk?

132

Digging into the Aegion/New Mountain Megadeal

133

Will a Biden Administration Really Impact Water Sector Investment?

134

Are Municipalities Benefitting from Fair Market Value Legislation?

135

New Year Episode: Biggest Headlines, Challenges, and Trends Influencing Global Water

136

Water for Power: The Remaking of the Electricity Landscape and its Impact on Water

137

Are Homes Getting Smarter with Real-time Water Management?

138

Brazil Looks to Private Participation in Water

139

The Role of Private Equity in Water

140

Playing Devil’s Advocate – What’s the Outlook for Municipal Water Infrastructure Investment?

141

Seeing Double, The Rise of the Digital Twins in Water

142

Is Veolia Suez Marriage Good for the Water Sector?

143

Prepare to Fill Up Your Bathtubs

144

Let's Make a Deal

145

Can Wastewater Save Lives?

146

Money, Money, Money: Revenue Declines and Water Investment

147

Breaking and Entering: Water Sector Cybersecurity

148

Toilet Paper Costs More Than Oil

149

Crisis Leads to Digital Acceleration

150

Get Smart in Water

151

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