Market trends

Smart Water business intelligence week 11/04/2022

Market

The 3rd part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) translates into an increase in the ambitions of metropolitan Sdage on achieving good status for water bodies by 2027. Reputed to be realistic, the programs of measures will require efforts everywhere and will often have to deal with a drop in resources. Overview of action priorities defined by basin for 2022-2027:

En France, le 3ème cycle de la DCE entre en vigueur

Technology

The latest technological developments in the water industry worldwide according to The International Water Association (IWA):

Water Tech Spotlight: the latest technology developments in the water industry | March 2022

Regulation

Ofwat has confirmed that Thames Water will change the way it installs its smart water meters and data management. This is to ensure that their actions do not harm competition:

Thames Water told to change how it installs smart meters and make data available to third parties, after investigation by Ofwat

Financing

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) 2021 report. Over this year, the WIFIA program granted 31 loans totaling more than 5 billion dollars:

EPA provided over $5 billion in water infrastructure funding in 2021

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