Market trends

Smart Water business intelligence week 20/12/2021

Market

85% of French people trust tap water, which is still gaining ground compared to bottled water. On the other hand, its price is starting to tick according to the barometer of the Water Information Center, which also reveals a lot of ignorance on the part of users, both on drinking water and on wastewater:

Que pensent les Français de leur eau du robinet ?

Technology

The same name of data logger covers very different realities in terms of uses, suppliers and technological orientation. A stand-alone recorder for every need:

Enregistreurs autonomes : autant d’appareils que d’applications

Regulation

The British market and competition authority believes that the merger of Veolia and Suez could lead to a loss of competition in the provision of several waste and water management services in the United Kingdom:

CMA (UK) finds Veolia / Suez merger raises competition concerns

Financing

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) just announced that six communities will receive more than $ 2 million in grants as part of the MI Clean Water plan which supports the work, in particular the replacement of lead service pipes and access to affordable water:

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Announces Six Communities to Receive Additional Funding to Upgrade Water Infrastructure to Provide Safe Drinking Water

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