Water Investor’s Monthly March 2025

Water Investor’s Monthly, by Industria Partners, is a review of trends and transactions in water across the U.S., including water rights, storage, transportation infrastructure, and wastewater treatment, services, and equipment.

Chart of the Month: 

Snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin. – The Colorado Sun

Recent Market News:

• A study published in Science, found that the global land surface affected by extreme events has expanded at a rate of nearly 50,000 square kilometers (km2) per year in the past four decades. – CarbonBrief
• For World Water Day 2025, from March 17-22, thousands of volunteers worldwide will mobilize to improve water security through cleanups, education programs, and projects expanding access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. – BusinessWire

Transactions:

• 2/19/2025: General Pump Company, a provider of utility-scale water well and pump services for Southern California’s water infrastructure, acquired Legend Pump & Well Service, a provider of water well and pump repairing services. – BusinessWire
• 2/13/2025: PERENfra launched Perennial Infrastructure Fund I, a private investment fund focused on core water infrastructure assets with a target size of $125 million. – PRNewswire
• 2/6/2025: Consor Holdings acquired Murfee Engineering Company, a Texas-based civil engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater systems. – BusinessWire
• 2/3/2025: InSite Engineering, a water and wastewater engineering and design services firm specializing in wastewater systems, environmental remediation, municipal and transportation projects, and civil engineering received a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management. – BusinessWire
• 12/19/2024: Graycliff Partners sold Landmark Structures, a provider of water and industrial storage infrastructure solutions, to Cerberus Capital Management. – Graycliff Partners

Deep Dive:
What Is Water Really Worth? – BCG

Other Media:
The Digital Water Playbook: Who’s Investing, What’s Changing, and Why It Matters – The Future of Water
 

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