The industry that provides drinking water and wastewater services, including sewage treatment, to residential, commercial and industrial customers, typically through public utilities that manage water supply networks. It also encompasses water engineering, plant construction, equipment supply and specialized water treatment chemicals, serving other industries such as beverage production, though the water industry itself excludes bottled water manufacturers, who belong to the food and beverage sector instead.
Facts
FAQs
Who usually owns and runs water supply systems?
Mostly local governments through public utilities.
Local government ownership, through a public utility, is the most usual structure worldwide. National government ownership is common in many developing countries, especially smaller ones, while private ownership is more common in the developed world. Co-operative and related nongovernmental structures also exist, and the water industry itself is usually described as having one dominant traditional structure per country that changes only gradually over time.
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Associated With
Water supply and treatment is a regulated utility service, a segment of the broader utilities industry.
Source Wikipedia, Water industry
Companies In Industry
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Source Acciona (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia, Algonquin Power & Utilities
Source Wikidata: American States Water Company
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Source Essential Utilities, Wikipedia
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Source Pennon Group (Wikipedia)
Source Severn Trent, Wikipedia
Source United Utilities - Wikipedia
Source Veolia Environnement S.A. (Wikipedia)
In Sector
Additional Source Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification StandardGICS: Water Utilities
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The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy.
- Associated With: Utilities Industry
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water management, waste management and energy services
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Water industry
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Water industry
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Water and Natural Gas Utilities
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Water, Energy
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Water technology
Italgas (Wikipedia)
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Gas distribution, water services, energy efficiency, and it sectors
Pennon Group (Wikipedia)
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Water and waste
Acciona (Wikipedia)
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Infrastructure (construction, water, industrial and services) and renewable energy
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