PUBLISHER: Bluefield Research | PRODUCT CODE: 1598838
PUBLISHER: Bluefield Research | PRODUCT CODE: 1598838
Third-Party O&M for U.S. Drinking Water and Wastewater Utilities: Market Size, Competitive Landscape, and Trends
Private participation in the U.S. drinking water and wastewater sector is evolving, with third-party operations and maintenance providers playing a growing role. Traditionally, local governments managed these essential services themselves. Today, private companies increasingly handle O&M, bringing specialized expertise, advanced technology, and workforce support to help utilities overcome mounting challenges like aging infrastructure, regulatory demands, and financial constraints.
Valued at nearly US$3 billion annually, the third-party O&M market now supports drinking water and wastewater services for over 38.6 million Americans. This approach allows utilities-many facing workforce shortages, rising costs, and complex demands-to maintain service quality without managing everything in-house.
Bluefield Research has tracked over 2,000 O&M contracts since the 1970s, revealing trends in contract sizes, geographic reach, and service innovations. This dataset underscores how leading O&M providers are crucial in supporting utilities and ensuring safe, reliable water services in an increasingly complex environment.
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Table of Contents
Section 1 - Market Overview and Drivers
- Market Drivers and Inhibitors
- Utility Capital and Operating Expenditure Trends
- Utility Workforce Challenges
- A Snapshot of Union Representation Across the U.S.
Section 2 - Sizing the O&M Market
- U.S. Population Served by Third-Party O&M Contractors
- O&M Market Size by Population Segment
- O&M Service Provider Presence by Geography
- Average Contract Duration by Company Profile
- Municipal Utility Districts: The Cornerstone of Texas's Water Landscape
- MUD Hot Spots
Section 3 - Competitive Landscape and Trends
- Strategic O&M Players Across the Value Chain
- O&M Providers by Company Segment
- Leading O&M Providers by Total Population Served
- Company Ranking & Market Share
- Leading O&M Providers by Market Share, Scope & Contract Count
- Evolution of Competitive Landscape via Select M&A Deals
- Outsourced O&M: One Facet of Utility Digital Water Strategy
- O&M Competitive Landscape
- M&A Trends in O&M
- Notable M&A Activity Among O&M Players
Section 4 - Company Profiles
- American Water Works Company
- Alliance Water Resources
- California Water Services Group
- ClearWater Solutions
- Crossroads Utility Services
- H2O Innovation
- Inframark
- Jacobs
- Middlesex Water Company
- Municipal District Services
- Municipal Operations & Consulting
- Nexus Water Group
- PERC Water Corporation
- Si Environmental
- U.S. Water Services
- Veolia North America
- Water District Management
- Weston & Sampson
- Whitewater, Inc.
- Woodard & Curran
