2025 State Of The One Water Industry

There seems to be no better word to describe the underlying feelings and attitudes of the water market over the past decade than “uncertainty.” Upon compiling a trendline of 17-years of survey data (dating back to 2007), we saw stability in responses year over year in regards to construction timelines until 2012. Since then, the responses have shown a series of high peaks and deep valleys with no discernable pattern.

In that time, the water industry bore witness to increasingly more stringent regulations and requirements, unstable federal appropriations for water infrastructure projects, and challenges with hiring skilled workforce to repair and replace its aging infrastructure. In this eHandbook, we dive into the trends of each market of the water sector — drinking water, wastewater and stormwater — to provide insights that may provide some clarity. While there are differences among each vertical, you may be surprised by just how similar the challenges of each really are.