Water Utilities Industry Overview

Companies that provide water and/or wastewater services.

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Consolidation

Larger utilities have easier access to capital, can apply "best practices" to all their local systems, and have greater resources to apply to the regulatory process for rate increases. Small systems are therefore often willing to be bought by large operators.

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• Alpheus Environmental Limited
• Anaheim Public Utilities
• Anglian Water Services Limited

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Water Utilities maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

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• American Gas Association
  
• American Public Power Association
  
• Electric Power Supply Association
  

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