Water infrastructure is a massive, overlooked market
The guest argued that the global water sector represents a massive, non-cyclical $1.6 trillion annual market in capital and operating expenditures that is highly resilient to economic downturns.
The argument
The guest pointed out that despite being largely invisible to the public, water infrastructure is critical. He argued that the market is big enough to support multiple changes of control and that private equity activity has surged significantly, with exit deals up sevenfold since 2020.
The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
- ✓Continued multi-billion dollar continuation vehicles and platform acquisitions by major private equity firms
- ✓Increased municipal capital expenditure budgets for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure
▸ Risks discussed
- ▸Highly political and sensitive municipal rate-setting processes
- ▸Regressive nature of water price increases on low-income households
Hear it yourself
"But as a as an exit pathway, this is incredibly important because, again, these markets are absolutely massive. They're they're big enough to support multiple changeovers of control, which is at the con core of the private equity decision making."
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