What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Economic regulators (Ofwat, state PUCs, national tariff authorities), utility tariff schedules, benchmarking bodies (IWA, OECD, Global… | Per tariff band per utility, updated annually | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Environment agencies and water resource regulators (abstraction licences, discharge consents), utility appointment registers | Per licence/permit per abstraction point, with volumetric limits | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (sector employment), utility annual reports, water-sector skills bodies | Annual headcount per company; sector aggregates by region | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Consumer watchdogs (CCW in England/Wales), regulators' customer satisfaction surveys (C-MeX), social media/complaint platforms | Per complaint; quarterly/annual satisfaction scores per company | public |
| financial filings | Listed and regulated water companies (annual reports, regulatory accounts), municipal utilities' budget disclosures, regulators (Ofwat cost… | Annual per legal entity; regulator-defined cost line items | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Drinking-water regulators (boil notices, water quality events), utilities (supply interruptions, discoloration complaints), health agencies… | Per incident, with location, duration, customers affected | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological and hydrological services, utilities' drought/demand forecasting teams, reservoir operators | Daily reservoir levels, rainfall, river flow per gauge/reservoir; peak demand… | public |
| waste & emissions | Utilities (sludge/residuals from treatment, GHG inventories), environmental regulators, carbon-reporting schemes | Annual tonnes of treatment residuals per works; scope 1/2 emissions per company | public |
| production output | Water utilities, national statistics offices, environment agencies collecting abstraction returns | Daily/monthly volume abstracted, treated and distributed per treatment works or… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Water utilities' accredited labs, national drinking-water regulators (e.g. DWI in England/Wales, EPA/state primacy agencies in the US… | Per sample, per parameter, per supply zone; aggregated to annual compliance… | public |
| sensor/IoT | Utility SCADA/telemetry systems, smart-meter (AMI) platforms, instrumentation vendors (Xylem, Siemens, Itron, Sensus), leak-detection… | Sub-hourly to 15-minute readings per meter, pump, reservoir, pressure/flow… | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Utility GIS teams (mains, valves, hydrants, DMA boundaries), national mapping/asset registries | Per asset / per pipe segment, vector geometry | partnership |
| energy consumption | Utilities (pumping and treatment energy), electricity suppliers, energy-efficiency benchmarking programmes | Monthly kWh per treatment works / pumping station; kWh per m³ benchmarks | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Utility asset-management systems (Maximo, IFS), pipe-condition assessment contractors, regulatory asset-health reporting (Ofwat APR) | Per asset work order; aggregated burst/failure rates per km of main per year | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Water utility billing/CIS systems (SAP IS-U, Oracle CC&B), municipal finance departments | Per customer per billing cycle (monthly/quarterly), volume consumed | exclusive |
| inventory & supply chain | Utility procurement systems, treatment chemical suppliers (chlorine, coagulants), pipe and meter manufacturers | Per purchase order / chemical dosing stock per works | exclusive |
| customer demographics | Utility CIS and customer segmentation teams, social-tariff/affordability programmes, credit reference vendors | Per household account; aggregated by supply zone or census area | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.