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 | Utilities and municipalities publishing wastewater tariffs, economic regulators (Ofwat, state PUCs), tariff-survey compilers (NACWA, Global… | Per tariff schedule per utility per year; per m³ and fixed charge bands… | public |
| inventory & supply chain | Utility procurement systems for treatment chemicals (ferric, polymer, methanol), chemical suppliers, public procurement/tender portals… | Per contract/tender award; per delivery of chemical to site | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Environmental regulators issuing discharge consents/NPDES permits (US EPA & state agencies, EA, national ministries), trade-effluent… | Per permit per facility/outfall, with limits and conditions | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (SBS, QCEW under NAICS 2213), utilities' own HR systems, sector skills councils | Annual headcount and wages per region/class; per-employer establishment counts | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Consumer watchdogs (CCW customer satisfaction and complaints data), regulators' C-MeX scores, social media monitoring of pollution campaigns | Per operator per year survey score; per complaint record | public |
| financial filings | Regulated utilities' annual performance reports (Ofwat APR), municipal bond disclosure (EMMA), company registrars for private operators… | Annual per entity; regulatory cost lines per wholesale wastewater service | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Regulators (pollution incident registers, enforcement actions), utilities (sewer flooding registers, internal/external flooding incidents)… | Per incident with date, location, severity category; annual aggregates per… | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | Utilities correlating rainfall with inflow/infiltration and CSO spills, national met services, hydrological agencies | Rain-gauge time series at 5–15 min; storm-event linked spill records | public |
| waste & emissions | Utilities (sewage sludge production, biosolids disposal routes), regulators (E-PRTR pollutant releases, national GHG inventories)… | Per treatment works annual tonnage; pollutant loads per outfall annual… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | WWTP operators' laboratories, environmental regulators (EPA ECHO/DMR in US, Environment Agency, EEA UWWTD reporting), accredited testing… | Per sample per outfall/treatment works, typically weekly to monthly; regulatory… | public |
| sensor/IoT | Water/wastewater utilities and municipal sewerage operators (SCADA/telemetry), CSO event-duration monitors mandated by regulators (e.g. UK… | Per sensor per minute to 15-minute interval (flow, level, pump status… | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Utilities' GIS teams (sewer network, manholes, outfall locations), national mapping/open-data portals, regulators publishing storm-overflow… | Per asset/pipe segment geometry; per outfall point | partnership |
| energy consumption | Sewerage utilities (pumping and aeration loads), energy suppliers/metering agents, benchmarking bodies (IWA, EBC, national regulators) | Per site half-hourly metering; kWh per m³ treated, monthly/annual benchmark | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Sludge haulage and septic/tanker operators, waste-transfer note systems (UK waste carrier duty of care, US manifest), utilities' biosolids… | Per load/shipment: origin works, destination field or incinerator, tonnage, date | partnership |
| production output | Treatment works operators and regulators reporting volumes treated, load received (PE), biogas generated | Per works daily volume treated; monthly/annual aggregates; population… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Utility asset-management systems, CCTV sewer-inspection contractors, condition-grading databases (WRc MSCC/ NASSCO PACP coded surveys) | Per pipe segment per inspection; per work order/job | partnership |
| customer demographics | Utilities linking billing accounts to property type and social tariff eligibility, census/statistical agencies for sewer-connection rates | Per account/property; area-level connection and affordability statistics | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Utility billing systems (wastewater volumetric and trade-effluent charges), municipal revenue departments, retail water suppliers in England | Per customer account per billing cycle | 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.