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WaterOctober 2026

Copper Holds Its Record as Other Metals Retreat

Water prices, EU – vs a year ago: 4,6%unchanged: 0.0 percentage points; flat as inflation climbs to 3.8%; Eurostat, September
Copper: 14 508 $/tup: 0.2%; record high; supply disruptions, tariff risk; World Bank

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WaterSeptember 2026

Record Copper Drives Up Water Infrastructure Costs

Water prices, EU – vs a year ago: 4,6%up: 0.1 percentage points; steady at 4.5–4.7% since June; Eurostat, August
Copper: 14 474 $/tup: 1.0%; record high, tight supply; World Bank

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Drought Outlasts Summer in London and Denver

Thames Water's region marks 100 days of drought with London storage at 56%
England to set up eight regional water councils to steer investment
Veolia targets 2.75 kWh/m³ at Sharjah's 410,000 m³/day Al Hamriyah plant

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England's Water Plans Fall Behind in Year One

England's water demand ran at 14,110 Ml/d, above the 13,774 Ml/d planned
Brussels proposes a shared 3 °C-by-2100 baseline for climate risk planning
Xylem cuts its full-year revenue outlook to about $8.95 billion

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Fresh Capital for Water, From London to Budapest

Ofwat says English and Welsh water firms raised about £1.8 billion of new equity
Hungary plans to quadruple EU-funded water and environment spending in 2027
New York awards nearly $500 million to 106 water and sewer projects

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Governments Rebuild Water Policy Around Drought Resilience

EU offers free investment advice to 20 water resilience projects
UK flood and drought taskforce brings together 50+ organisations
Colorado Basin lost 7.2 trillion gallons of groundwater in 2020–2022

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More Water Investment, No Faster Pipe Renewal

László T Bertók

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Europe's water utilities are investing 16% more than a year ago, but EurEau's latest figures show that construction inflation absorbed most of the increase and that pipe renewal has not sped up.