Gordon Pape: Three low-risk ways to take advantage of the steady growth in water management industry Published April 19, 2021 Bookmark Water management is not a very exciting subject. Unless a toxic wastewater pond overflows or a city’s drinking water is contaminated, we don’t hear much about the business of getting potable water into our homes or taking it away. In fact, it’s a huge business and growing at a steady rate of 6.5 per cent annually, according to a report published last year by London-based Meticulous Research. In it, the British firm estimates that the global market for water and wastewater treatment could be worth US$211.3-billion by 2025.