Have you ever heard of The Gorman-Rupp Company? Me neither. But investors in bigger-name water-pump companies got to watch it emerge from the field and beat the others in 2026. I've wanted to invest in water — the new oil, yada, yada. But my long-ago efforts to pick an ETF bombed. It turns out GRC would have been better. Meanwhile, water infrastructure is aging badly. Add in new construction and urbanization (outside the U.S.) and cooling for data-centers — and the demand picture keeps looking better.









