Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

September 18, 2023

Fitch Ratings says U.S. water utilities weathered the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well and appear to be on solid footing, even as the broader economy inches closer to recession, according to the credit ratings company’s annual peer review for the sector. According to the review, slowerRead More

Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

September 18, 2023

Fitch Ratings says U.S. water utilities weathered the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well and appear to be on solid footing, even as the broader economy inches closer to recession, according to the credit ratings company’s annual peer review for the sector. According to the review, slowerRead More

City of Fort Lauderdale enters P3 for advanced water treatment project

City of Fort Lauderdale enters P3 for advanced water treatment project

February 21, 2023

Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC and IDE Technologies, LTD have announced the closing of a public-private partnership (P3) with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to design, build and operate a new 50 million gallons per day water treatment plant – the Prospect Lake Clean Water Center.Read More

AMR Helps Drive a Small, Growing Illinois Water Network

AMR Helps Drive a Small, Growing Illinois Water Network

September 14, 2023

By Osvaldo Zambrano Located in the State of Illinois, Exeter-Merritt Water Cooperative delivers safe and high-quality drinking water to approximately 300 residents in the counties of Scott and Morgan. In 2011, the cooperative decided to do a phase 3 expansion and include additional homes inRead More

A shot of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s customer service and operations center.

Pressure Management Goes Digital

September 5, 2023

How New Mexico’s Largest Water Utility Is Enhancing Its Distribution System with Pressure Monitoring Tech By Joseph Dryer The dry desert heat of Albuquerque is relentless. However, the largest water utility in New Mexico provides relief with continuous water service. considering options beyond fixed communicationRead More

A shot of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s customer service and operations center.

Pressure Management Goes Digital

September 5, 2023

How New Mexico’s Largest Water Utility Is Enhancing Its Distribution System with Pressure Monitoring Tech By Joseph Dryer The dry desert heat of Albuquerque is relentless. However, the largest water utility in New Mexico provides relief with continuous water service. considering options beyond fixed communicationRead More

BlueConduit introduces lead service line cost estimator

BlueConduit introduces lead service line cost estimator

July 19, 2023

As water utilities across the United States work to find and replace lead service lines (LSLs), many are doing so without knowing just how many are in their system. To help utilities plan, water analytics company BlueConduit has launched a free LSL count and replacementRead More

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WATCH: Saving the Ratepayer Money…With Optimization

WATCH: Saving the Ratepayer Money…With Optimization

September 7, 2023 at 11:00 am 0 comments

Shaun Thompson, Strategic Account Manager-Water/Wastewater at Badger Meter, joins us for a new episode of Water Finance & Management Conversations. We talk to Thompson about his previous position working on the utility side in wastewater treatment. He also walks us through some ways operators areRead More

The Digital Transformation of Small Utilities

The Digital Transformation of Small Utilities

September 18, 2023 at 9:59 am 0 comments

Improving Performance of the Long Tail of the Water Industry By Doug Hatler According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are more than 50,000 drinking water and wastewater utilities in operation in the United States serving a population of less than 10,000. TheseRead More

Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

Fitch: Water utilities on solid footing despite possible recession

September 18, 2023 at 8:39 am 0 comments

Fitch Ratings says U.S. water utilities weathered the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well and appear to be on solid footing, even as the broader economy inches closer to recession, according to the credit ratings company’s annual peer review for the sector. According to the review, slowerRead More

AMR Helps Drive a Small, Growing Illinois Water Network

AMR Helps Drive a Small, Growing Illinois Water Network

September 14, 2023 at 1:30 pm 0 comments

By Osvaldo Zambrano Located in the State of Illinois, Exeter-Merritt Water Cooperative delivers safe and high-quality drinking water to approximately 300 residents in the counties of Scott and Morgan. In 2011, the cooperative decided to do a phase 3 expansion and include additional homes inRead More

Garney announces new CEO, presidents

Garney announces new CEO, presidents

September 13, 2023 at 6:45 am 0 comments

Garney Construction will welcome incoming CEO David Burkhart and two new presidents in October as long-time employee-owners prepare to retire in April 2024. Burkhart will take over as CEO effective next month, as Mike Heitmann, current CEO, will retire in the spring. Heitmann has beenRead More

A shot of the Sacramento River near Redding, Calif., just north of Red Bluff where the river came within a foot of its highest recorded level this past winter.

Harnessing IoT Innovations in Intelligent Stormwater Management Systems

September 12, 2023 at 12:15 pm 0 comments

By Phil Beecher Unforeseen amounts of precipitation in the winter of 2022-2023 replenished parched lakes and reservoirs but unleashed a staggering 78 trillion gallons of water on California alone, leading to extensive flooding and stormwater runoff. California experienced two significant atmospheric river events that pushedRead More

EPA Headquarters building at the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC.

WOTUS amended to conform to Supreme Court decision

September 11, 2023 at 10:45 am 0 comments

In late August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule to amend the definition of “waters of the United States” to conform with the recent Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA. The agenciesRead More

Water recycling grants program launched

Water recycling grants program launched

September 11, 2023 at 7:23 am 0 comments

On Sept. 7, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced the launch of the Large-Scale Water Recycling Projects Competitive Grants Program, which Congress created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The WateReuse Association helped create the program duringRead More

The Penn Yan wastewater treatment plant was built in 1983 with a design flow capacity of 1.8 MGD.

Manual to Modern

September 11, 2023 at 6:45 am 0 comments

How the Move to a Centralized Data Platform Heightened Operations at a Small New York Wastewater Treatment Plant By Scott Dorner Located on the north end of Keuka Lake in the State of New York, is the Village of Penn Yan which is home toRead More

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McKim & Creed hires new cybersecurity lead

September 8, 2023 at 7:30 am 0 comments

McKim & Creed announced Dave Gunter has joined the firm as Senior OT SCADA Cybersecurity Practice Lead. Gunter is based in McKim & Creed’s Pittsburgh office.   “Cybersecurity protection is necessary as we look to solve infrastructure challenges for our clients,” said Mike Stoup, vice presidentRead More