Articles by: admin

Earlier this month, students from West High School in Columbus, Ohio spent the day working side-by-side with employees of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) to learn about various positions at the company. ADS designs and manufactures pipe and other products used in municipal storm andRead More

According to A Global Innovation Outlook Report from IBM in 2009, ?As a species, we have survived knowing very little about our water systems. We have always known where to find it and how to use it, but we never gained an intimate understanding of how to preserve or sustain these systems. We have never learned how to efficiently manage water. But we will not have the luxury of this ignorance in the future.?

Associated General Contractors of America officials said they expect both public and private construction spending trends to continue despite the disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy.

As the states recover from Hurricane Sandy, the New Jersey and New York American Water utilities are urging its customers state-wide to conserve water indefinitely as many of the company?s respective facilities are operating on emergency generators. In the aftermath of the storm, water serviceRead More

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation?s largest municipal utility, has selected Itron and Cisco technologies for its smart grid demonstration project. The project, supported by U.S. Department of Energy ARRA funding, will provide the city with the ability to evaluateRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently launched a new app and website to help people find information on the condition of thousands of lakes, rivers and streams across the United States from their smart phone, tablet or desktop computer. Available at www.epa.gov/mywaterway, the ?How?sRead More

The City of Beaumont, Texas awarded RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) a city-wide flow monitoring contract. At the end of September, RJN began the flow monitoring study by installing flow meters at 31 sites and rain gauges at 10 sites. Monitoring will take place for 56Read More

Black & Veatch has expanded the expertise offered to clients in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states with the appointment of Mazen A. Alami as regional managing director. Mazen?s role, a new post, is central to developing Black & Veatch?s business in the GCC. HeRead More

The City of Wheaton, Ill., and the Wheaton Sanitary District jointly developed a master plan in which the city agreed to reduce excess flows in Basin 4 by 40 percent and in Basin 3 by 60 percent. RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) originally began working onRead More

Dan Bena, Senior Director of Sustainable Development for PepsiCo, and Mary Ann Dickinson, Executive Director for the Alliance for Water Efficiency have joined the U.S. Water Alliance?s Board of Directors. ?We’re honored global water leaders, like Dan and Mary Ann, are joining the Alliance,? explainsRead More