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MWH Global has announced that Paul Demit has joined the company as senior vice president and director of program management in the Americas region.

Kurt Bruenning has joined Aclara Technologies LLC as the chief financial officer, senior vice president of finance, accounting, information technology and legal functions. Aclara is a provider of smart infrastructure technologies and software solutions to the utility industry.

The County of Los Angeles has voted to make the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program available to local residents. Los Angeles County and 84 cities within the county, including the City of Los Angeles, join more than 200 other cities and counties which have adopted HERO.

Last week, MWH Global, in partnership with Brown and Caldwell, announced it was awarded a contract by the City of San Diego to manage and assist in the delivery of Pure Water San Diego, a $2.7 billion program to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective drinking water to San Diego.

IDModeling, Inc. is deploying its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency to help the utility distribute hydraulic, asset and operational management content.

Innovyze has announced that the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN) Wastewater Engineering Services Division (WESD) has selected the company?s InfoMaster as its enterprise sewer planning tool.

While building models is nothing new, when it comes to water and wastewater utilities, the idea of emulating a system in order to simulate a real-world situation without risk is a concept that is becoming essential for ideal decision-making.

Without adequate transportation, water supply, sanitation, energy systems and social infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, countries risk lagging behind their peers in the growth of economic development drivers, including businesses and the jobs they create.

Over the past 15 years, green design and construction has become a fast-growing initiative as owners in the water and wastewater sector have adopted sustainable design policies to lower energy usage and to save cost.

While nearly every water utility anticipates increasing difficulties in hiring technically qualified employees, Orange County Utilities in Orlando, Fla., has designed a utility-wide approach to retaining and developing in-demand expertise and leadership.