Articles by: Andrew Farr

Innovyze recently announced that its president, COO and chief innovation officer, Dr. Paul F. Boulos, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the 2016 Parcel-Sverdrup Civil Engineering Management Award. The award ceremony will be held during the Society’s AnnualRead More

Trimble, working with AMERICAN Flow Control, recently introduced a free web and mobile application called AFC Mapper. The app is designed to be used with the latest version of Trimble Unity software, AMERICAN Flow Control (AFC) 2D barcodes and Esri geodatabase platforms. AFC Mapper helpsRead More

One of North America’s foremost risk communications experts, Dr. Randall Hyer, will gather with public officials overseeing water on June 21 to share science-based approaches for communicating about lead in the aftermath of the Flint, Mich., incident. Hyer’s presentation is part of the Public OfficialsRead More

Last week, the One Water Summit 2016 drew more than 450 utility and business leaders, policymakers, environmental advocates, community leaders, consultants and researchers working to address the nation’s most urgent water challenges to Atlanta, Ga. Hosted by the US Water Alliance and held June 8-10Read More

How Expanding Data Applications Are Transforming Utility Asset Management As Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for water systems and its capability continues to evolve, utilities are looking beyond automated meter reads and improved billing systems. Smart metering is no longer just about metering. Today, almost everyRead More

An Introduction to the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology Identifying new technologies is important to meeting demands of consumers and keeping up with the marketplace. The Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF), in partnership with the Water Environment Federation (WEF), has developed the Leaders InnovationRead More

There have been many questions raised in recent months about what the water sector can learn from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Some would say the crisis, while a nightmare for the residents of Flint, has reinvigorated the discussion around the importance of our water systems, whether it’s aging infrastructure, management of water treatment practices or the obvious funding gap that exists for needed projects.

According to the U.S. EPA, there are approximately 155,000 public drinking water systems (publicly or privately-owned) and more than 16,000 public wastewater systems in the United States. Today, these water and wastewater utilities are using technology such as geographic information systems (GIS), monitoring systems and models more than ever before to manage their systems and enhance decision making.

According to the U.S. EPA, there are nearly 69,000 drinking water and wastewater systems in the United States. According to water.org, the average American uses nearly 65,000 gallons of water in a year.

Ken Kirk sees the big picture now. When it comes to policy development in the area of clean water, he?s seen the full extent of both struggles and achievements and takes pride in the latter.