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By Sandra DiMatteo After decades of warning signs that climate change is happening, most people are now admitting that it is real, and it is not pretty. Droughts are getting dryer, and floods are getting wetter and more frequent. Water resources organizations are struggling toRead More

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

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

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

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

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

By Soren Rasmussen Protecting the environment has never been so high on the agenda. So, isn’t it peculiar that in the wastewater industry, almost everything is still archaically structured to purchasing the cheapest possible equipment, which can all too soon end up as waste thatRead More

By Steph Aldock When we think about the water industry, many of the challenges are not new. It feels like every year, the American Society of Engineers gives U.S. water infrastructure a failing grade. These age-old issues are compounded by short-term pressures such as recessionaryRead More

By John Ryan The WIFIA loan program offers an interest rate derived from current U.S. Treasury (UST) yields at loan closing. Other large-scale federal infrastructure loan programs like TIFIA and CIFIA do the same. The underlying idea is that the loan should cover the government’sRead More

Around the world, water utilities are embracing data analytics and digital technologies to deliver transformative outcomes for their communities. Digital solutions, many leveraging digital twins, like Xylem Vue powered by GoAigua, are helping water operators and managers solve their most pressing challenges: minimizing water and revenueRead More