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By Marc Bijasson In the evolving landscape of water utility management, the shift toward digital metering is no longer a question of if — but when. Yet, for many small and mid-sized utilities, investment decisions are still heavily influenced by the purchase costs. This narrowRead More

Water Co-op Predicts Costs, Reduces Water Loss with Metering as a Service By Maia Rodriguez When the Roosevelt County Water Co-op in eastern New Mexico evaluated its aging meter system, the findings were clear: the decades-old manual meters were no longer meeting the community’s needs.Read More

By Jason Mumm For anyone tracking the U.S. water industry – a sector encompassing both water and wastewater providers, largely managed by municipal entities – a paradox unfolds. Reports frequently highlight consistent rate increases while simultaneously detailing the alarming deterioration of vital water infrastructure. WeRead More

By Ken Sansone & Kyla Tengdin Disbursements from the landmark Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation settlements with 3M and DuPont began this past summer for eligible water systems that submitted claims documentation on time. For many systems, awards from these settlements willRead More

By Harold Mosely The Public Works Department for the City of Decatur, Illinois, has found a solution to a persistent challenge facing water utilities nationwide: efficiently collecting representative samples from distribution systems while maintaining rigorous water quality standards. Serving both the City of Decatur andRead More

By Steve Causseaux All 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories, have detected PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in their water supplies. Environmental Working Group scientists estimate that more than 200 million Americans are served by water systems containingRead More

By Ronald Kirjner The U.S. loses 6 billion gallons of treated water every single day. That’s 2.1 trillion gallons a year — enough to fill more than 9,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools — lost primarily to leaky pipes and aging infrastructure. Traditional methods of managing water loss canRead More

By Michael Warady Imagine a newly expanded municipal service area — complete with state-of-the-art SCADA systems, pressure-zoned districts, energy-efficient pumps and upgraded mainline materials. The project was hailed as a sustainability success: reduced energy consumption, lower water loss and optimized distribution performance. But within aRead More

By Charlie Suse In November of 2021, the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed, ushering in a historic infusion of federal funding to bolster the nation’s infrastructure. The IIJA appropriated roughly $43.5 billion for water infrastructure through the existing State RevolvingRead More

By Rotem Ben-Eliyahu Cyber intrusions are now a mainstream business risk for water utilities. A 2025 cross-Atlantic survey from Semperis found that nearly two-thirds of operators experienced at least one cyber-attack in the previous year, and more than half of those incidents caused lasting damageRead More