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By Mike McGill Back in 2017, I was in the middle of the GenX crisis that occurred in Cape Fear region of North Carolina. The discovery of it and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) generated scandalous headlines – “Toxin Taints Drinking Water” – and fearRead More

Assessing and Rehabbing Multiple Pipes within the Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s York River Treatment Plant By Ann Copeland, Brad Alger & Atilana Bolton The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) owns and operates 14 wastewater treatment plants in southeastern Virginia, with a combined treatment capacity ofRead More

By Silvan Kaufmann Microbiological monitoring is critical to water quality management. It ensures the safety of drinking water, protects public health, and supports regulatory compliance. However, traditional approaches to this monitoring have often low coverage in space and time, are time-consuming, and prone to humanRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October announced a $268 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), which serves areas across southeast Virginia and the Eastern Shore. This is the third WIFIA loan, and part of aRead More

By David Stewart Jones A demonstration of San Jose Water’s new Emergency Water Distribution Unit (EWDU) in March 2024 highlighted the collaborative development crucial to creating a rapid-response mobile unit enabling quick and efficient drinking water delivery and distribution directly to customers during water outages,Read More

By Joseph Harmes In 1969, when one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States was Suffolk in easternmost Long Island, N.Y., voters approved a $291 million referendum to finance its first large-scale wastewater project in acknowledgement that sewers were an environmental necessity. “Leakage from cesspoolsRead More

By Nick Dvorak Valve stations play an indispensable role across various sectors, serving as essential elements for regulating the movement of fluids through pipelines and systems. The traditional construction of valve stations is a multifaceted and lengthy endeavor, encompassing the procurement of materials, assembly atRead More

By Kathryn Sorensen & Dr. Janet Anderson The Safe Drinking Water Act turns 50 this year and it’s important to recognize that it is one of the most remarkable and successful pieces of legislation this country has ever known. The provision of clean tap waterRead More

By Dave Purkiss & Tony Giles Cyberattacks are becoming more common for malicious actors to breach critical infrastructure, making no industry immune. Water utilities are no exception, as we have seen with the Pennsylvania and Florida water utility cyberattacks. Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October isRead More

By Brendan O’Brien Fall is here, which means the U.S. EPA deadline for utilities to complete water service line inventories is also here. Communities around the country have been working hard to complete those inventories. While this is an important step, there is a lotRead More