Articles by: WFM Staff

American Water names new chief environmental officer

American Water names new chief environmental officer

Water Management February 12, 2019 at 1:35 pm

American Water has announced Kevin Kirwan has been named senior vice president and chief environmental and operational excellence officer, effective Feb. 12. “At American Water, we know that we must provide safe, clean, reliable water and wastewater services to our customers. Environmental Leadership is oneRead More

Brown and Caldwell opens new office in British Columbia

Brown and Caldwell opens new office in British Columbia

Water Management February 12, 2019 at 9:13 am

Environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and Caldwell has opened a new, permanent office in the Metro Vancouver area to better serve clients in the region’s municipal and private water and wastewater sector. The new office is located at Metrotower I, 4710 Kingsway, Burnaby. “This newRead More

Executive order aims to encourage use of American-made products

Executive order aims to encourage use of American-made products

Washington Report, Water Management February 11, 2019 at 12:56 pm

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to increase the use of domestically-produced iron, steel, cement and manufactured goods on a broad range of water and other infrastructure projects that receive federal funding assistance. However, the order does not alter theRead More

Fracta releases new software to quantify risk of water main failure

Fracta releases new software to quantify risk of water main failure

Fracta, a technology company applying machine learning to aging water infrastructure, has extended the capabilities of its Likelihood of Failure (LOF) software to include Consequence of Failure (COF) and Business Risk Exposure (BRE). With LOF, COF and BRE, Fracta technology helps enable water utilities to assessRead More

NAWC announces staff changes

NAWC announces staff changes

Water Management February 11, 2019 at 10:26 am

The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) continues to build out its staff team to support the association’s new strategic efforts on behalf of water companies across the United States. The organization has announced a staff promotion, as well as two new hires. “As theRead More

Philadelphia to partner with Sensus on AMI project

Philadelphia to partner with Sensus on AMI project

Water Management February 8, 2019 at 4:30 pm

After a competitive request for proposal process, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) has selected Sensus deliver smart water technology for its Metering and Customer Service Program. PWD provides services to more than 1.7 million people in Philadelphia. “Our AMI deployment will provide us with realRead More

Core & Main closes acquisition of Maskell Pipe & Supply

Core & Main closes acquisition of Maskell Pipe & Supply

Pipe Selection, Water Management February 5, 2019 at 1:30 pm

Core & Main LP has closed on its previously announced definitive agreement to acquire select assets of Maskell Pipe & Supply, Inc., a California-based distributor and fittings fabricator of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The acquisition will mark the fifth by Core & Main since becomingRead More

Orange County gets ASCE Project of the Year award

Orange County gets ASCE Project of the Year award

Water Management February 4, 2019 at 10:46 am

The Orange County Water District’s (OCWD) Mid-Basin Injection: Centennial Park (MBI) project was recognized with the Water Treatment Project of the Year Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers—Orange County Branch (ASCE OC). The award will be presented at the 2019 ASCE OC BranchRead More

Palo Alto plant to implement treatment upgrades  

Palo Alto plant to implement treatment upgrades  

Water Management February 4, 2019 at 10:16 am

The City of Palo Alto, Calif., recently announced it has hired Brown and Caldwell to provide design services for secondary treatment upgrades at the city’s Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP). Operational since 1934 and serving the communities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, MountainRead More

Kleinfelder to be acquired by private equity investment firm

Kleinfelder to be acquired by private equity investment firm

Water Management February 1, 2019 at 11:00 am

The Kleinfelder Group Inc., an engineering, construction management, design and environmental professional services firm with corporate offices in San Diego, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Wind Point Partners, a private equity investment firm, in conjunction with the management of theRead More