Articles by: WFM Staff

WEF to coordinate ‘water tech clusters’ network

WEF to coordinate ‘water tech clusters’ network

Technology Perspectives, Water Management May 7, 2018 at 9:23 am

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is now coordinating a network of 18 water technology clusters, a program that was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The water clusters are regional groupings of businesses, government, research institutions and other organizations focused on development of innovativeRead More

DC Water names new CEO

DC Water names new CEO

Washington Report, Water Management May 3, 2018 at 4:52 pm

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority’s Board of Directors today named David L. Gadis as the new chief executive officer and general manager of DC Water. Gadis was selected after a nationwide search that attracted more than 100 candidates. “David impressed our selectionRead More

EPA’s Pruitt calls on WIFIA to leverage funding for lead removal

EPA’s Pruitt calls on WIFIA to leverage funding for lead removal

Water Finance, Water Management April 30, 2018 at 10:43 am

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt hopes to use the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program to support as much as $4 billion worth of funding annually for communities to remove lead service lines. Pruitt’s statements to members of Congress came last week during theRead More

EPA awards grants to research lead in drinking water

EPA awards grants to research lead in drinking water

Water Management April 30, 2018 at 10:01 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced nearly $4 million in funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., and the Water Research Foundation in Denver, Colo., to research strategies to detect and eliminate lead exposure in drinking water.Read More

Water system resiliency bill introduced in House

Water system resiliency bill introduced in House

Washington Report, Water Management April 30, 2018 at 9:47 am

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation in April that would help local drinking water and wastewater utilities adapt their infrastructure to prepare for the impacts of changing hydrological conditions. H.R. 5596, the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, would establish a newRead More

InVizion named ‘Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Provider’

InVizion named ‘Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Provider’

Water Finance April 30, 2018 at 9:22 am

InVizion LLC recently announced the company has been named one of the “Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Providers” by CFO Tech Outlook Magazine. For its annual listing, a distinguished panel of CIOs, CEOs, VCs, analysts and the editorial board of CFO Tech Outlook selectedRead More

Poll: 88 percent of Americans want more federal investment in water

Poll: 88 percent of Americans want more federal investment in water

Water Finance, Water Management April 23, 2018 at 11:12 am

The Value of Water Campaign recently released the results from its third annual national poll demonstrating steadfast bipartisan support for water infrastructure, irrespective of the cost. The results are in and 88 percent of Americans voters agree: Now is the time to invest in theRead More

City of Boise, Brown and Caldwell get national engineering award

City of Boise, Brown and Caldwell get national engineering award

Water Management April 23, 2018 at 10:56 am

The City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell recently announced they have received a national honor in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 51st Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Known industry-wide as engineering’s “Academy Awards”— the competition concludes with a gala celebrating U.S. engineering firmsRead More

MWD of Southern California votes to approve WaterFix funding

MWD of Southern California votes to approve WaterFix funding

Water Finance, Water Management April 23, 2018 at 10:41 am

The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted April 10 to provide the additional financing necessary to allow for the construction of the full California WaterFix project, the district announced in a press release. The board authorized $10.8 billion for the project toRead More

Pinpointing the Problems: A Conversation with Aquarius Spectrum CEO Oded Fruchtman

Pinpointing the Problems: A Conversation with Aquarius Spectrum CEO Oded Fruchtman

Q&A, Water Loss April 20, 2018 at 12:09 pm

Editor’s Note: As reducing non-revenue water remains front and center for water utilities, we sat down with Oded Fruchtman, CEO of Israeli leak detection technology provider Aquarius Spectrum, for his perspective on how the market stands on a global scale with regard to water lossRead More