Articles by: WFM Staff

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s (NEORSD) Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Greater Cleveland area is the recent recipient of the Envision Silver award for sustainable infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). Typically applied at the planning and design stages of infrastructureRead More

The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) in Carrboro, N.C., recently received the prestigious Presidents Award for Distribution System Operation from the Partnership for Safe Water. To date, OWASA is only the third utility in the United States to achieve this award. The OWASA isRead More

The Smart Cities Council has announced the finalists for its 2018 Readiness Challenge Grants, of which five will be selected in early March to receive mentoring as well as tailored products and services to accelerate their smart city initiatives. Additionally, Puerto Rico will be awarded a specialRead More

Aclara, a supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities, has launched an enhanced version of its Aclara Adaptive Consumer Engagement (Aclara ACE) platform powered by the Microsoft Azure cloud. This flexible and secure consumer engagement solution will allow utilities toRead More

The American Water Works Association Board of Directors has selected Jim Williams of Mishawaka, Ind., as the association’s next president-elect. Two vice presidents and one director-at-large were also elected during the annual winter meeting in January. An AWWA member for more than 30 years, WilliamsRead More

The FlexNet EasyLink Mobile Communications is a new solution from Sensus aimed at assiting utilities to increase meter read rates and decrease drive time. The portable, radio-based device easily acquires data from electric, gas and water meters and is a simple, cost-effective way to simultaneously readRead More

SUEZ North America and Aclara today announced an exclusive strategic partnership to deliver advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) that will enable SUEZ to better serve municipalities across the United States. The agreement, which is exclusive to the U.S. marketplace, allows both companiesRead More

The Board of The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) has accepted the resignation of Ted DeBoda, P.E., as its executive director. DeBoda will continue his role as a Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) Master Trainer and will provide consulting services to ensure a smooth transition.Read More

A report released in January by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives outlines a number of policy recommendations for rebuilding and renewing U.S. infrastructure, including ideas to spur investment in water and wastewater systems. The report was authored by members of the bipartisanRead More

In January, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) and the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) endorsed House of Representatives legislation that would extend EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)Read More