Articles by: WFM Staff

In April, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the investment of $39 million for 12 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and nonpoint source projects across nine counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. “Today marked another special day for the Pennvest program and for the citizens ofRead More

Badger Meter, Inc. has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D-Flow Technology AB of Luleå, Sweden, for approximately $23 million in cash. D-Flow Technology is a knowledge-based company specializing in ultrasonic technology, primarily for flow measurement. “There is a growing acceptance ofRead More

Pure Technologies Ltd. and Xylem have announced they have entered into a commercial collaboration whereby Xylem will represent Pure’s products and services to the water sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman), and in India, Singapore and Malaysia.Read More

USA Reservoir Inspection | Clark Public Utilities (CPU) is committed to providing customers with the most reliable, affordable service possible. But a lot has to go on behind the scenes to make that happen. As a publicly-owned utility in Vancouver, Wash., it is committed to bringingRead More

The Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA), in conjunction with numerous partners from throughout the Lake Erie basin, including NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Observing System, will present a first-ever Erie Hack Competition and Water Innovation Summit, May 2-3, at the Global Center for Health Innovation inRead More

Xylem has designed and built a major emergency sewer bypass in Memphis, Tennessee in just six days. The project was a result of 16 in. of rainfall in the city, half of which fell during a two-day deluge, during spring 2016. This unprecedented rainfall erodedRead More

Innovyze has announced that the City of Aurora, Colorado’s third-largest city, has selected its InfoMaster software for use in prioritizing the operations and maintenance activities of its drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems. The City of Aurora serves more than 360,000 customers withinRead More

AECOM has named Vern Kuehn as executive vice president and general manager of a newly created federal business unit within its construction services (CS) business group. In this role, Kuehn will be responsible for working with leadership across AECOM to implement a strategy that enhancesRead More

According to a new analysis from Bluefield Research, municipal water utilities across the United States have sparked a wave of investment in water reuse and desalination projects exceeding $18 billion. With traditional water supplies no longer a certainty for many utilities, demonstrated cost declines and competitiveness have beenRead More

 By Cindy Wallis-Lage   Water is both a resource and a challenge. As an optimist — a trait I think I share with many water leaders — I see opportunities and potential solutions when I look at challenges facing the water industry. Leaders in anyRead More