Articles by: WFM Staff

EPA Too Slow to Act on Flint, Inspector General Says

EPA Too Slow to Act on Flint, Inspector General Says

Water Management November 7, 2016 at 3:10 pm

A recently released report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General details the agency’s lack of swift action in initially communicating the water crisis in Flint, Mich., to the public in 2015. The report, issued by EPA Inspector General Arthur A.Read More

Sustainability through Reuse — A Q&A with Snehal Desai, Global Business Director, Dow Water & Process Solutions

Sustainability through Reuse — A Q&A with Snehal Desai, Global Business Director, Dow Water & Process Solutions

Water Management October 26, 2016 at 9:00 am

Dow Water & Process Solutions’ Minimal Liquid Discharge model is a set of proven water filtration technologies and processes that enable companies and municipalities to achieve up to 95 percent liquid discharge recovery. In June, the company was a recipient of the 2016 US WaterRead More

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Xylem, Key Partner on Equipment Finance Program

Xylem and Key Equipment Finance recently announced a partnership to provide flexible equipment financing options for water utilities and other organizations interested in acquiring Xylem’s water and wastewater transport and treatment solutions. Xylem is a global water technology provider that enables customers to transport, treat,Read More

How DC Water’s Environmental Impact Bond Works

How DC Water’s Environmental Impact Bond Works

Public Utility Finance, Water Finance October 19, 2016 at 12:22 pm

The DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) recently issued the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project, a $2.6 billion program to control stormwater runoff and improve the District’s water quality, creatingRead More

Bluefield: Muni Water CAPEX to Increase in Europe

Bluefield: Muni Water CAPEX to Increase in Europe

Financial Report, Public Utility Finance, Water Finance October 19, 2016 at 8:20 am

According to a recent report from global water market insight firm Bluefield Research, European utilities are planning to invest more than $526 billion (USD) in water and wastewater infrastructure between 2016 and 2025. A combination of drivers including utility market restructuring, water and wastewater directivesRead More

Environmental Protection through Water Loss Reduction

Environmental Protection through Water Loss Reduction

Cave City, Ky., Uses PE 4710 to Upgrade Water System By Steve Cooper The Caveland Environmental Authority (CEA) in Cave City, Ky., has found the solution to reduce its 40 percent unaccounted water loss and protect the area’s sensitive subterranean ecology by replacing aging andRead More

Cutting Its Losses: Inside the City of Asheville’s Non-Revenue Water Program

Cutting Its Losses: Inside the City of Asheville’s Non-Revenue Water Program

Water Loss, Water Management October 14, 2016 at 9:00 am

By Brandon Buckner & Will Jernigan Nestled near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina, the City of Asheville has much to boast about — including quality of life, a vibrant arts culture and more microbreweries per capita than any U.S. cityRead More

Echologics field engineers install a permanent leak detection node to monitor a critical water transmission main for the development of leaks during construction pile driving activity near the main.

Water Main Leak Monitoring for Construction Risk Mitigation

  By David Stewart Jones Pulling the manhole cover aside, the team of pipeline leak-detection specialists from Echologics looked down into the flooded underground chamber below. A local water utility crew pumped water from the chamber, slowly revealing valves and pipe fittings connected to a pairRead More

Progressive. Proactive. Prolagos.

Progressive. Proactive. Prolagos.

Water Management October 7, 2016 at 9:18 am

Rio de Janeiro Network Designs Water Distribution System Delivering Energy Savings, Revenue Gains By Aidan Mercer Prolagos, a subsidiary of Aegea Group, is responsible for providing water and sewerage services to five municipalities in Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro. Prolagos manages a total waterRead More

Flushing Tips: Implementing a Unidirectional Flushing Program

Flushing Tips: Implementing a Unidirectional Flushing Program

Water Management October 7, 2016 at 8:30 am

How to Implement a Unidirectional Flushing Program and Improve Your Efficiency, Conservation By Lara Kammereck & Dan Reisinger Unidirectional Water Main Flushing (UDF) is increasingly used across North America to improve operations, enhance the water system and improve service standards. Water main flushing has long beenRead More