Articles by: WFM Staff

Small Systems Tackle Financial Challenges through Technical Assistance

Small Systems Tackle Financial Challenges through Technical Assistance

Financial Report, Guest Columns, Water Finance May 30, 2023 at 6:30 am

| By Dr. Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi For years, thousands of small drinking water systems in the United States have been facing big financial challenges that undermine their ability to provide their customers with safe and affordable drinking water. As a result of these challenges, manyRead More

Stantec, carbon removal startup partner on advanced water treatment facility

Stantec, carbon removal startup partner on advanced water treatment facility

Water Management May 25, 2023 at 1:16 pm

Stantec has announced it is partnering with the Palmdale Water District (PWD) and carbon removal startup Capture6 to design a first-of-its-kind Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) demonstration facility with novel brine management technology in Palmdale, Calif. The AWT demonstration facility is part of PWD’s Pure WaterRead More

BlueConduit to provide technical support on New Orleans LSL map

BlueConduit to provide technical support on New Orleans LSL map

Water Management May 25, 2023 at 11:20 am

BlueConduit has been hired to provide technical support in the development of an online, interactive lead service line map for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO). The News Orleans Water Service Line Map will allow city residents to learn the known orRead More

Maine water district to tackle PFAS in wastewater biosolids

Maine water district to tackle PFAS in wastewater biosolids

Water Management May 22, 2023 at 7:37 am

The Portland Water District (PWD) in Portland, Maine, is exploring options for an advanced regional facility to treat PFAS-contaminated biosolids. Solutions being explored include advanced thermal destruction technologies, such as pyrolysis and gasification, to safely and economically reduce or eliminate PFAS from biosolids. At itsRead More

WATCH: Mueller’s Dave Johnston on Lead Service Line Locating, LCRR Compliance

WATCH: Mueller’s Dave Johnston on Lead Service Line Locating, LCRR Compliance

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management May 19, 2023 at 2:06 pm

In the latest edition of Water Finance & Management Conversations, Dave Johnston, director of smart infrastructure at Mueller, joins us for a discussion on compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). The LCRR requires water utilities of all sizes to developRead More

EPA issues order to Baltimore for SDWA compliance

EPA issues order to Baltimore for SDWA compliance

Public Utility Finance, Washington Report May 18, 2023 at 9:00 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) to the City of Baltimore to comply with Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) safeguards designed to protect public health from “illnesses linked to Cryptosporidium, Giardia and other bacteria from animal waste whichRead More

Fitch Ratings: EPA’s cyber rules will add financial burden for utilities

Fitch Ratings: EPA’s cyber rules will add financial burden for utilities

According to a release from credit rating firm Fitch Ratings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) requirement that all public water systems incorporate cyber risk and resiliency in their periodic reviews will add an increased regulatory and financial burden that could be even greater forRead More

Joint venture inked for ‘landmark’ Southern California water reuse program

Joint venture inked for ‘landmark’ Southern California water reuse program

Water Management May 10, 2023 at 10:30 am

A joint venture of AECOM and Brown and Caldwell (AECOM-BC Team) has been chosen to provide program and project management support and engineering design services for the Pure Water Southern California program, one of the largest water reuse programs in the world. The innovative program,Read More

EPA proposes to establish first-time CWA protections for more than 250 tribes

EPA proposes to establish first-time CWA protections for more than 250 tribes

Washington Report, Water Management May 9, 2023 at 11:10 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced proposed federal baseline water quality standards for waterbodies on Indian reservations that do not have Clean Water Act standards, ensuring protections for over half a million people living on Indian reservations as well as critical aquatic ecosystems.Read More

Greeley, Colo., partners with Woolpert, Cityworks on asset management platform

Greeley, Colo., partners with Woolpert, Cityworks on asset management platform

Water Management May 9, 2023 at 10:29 am

The City of Greeley, Colo., has gone live with its Cityworks Asset Management System (AMS), implemented by Woolpert. The implementation provides an enterprise-wide platform for managing assets through system-based activity, cost, and document tracking for the Greeley Water and Sewer Department. The department includes twoRead More