Articles by: WFM Staff

Austin Water selects Aclara for AMI program

Austin Water selects Aclara for AMI program

AMR/AMI, Water Management June 29, 2020 at 9:55 am

Austin Water has selected Aclara to supply and implement a landmark advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) program to the utility, which services over 1 million people across more than 548 square miles in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area. “Austin Water is excited to be working withRead More

SUEZ to donate to charities for COVID-19

SUEZ to donate to charities for COVID-19

Water Management June 29, 2020 at 8:49 am

In the face of a pandemic that has created unprecedented suffering across the United States and Canada, SUEZ, which operates in North America as SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions and SUEZ North America, is earmarking a donation of $1.75 million that will be directed toRead More

KKR, XPV acquire Environmental Dynamics International

KKR, XPV acquire Environmental Dynamics International

Water Management June 29, 2020 at 7:47 am

A global strategic platform established by KKR and XPV Water Partners to provide end-to-end nutrient management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Environmental Dynamics International, Inc. (“EDI”), a leading global manufacturer of diffused aeration systems. The addition of EDI accelerates the growth of the waterRead More

NACWA’s Cost of Clean Water Index indicates increase in 2019

NACWA’s Cost of Clean Water Index indicates increase in 2019

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ (NACWA) 2019 Cost of Clean Water Index, released May 29, indicates that the average cost of wastewater services rose 3.8 percent in 2019, more than doubling the rate of inflation over the same period. The national average cost forRead More

Water sector asks Senate for aid in next relief package

Water sector asks Senate for aid in next relief package

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) and National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), two organizations representing municipally-owned utilities, recently asked Senate leaders to include public sector aid in the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation. Pointing to estimates that drinking water and wastewaterRead More

Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure conference moving online

Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure conference moving online

Water Management June 15, 2020 at 9:28 am

Bentley Systems, Inc., a global provider of software and digital twins services for advancing design, construction and operations of infrastructure, has announced that its annual infrastructure event, the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, is “going digital.” The new digital format will bring together, now forRead More

Sacramento’s South County Ag Program using recycled water moves forward

Sacramento’s South County Ag Program using recycled water moves forward

Water Management June 10, 2020 at 1:33 pm

A joint venture (JV) of Brown and Caldwell and Carollo Engineers has been selected by the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) to provide capital program management services for the $375 million South Sacramento County Agriculture & Habitat Lands Recycled Water (South County Ag)Read More

Associations support positive regulatory determination on PFAS

Associations support positive regulatory determination on PFAS

Washington Report, Water Management June 8, 2020 at 8:59 am

Nine leading water associations are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use “sound science and robust analyses” as it evaluates drinking water standards for two per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS). In a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the Association of California Water AgenciesRead More

UESI Pipelines 2020 cancelled, moving to virtual format

UESI Pipelines 2020 cancelled, moving to virtual format

Water Management June 8, 2020 at 8:51 am

As a consequence of the impact of COVID-19 and based on feedback from members, and former and potential attendees, the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) and the Pipelines 2020 Conference Steering Committee have reached the difficult decision to cancel the in-person program scheduled forRead More

PRODUCT SHOWCASE: Xylem’s BLU-X Optimizes Collection, Treatment at Dramatically Lower Cost

PRODUCT SHOWCASE: Xylem’s BLU-X Optimizes Collection, Treatment at Dramatically Lower Cost

Water Management June 3, 2020 at 4:36 pm

BLU-X, Xylem’s innovative Intelligent Urban Watershed platform, helps utilities improve sewer system and treatment plant performance and capacity utilization, meeting environmental goals while saving substantially on operating, energy and maintenance costs. BLU-X is a Real Time Decision Support System (RT-DSS) that uses a Sense, Predict,Read More