Technology Perspectives

By Hagai Galili The wave of cyberattacks that became public in late July 2026 targeting municipal water systems across 12 states has exposed both a financial and operational risk for water utility leadership. Attackers compromised internet-facing digital controllers (the automated switches that manage physical equipment)Read More

By Erik Larsen Water and wastewater plant operators need to turn large amounts of data into decisions to see what matters and when, without hunting through spreadsheets or navigating between disconnected systems. One of the quickest ways to do this is to use good dashboardsRead More

According to a report released in May by global water market data and insight provider Bluefield Research, the digital water spend in the United States and Canada is projected to increase from $14.4 billion to $28.6 billion by 2036. The digital boom is being fueledRead More

Global water innovation organization Imagine H2O recently announced its 2026 cohort of 18 startups from eight countries across North America, Asia and Europe that are developing solutions to critical water challenges across utilities and industry. As new regulations targeting contaminants like PFAS take effect andRead More

How Digital Subsurface Insight Can Reshape Water Resilience By Dr. Thomas Krom Today, we are seeing what I call a perfect storm facing water managers. A myriad of challenges are complicating the ability to supply sufficient, affordable water. Changing weather patterns – from prolonged droughtsRead More

By Gilad Horn Across North America, water utilities face a difficult financial and operational reality: unplanned repairs on aging infrastructure run anywhere from two to five times the cost of scheduled maintenance. And those emergency bills keep climbing as labor and materials grow more expensive.Read More

Have questions about achieving compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI)? Marcus Elmer of the Copper Development Association (CDA) has answers. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would uphold Biden-era regulations under the LCRI, the drinking water regulation mandating theRead More

By Rotem Ben-Eliyahu Cyber intrusions are now a mainstream business risk for water utilities. A 2025 cross-Atlantic survey from Semperis found that nearly two-thirds of operators experienced at least one cyber-attack in the previous year, and more than half of those incidents caused lasting damageRead More

According to a new research report from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the installed base of water utility advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) endpoints in Europe and North America is set to double from 2024 to 2030. At the end of 2024, the combined installed baseRead More

By Marina Donovan Global water demand is expected to rise significantly over the next 20 years, driven by population growth, agricultural practices and industrial development, as noted by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. By 2050, water use is projected to increase byRead More