Condition Assessment

By Kathryn Sorensen & Dr. Janet Anderson The Safe Drinking Water Act turns 50 this year and it’s important to recognize that it is one of the most remarkable and successful pieces of legislation this country has ever known. The provision of clean tap waterRead More

In this edition of Water Finance & Management Conversations, we talk with Greta Vladeanu, Senior Program Engineer-Data Insights, with Xylem. Vladeanu gives us a detailed overview of how utilities can develop an effective pipeline management program, how approaches to managing transmission mains differ from distributionRead More

Arcadis will lead the implementation of its Enterprise Decision Analytics solution for digital asset management for the City of Henderson, Nevada. A three-year commitment with a two-year renewal option, Arcadis will support the migration of information from the City’s legacy system to Enterprise Decision Analytics (EDA). TheRead More

NSF has announced a partnership with BlueConduit, a pioneer in predictive modeling for lead service lines (LSL) that will enable NSF to offer BlueConduit’s LSL solutions directly, and better reach water utilities with this technology to help remove LSLs across the United States. This strategicRead More

BlueConduit recently announced the launch its newest offering: water main prediction technology. Building on the success of its predictive models for lead service lines, the company said it is looking to extend its expertise to help cities and water systems tackle the challenges of waterRead More

Photos and charts courtesy of Utah State University. Analyzing Utah State University’s Third Study Examining Break Rates For all the out-of-sight, out-of-mind infrastructure we talk about in the water utility sector, water main breaks may be one of the more visible events that remind theRead More

Premier Event for Pipeline Engineers, Practitioners Continues to Grow The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) is bringing its 2024 Pipelines Conference to Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 27-31. The Pipelines Conference serves as a key component of UESI’s visionRead More

Utah State University (USU) has published new research on water main breaks in the United States and Canada, examining break rates and related factors such as pipe material and diameter. It is the third such study conducted by USU with previous versions in 2012 andRead More

WF&M Discussion with John Flaugher & Jonathan Cato, USG Water Solutions Editor’s Note: Addressing ongoing maintenance costs for utility assets is becoming increasingly critical. We caught up with John Flaugher, president and chief executive officer, and Jonathan Cato, chief operating officer, of USG Water SolutionsRead More

| By Will Jernigan The drinking water industry plays a vital role in ensuring access to clean and safe water for communities across North America. However, beneath the surface of this essential infrastructure lies a pervasive issue that extends beyond water conservation – the connectionRead More