Water Management

Water industry mourns Virginia Beach shooting victims

Water industry mourns Virginia Beach shooting victims

Water Management June 11, 2019 at 2:07 pm

Water industry associations and others across the sector are mourning the victims, many of whom were public utility employees, of the May 31 shooting in Virginia Beach, Va., that claimed the lives of 12 people. Six of those who lost their lives in the incidentRead More

New report highlights acquisition trends in the U.S. water market

New report highlights acquisition trends in the U.S. water market

Private Financing / P3s, Water Management June 10, 2019 at 5:13 am

The U.S. municipal water landscape is undergoing a transformation as critical infrastructure services — water, gas, and electricity — converge under single investor-owned utility banners. This trend is highlighted by the growing roster of diversified infrastructure service providers owning water and wastewater utilities in theRead More

Echologics lands condition assessment contract with SES Water

Echologics lands condition assessment contract with SES Water

Echologics, a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products, Inc., will begin what the company calls one of the largest water pipe condition assessment projects in Europe with SES Water in the U.K. this month. Following completion of a successful initial trial with SES Water in 2018,Read More

XPV invests in smart meter company

XPV invests in smart meter company

AMR/AMI, Water Loss, Water Management June 7, 2019 at 8:32 am

XPV Water Partners, a water sector growth equity investor, has announced it has invested in Metron-Farnier, a company that offers a line of high-performance residential and commercial water meters augmented with smart meter technologies. With installations throughout the United States, Metron-Farnier smart metering solutions areRead More

King County, Wash., selects Brown and Caldwell for Clean Water Plan

King County, Wash., selects Brown and Caldwell for Clean Water Plan

Water Management May 31, 2019 at 1:54 pm

The King County Wastewater Treatment Division in King County, Wash., recently selected environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and Caldwell to be its prime consultant on developing the county’s Clean Water Plan to guide future water quality investments and initiatives. The Clean Water Plan isRead More

ASCE names Bentley’s Walski as the 2019 Julian Hinds Award recipient

ASCE names Bentley’s Walski as the 2019 Julian Hinds Award recipient

Water Management May 30, 2019 at 1:42 pm

Bentley Systems colleague Thomas Walski, Ph.D. P.E., F. ASCE, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Julian Hinds Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The Julian Hinds Award recognizes the author or authors of a paper which makes the most importantRead More

Echologics opens new facility in Toronto

Echologics opens new facility in Toronto

Mueller Water Products is pleased to announce the opening of a new Echologics office in Toronto, Ontario. The facility will serve as a Mueller Engineering Center of Excellence, focusing on the development of Echologics leak detection and condition assessment technologies for water mains. The 20,000Read More

Jacksonville utility recovers one billion gallons in non-revenue water

Jacksonville utility recovers one billion gallons in non-revenue water

AMR/AMI, Water Loss, Water Management May 28, 2019 at 10:22 am

Jacksonville is the most populous city in the southeastern United States and consistently rates in the top 20 in Forbes’ annual ranking of the Best Places for Business and Careers. The task of providing water for businesses and its thousands of residences falls to JEA, the largestRead More

AMERICAN plans to build valve and hydrant research center

AMERICAN plans to build valve and hydrant research center

Pipe Selection, Water Management May 28, 2019 at 8:41 am

AMERICAN Flow Control, the valve and hydrant division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, has announced the formation of AMERICAN Innovation, LLC, a company dedicated to research and development. The company intends to construct a facility, the AMERICAN Flow Control CenterRead More

AWWA’s Mehan testifies on PFAS in drinking water

AWWA’s Mehan testifies on PFAS in drinking water

Washington Report, Water Management May 20, 2019 at 9:31 am

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) testified recently before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change about approaches to addressing PFAS in drinking water. Tracy Mehan, executive director of government affairs, spoke on behalf of AWWA, the non-profit organization whose 51,000 members represent waterRead More