Water Management

Automation and Analytics Create New Opportunities for System Optimization Across the Water Sector Smart water infrastructure has quickly become an important urban infrastructure solution in both the United States and around the world. It has offered new solutions in response to cities, communities and evenRead More

Loudoun County, Virginia, is one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, bringing a high demand for water from both industrial and residential customers. In response, Loudoun Water, the region’s water utility, is on an exciting path forward to plan for and deliver advancedRead More

Itron, Inc., has announced it will introduce its Intelis water meter in Q4 2018. The Intelis is Itron’s first ultrasonic water metering solution for North America that allows utilities to take advantage of the power of data. When coupled with Itron’s multi-purpose network, the meter provides theRead More

Bringing AI and Machine Learning to Underground Pipe Infrastructure By Greg Baird Water asset management in the United States has advanced through various stages of education and the practical application of best practices. The U.S. EPA has concluded that nearly 60 percent of the valueRead More

By Mary Ellen Mitchell SIM is the process of measuring and monitoring supplier performance and supplier business process and practices for the purposes of consolidating supplier information in one database, reducing costs, mitigating risk and driving continuous improvement. How much do you really know about yourRead More

The East Valley Water District in Highland, Calif., recently secured $126 million in funding from the California State Water Resources Control Board to construct the Sterling Natural Resource Center (SNRC), a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility that will produce recycled water and offer additional community benefits.Read More

Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a plan to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (S. 2800). The WRDA legislation contains a number of drinking water policy reforms, including one that could authorize a new program under the U.S. EPA that would offer competitiveRead More

The American Water Works Association has announced that NPR host Ira Flatow and award-winning actor John O’Hurley will speak at the association’s Annual Conference & Exposition(ACE18), to be held June 11-14 in Las Vegas, Nev. Flatow will open ACE18 at the Opening General Session at 8:30Read More

Brown and Caldwell has announced the promotion of Wendy Broley, P.E., to vice president and One Water leader responsible for setting the strategy and managing the firm’s growing One Water team. Moving through a cycle of human and ecosystem use and reuse, water is anRead More

  The Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee introduced its 2018 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) last week, called “America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.” WRDA authorizes individual U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) water resources projects and is considered a “must-pass” bill everyRead More