Water Management

The American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE17), being held June 11-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is one of the largest water industry tradeshows in the calendar year in North America. The year’s technical program will include moreRead More

Singer Valve recently announced the launch of its battery-operated Single Point Insertion Electromagnetic Flowmeter (SPI-MV) that measures flow rate when power is not available. “It’s not uncommon for valve chambers that are further out in the field to not have power, so this battery optionRead More

(Hint: It’s Cost Savings and Enhanced Utility Operations) By Joe Ball & Kathleen Dalessandro The Lake County Illinois Public Works Department in Libertyville, Ill., owns and operates two public water supply distribution systems across a large service territory in Northeast Illinois. For years, the county contractedRead More

i2O, a U.K.-based smart water network solutions company, recently announced it will expand its services to the water market in the United States and has appointed utility sector executive Silvia King to lead the effort. King, who started her career at multinational energy corporation ConocoPhillipsRead More

Martin Kropelnicki testified last week on behalf of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) and the California Water Service Group before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Environment on efforts to improve the Safe Drinking Water Act. In his written testimonyRead More

Commissioners for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission recently approved three contracts totaling $149.5 million to repair and replace aging infrastructure and meet future water supply demands for Montgomery and Prince George’s County residents. The largest contract, valued at $135 million, involves paving, roadway and sidewalkRead More

FATHOM Water Management, Inc.  (FATHOM), recently announced a new partnership with the City of Arcadia, Fla. Arcadia will employ FATHOM’s complete suite of software and managed services solutions to modernize the utility billing operations and deliver personalized water use information to utility customers. Arcadia has chosen FATHOM to provide an enhanced experienceRead More

The initial results of a survey intended to identify the current and future trends for water technology implementation are now available in the form of a new interactive data visualization tool. Developed under the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) – a joint initiative between theRead More

Aclara Technologies and its affiliates, including Aclara Meters, have taken a significant step to support its growing international businesses with the opening of a new headquarters for international operations in Bilbao, Spain and a new office in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Aclara now operates two facilitiesRead More

The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) joined more than 150 organizations supporting Infrastructure Week 2017, May 15-19, to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue impacting all Americans. Much of America’s water infrastructure is outdated, overused and underserviced. Many of our water pipes are moreRead More