Water Management

Esri ArcGIS has become a mission-critical enterprise system for local government and water utilities’ core business processes. The distinction between the software application and the GIS is no longer relevant to an end user. They have become one. This is particularly true for ArcGIS utilized by local government organizations for public asset management.

Report: Forecasted spending on smart water technology tops $20 billion over next decade

AMR/AMI, Water Management May 5, 2017 at 7:30 am

The U.S. municipal water sector, which has traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies, sits at the cusp of change with more than $20 billion of forecasted spending on software, data and analytics solutions over the next decade. As a result, more than 40 companiesRead More

Water sector to Pruitt: Continue funding for WaterSense

Water sector to Pruitt: Continue funding for WaterSense

Water Loss, Water Management May 4, 2017 at 8:30 am

In April, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) cosigned two separate letters addressed to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, asking that he continue funding for the agency’s WaterSense program. The first letter is under the banner of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, andRead More

Bluefield: M&As in water sector signal growth

Bluefield: M&As in water sector signal growth

Water Management May 1, 2017 at 11:20 am

According to a new report from Bluefield Research, mergers and acquisitions in the global water sector exceeded $20 billion in 2016, pushing the three-year total valuation of announced deals to more than $57 billion. The report, Water Mergers & Acquisitions: Key Trends in a Changing Global Landscape,Read More

Sarasota WWTP chooses Evoqua for odor control

Sarasota WWTP chooses Evoqua for odor control

Water Management May 1, 2017 at 9:59 am

Evoqua Water Technologies’ Alkagen AQ solution has been selected to control odor and extend the useful life of existing infrastructure at the Siesta Key wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Sarasota, Fla. The Siesta Key WWTP services the Siesta Key barrier island, home to the No.Read More

South Carolina city, Johnson Controls partner on infrastructure upgrades

South Carolina city, Johnson Controls partner on infrastructure upgrades

Water Finance, Water Management May 1, 2017 at 9:50 am

The City of Beaufort, S.C., is partnering with Johnson Controls to complete a city-wide performance infrastructure and conservation project that’s expected to generate $5.4 million in savings over 15 years, while reducing the city’s overall carbon footprint, energy usage and water consumption. The one-year constructionRead More

Badger Meter to acquire D-Flow Technology AB

Badger Meter to acquire D-Flow Technology AB

AMR/AMI, Water Management May 1, 2017 at 9:19 am

Badger Meter, Inc. has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D-Flow Technology AB of Luleå, Sweden, for approximately $23 million in cash. D-Flow Technology is a knowledge-based company specializing in ultrasonic technology, primarily for flow measurement. “There is a growing acceptance ofRead More

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Pure Technologies, Xylem announce collaboration

Water Management May 1, 2017 at 9:11 am

Pure Technologies Ltd. and Xylem have announced they have entered into a commercial collaboration whereby Xylem will represent Pure’s products and services to the water sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman), and in India, Singapore and Malaysia.Read More

Condition  Assessment of Force Mains with Non-Destructive Testing

Condition Assessment of Force Mains with Non-Destructive Testing

Condition Assessment, Rehab & Replacement April 29, 2017 at 8:45 am

    By Dave Russell & Yuwu Yu

Reservoir inspection using remote underwater drone

Reservoir inspection using remote underwater drone

Condition Assessment, Water Management April 24, 2017 at 10:05 am

USA Reservoir Inspection | Clark Public Utilities (CPU) is committed to providing customers with the most reliable, affordable service possible. But a lot has to go on behind the scenes to make that happen. As a publicly-owned utility in Vancouver, Wash., it is committed to bringingRead More

Cleveland Water Alliance hosts ‘Erie Hack’ and Innovation Summit

Cleveland Water Alliance hosts ‘Erie Hack’ and Innovation Summit

Water Finance, Water Management April 24, 2017 at 9:22 am

The Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA), in conjunction with numerous partners from throughout the Lake Erie basin, including NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Observing System, will present a first-ever Erie Hack Competition and Water Innovation Summit, May 2-3, at the Global Center for Health Innovation inRead More