Water Management

Echologics field engineers install a permanent leak detection node to monitor a critical water transmission main for the development of leaks during construction pile driving activity near the main.

Water Main Leak Monitoring for Construction Risk Mitigation

  By David Stewart Jones Pulling the manhole cover aside, the team of pipeline leak-detection specialists from Echologics looked down into the flooded underground chamber below. A local water utility crew pumped water from the chamber, slowly revealing valves and pipe fittings connected to a pairRead More

Progressive. Proactive. Prolagos.

Progressive. Proactive. Prolagos.

Water Management October 7, 2016 at 9:18 am

Rio de Janeiro Network Designs Water Distribution System Delivering Energy Savings, Revenue Gains By Aidan Mercer Prolagos, a subsidiary of Aegea Group, is responsible for providing water and sewerage services to five municipalities in Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro. Prolagos manages a total waterRead More

Flushing Tips: Implementing a Unidirectional Flushing Program

Flushing Tips: Implementing a Unidirectional Flushing Program

Water Management October 7, 2016 at 8:30 am

How to Implement a Unidirectional Flushing Program and Improve Your Efficiency, Conservation By Lara Kammereck & Dan Reisinger Unidirectional Water Main Flushing (UDF) is increasingly used across North America to improve operations, enhance the water system and improve service standards. Water main flushing has long beenRead More

Tennessee American Water Completes Underwater Pipe Repair

Tennessee American Water Completes Underwater Pipe Repair

Water Management October 5, 2016 at 8:00 am

By Grady Stout & Kevin Kruchinski The sudden surge of water flow to the northern part of the water system in the Chattanooga, Tenn., in the early morning hours of April 4, 2016 was unexpected. It was also indicative of a problem for Tennessee American Water, aRead More

Smart Cities Council Policy Brief Details Infrastructure Investment

Smart Cities Council Policy Brief Details Infrastructure Investment

Water Finance, Water Management October 3, 2016 at 9:21 am

As the U.S. election season heats up and further attention is focused on key national priorities, the Smart Cities Council has released a policy brief detailing how smart infrastructure investments in cities and towns across America will create jobs and promote greater prosperity for all.Read More

HD Supply Waterworks’ Clingenpeel Gets Utility Director’s Award

HD Supply Waterworks’ Clingenpeel Gets Utility Director’s Award

Water Management October 3, 2016 at 9:07 am

Mike Clingenpeel of HD Supply Waterworks is the 2016 recipient of the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts’ (TAUD) Associate Member Wall of Fame award. Clingenpeel recently accepted the award at the association’s Business of Running a Utility Conference at the Gatlinburg Convention Center. Implemented inRead More

What’s Next for Lead?

What’s Next for Lead?

Water Management October 3, 2016 at 8:45 am

Water Utilities Will Have Big Decisions about Lead Service Lines in the Wake of Flint’s Water Crisis By Andrew Farr If one word encapsulates the biggest story of the year when it comes to anything related to water or pipelines, it’s probably “Flint.” The veryRead More

Bluefield: California to Surpass Florida as Largest Water Reuse Market

Bluefield: California to Surpass Florida as Largest Water Reuse Market

Water Management October 3, 2016 at 8:44 am

Municipal wastewater reuse capacity is expected to increase 58 percent from 2016 through 2026, according to new market forecasts from Bluefield Research – based on a database of 607 currently planned reuse projects. CAPEX investment in reuse is expected to total $11 billion between 2016Read More

EWG Report: Unsafe Carcinogen Levels May Affect More Than 200 Million

EWG Report: Unsafe Carcinogen Levels May Affect More Than 200 Million

Water Management September 26, 2016 at 9:00 am

A new analysis released last week by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) says unsafe levels of carcinogen are contaminating the tap water of two-thirds of Americans. The report is an analysis of federal water testing data. Under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program, from 2013Read More

HammerHead Trenchless Acquires RS Lining Systems

HammerHead Trenchless Acquires RS Lining Systems

Water Management September 26, 2016 at 8:55 am

HammerHead Trenchless, a Charles Machine Works company, has announced the acquisition of RS Lining Systems, LLC, the provider of RS Technik pipe rehabilitation solutions in the Americas. The acquisition will strengthen HammerHead’s customer service across the underground infrastructure rehabilitation market by providing an enhanced suiteRead More