Water Management

New Jersey, North Carolina Plants Receive Partnership for Safe Water Awards

New Jersey, North Carolina Plants Receive Partnership for Safe Water Awards

Water Management September 6, 2016 at 12:48 pm

New Jersey American Water’s Jumping Brook Treatment Plant in Neptune, N.J., has received the 15-Year Directors Award of Recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and associated Partner organizations to guide waterRead More

Lindgren Joins Mueller as VP Sales

Lindgren Joins Mueller as VP Sales

AMR/AMI, Condition Assessment, Water Loss, Water Management September 6, 2016 at 12:41 pm

Mueller Co. has announced that Mike Lindgren will lead the company’s sales organization upon the retirement of Mike Williams, current vice president of sales, in December. Lindgren will assume VP Sales duties and oversight while Mike Williams transitions key account relationships to Lindgren, completes specialRead More

American Water Announces New Leadership at Keystone Clearwater Solutions

American Water Announces New Leadership at Keystone Clearwater Solutions

Water Finance, Water Management September 6, 2016 at 12:34 pm

American Water has announced that Ned Wehler, Keystone Clearwater Solutions (Keystone) president and chief executive officer, will retire effective Dec.1, 2016. Wehler will be replaced by Keystone’s current president and chief operating officer, Daniel Dalton. “When American Water decided to acquire Keystone in 2015, amongRead More

Zinc-Coated Ductile Iron Installed in First North Carolina City

Zinc-Coated Ductile Iron Installed in First North Carolina City

Pipe Selection, Water Management September 6, 2016 at 12:29 pm

The City of Morganton recently became the first city in North Carolina to install zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Zinc pipe, manufactured by applying a coating of zinc to the pipe’s outer surface, will be used to upgrade the utility’s system. “We are committed to ensuringRead More

Castaic Lake Water Agency Selects SCADAWatch for Network Modeling

Castaic Lake Water Agency Selects SCADAWatch for Network Modeling

Water Management September 6, 2016 at 12:23 pm

Innovyze has announced that Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) in California has chosen the company’s revolutionary SCADAWatch software solution to support mission-critical network modeling applications, supplement system performance monitoring in real time, gain insight and drive operational improvements. The implementation boosts the agency’s real-time businessRead More

North Carolina Town Adopts State’s First Smart Grid for Water

North Carolina Town Adopts State’s First Smart Grid for Water

AMR/AMI, Water Management August 29, 2016 at 8:00 am

FATHOM, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for water utilities, recently announced it has contracted with the Town of Hillsborough, N.C., to provide the FATHOM advanced suite of integrated utility services. This partnership will consolidate all the water management technologies onto one platform and help the townRead More

NOAA Administrator Sullivan Tops Agenda at AMWA’s Executive Management Conference

NOAA Administrator Sullivan Tops Agenda at AMWA’s Executive Management Conference

Water Management August 26, 2016 at 2:00 pm

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan will offer the keynote address at the 2016 Executive Management Conference of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), the annual gathering of the nation’s top drinking water executives, Oct. 16-19 at the Scottsdale ResortRead More

NACWA Lays Out Clean Water Objectives for New Administration

NACWA Lays Out Clean Water Objectives for New Administration

Water Management August 25, 2016 at 12:30 pm

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) forwarded letters this week to both the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign and the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign outlining key municipal clean water issues the Association would like to see discussed by the candidates in the current electionRead More

LIFT Initiative Provides Forum for Water Innovation

LIFT Initiative Provides Forum for Water Innovation

Water Management August 24, 2016 at 10:00 am

The Leaders Innovation for Technology Forum (LIFT) is an initiative run by the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF). The goal of the initiative is to bring new water technologies to the field quickly and efficiently. LIFT includes technological,Read More

MMSD’s Shafer Gets ‘2016 Policymaker of the Year’ Award

MMSD’s Shafer Gets ‘2016 Policymaker of the Year’ Award

Water Management August 22, 2016 at 11:41 am

Gathering Waters, a Wisconsin association dedicated to helping land trusts, landowners and communities protect natural resources, has named Kevin Shafer, executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District (MMSD), its 2016 Policymaker of the Year. At the MMSD, Shafer has fostered a cooperative relationship betweenRead More