Water Management

The Plant City, Fla., water reclamation facility is no stranger to improvements. Between 1973 and 1997, the municipal plant, located just northeast of Tampa, underwent five upgrades to handle increased loading and flows, meet sludge regulations and federal requirements concerning the use of gas chlorine and eliminate discharge to its receiving stream, among other objectives.

In August, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed three bills into law that collectively make nearly $2 billion in state financing available for projects improving drinking water and wastewater facilities, including $776 million for storm and flood protection.

A coalition of businesses, education and environmental groups is calling for the creation of a $250 million trust to protect water quality in Ohio.

According to the U.S. EPA, there are nearly 69,000 drinking water and wastewater systems in the United States. According to water.org, the average American uses nearly 65,000 gallons of water in a year.

Staff from SL-serco perform regular maintenance and audits of automated meter infrastructure (AMI) and advanced meter reading (AMR) systems.

Last year, the Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) conducted a ?usage and attitude? study to determine how iron pipe was viewed within the water infrastructure community, and how we can best address the needs that utilities and their customers face. The results were impressive.

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) recently hosted its Utility Leadership and Annual Meeting in Providence, R.I. It was also a celebration of NACWA?s 45th anniversary. The conference program specifically focused on ?financing funding and rates for the future.?

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is urging the U.S. EPA to make changes to a 2016 spending bill that would prohibit sewer discharges into the Great Lakes.

AWWA, in collaboration with four other water associations, has sent to congressional committees a joint letter urging an extension of the upcoming deadline for railroads to comply with Positive Train Control regulations.

Echologics, a Toronto-based engineering company that specializes in acoustic detection of water main leaks and condition assessment, celebrated the opening of its new ?Innovation Site? in Walkerton, Ontario on Sept. 10.