Water Management

Last Thursday, a federal judge in North Dakota blocked a new Obama administration rule that would give the federal government jurisdiction over some smaller waterways just hours before it was set to go into effect.

Last week, the Value of Water Coalition announced the Imagine A Day Without Water campaign with the launch of its site, www.ImagineADayWithoutWater.org. This national education campaign will raise awareness of and build public support for investment in water.

UIM: Water Utility Infrastructure Management, the leading journal of finance and management for water and wastewater professionals, is hosting its first Water Finance Conference beginning tomorrow at the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities improve efficiency by offering a solution to detect problems, convert data into insights and decide where to rehabilitate their infrastructure.

David Mutombo, MBA, PMP, P.Eng., has joined Hatch Mott MacDonald?s Water and Wastewater Practices for Canada. He is based in HMM?s office in Burlington, Ontario.

Earlier this month, the American Water Works Association expressed strong support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s decision to commit an additional $5 million to reduce nutrient pollution in the western Lake Erie Basin.

Smart technology is so 2014. Smart cities? Now we?re trending.Actually, smart cities are not a brand new concept but are being talked about more and more. Considering the rapid technological development of the 21st century, it would seem like the natural progression. After all, the term does make the concept sound pretty futuristic, right?

What one company or industry develops, another builds on those concepts and drives competition and capabilities to new heights. Like it or not, we are in an era in which technological advancements are impacting nearly every industry.

As managers and decision makers, water utility leaders must be armed with the skills to make sure their systems are running smoothly. It?s not always easy as many challenges exist. Aging infrastructure feels like a never ending battle for many cities, and drought is seemingly affecting many areas of the country.

Ken Kirk sees the big picture now. When it comes to policy development in the area of clean water, he?s seen the full extent of both struggles and achievements and takes pride in the latter.