Water Management

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), one in every three Americans gets their drinking water from waterways that are vulnerable to pollution or some sort of compromise in water quality.

Effectively managing the impacts of stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows into waterways has been a growing concern for cities for years. With limited budgets and the growing number of consent decrees across the United States, UIM decided to reach out to a few experts to see how their cities are addressing these areas, both from a management and finance standpoint.

Regional droughts, particularly in California and Texas, have been widely covered in the national media and most Americans are well aware that solving water scarcity and quality issues is key to sustaining our enviable standard of living.

Across the United States, public works budgets are strained to the max while essential infrastructure ages in place. Not surprisingly, those charged with maintaining water systems are on the lookout for solutions that can help them pinpoint their most problematic areas with speed and precision.

More than a century after the first public power station was built, the invention of the light bulb and the widespread move to indoor plumbing, utilities have become inextricably linked with the prosperity of nations, serving as an engine of commerce and enabling significant quality of life improvements.

In March, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, have introduced a new bill, S. 741, The Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act.

Roughly 300 mayors from around the country recently attended the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. Held Jan. 20-23, the Winter Meeting involved some interesting sessions and presentations.

NASTT?s 2015 No-Dig Show, North America?s premier trenchless technology event, produced its largest-ever turnout March 15-19 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver.

IDModeling, Inc. is deploying its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, a real-time software to connect organizational data, systems, and users across the water enterprise for Camrosa Water District in California.

Registration is now open for Pipelines 2015, the American Society for Civil Engineers? annual technical conference devoted exclusively to pipeline planning, design, construction, renewal, operation, management and maintenance.