Water Management

Charlie Card has joined EBA Engineering, Inc. (EBA) as a project manager for Asset Management Services. Card brings nearly 30 years of varied experience related to asset management and regulatory compliance to EBA.

Badger Meter recently announced it has become an Associate Partner of the Smart Cities Council (SCC), a coalition of industry thought leaders, innovators and practitioners dedicated to improving the livability, workability and sustainability of the world?s cities.

NASA has joined forces with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey to transform satellite data designed to probe ocean biology into information that will help protect the American public from harmful freshwater algal blooms.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a field-accessible mobile website that consolidates information and tools that water utility operators and their response partners may need during an emergency.

Innovyze announced last week that it will provide worldwide support for the U.S. EPA?s flagship EPANET and SWMM public domain software.

Last week, grants totaling $200 million for clean water projects for municipalities in New York were approved in the new state budget, an issue environmental groups and local governments pushed as they deal with straining infrastructures.

A pipeline project intended to bring billions of gallons of water a year to a drought-stricken section of eastern New Mexico represents a lifeline to parched communities that are quickly running out of water. The lifeline, however, might not reach the region for more than a decade, even though officials say some areas don’t have that long before wells dry up.

Pennsylvania American Water?s Norristown Water Treatment Plant, which serves approximately 32,000 customers in Montgomery County, Pa., has received the prestigious President?s Award from the Partnership for Safe Water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week the award of 14 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling over $17 million to fund projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality.

UIM: Water Utility Infrastructure Management and the SWIM Center at Virginia Tech are looking for speakers for the 15th annual Water Asset Management Conference in Arlington, Va., Dec. 2-3, 2015. If you are interested in presenting to executive-level municipal representatives and consultants involved in the fields of water, wastewater and stormwater, we want to hear from you. The deadline to submit an abstract is April 1.