Water Management

The International Private Water Association (IPWA) will hold a Financial Tools Taskforce meeting via conference call on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (EST).

Aegion Corp. recently announced that its subsidiary, Insituform Technologies, LLC (Insituform), has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $10.7 million from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD).

With the House, Senate and President agreeing to budget/debt ceiling legislation Wednesday night, furloughed employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are heading back to work.

Water utilities across the United States face a major funding gap related to buried pipeline infrastructure. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates the difference between what is needed for infrastructure renewal and what utilities can afford to spend is between $200 billion and $1 trillion over the next 25 years.

American Water Works Company, Inc. announced last month that David Baker, currently the senior vice president of American Water?s Northeast Division and president of New Jersey American Water is retiring in February 2014. Baker was replaced by William Varley, currently the president of New York American Water, effective Sept. 16, 2013.

The Water Environment Federation?s 86th annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) is finally here. WEFTEC will roll into McCormick Place South Oct. 5-9, 2013 in Chicago, Ill., and will allow attendees countless educational, business and networking opportunities across a variety of topics prevalent in the water sector today.

Experts from Aries, Avanti and Logiball will collaborate on a four-hour seminar on Oct. 6 at the 2013 WEFTEC conference, revealing new insight on defeating infiltration to rehabilitate and sustain collection systems for consulting engineers and municipal decision-makers.

Itron, Inc., has been ranked number one across multiple categories in a new global water meter market analysis report. The ranking, published by IMS Research, solidifies Itron as a preferred partner for utilities worldwide for metering and communication technologies.

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has announced its new Board of Directors. George Zagorski of Blue Diamond Industries, LLC was named Chairman of the Board ? a two-year appointment.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has released a new State of the Water Industry (SOTWI) report that summarizes the significant challenges facing the water industry and provides data to support and develop strategies to address the common issues.