Water Management

WATERiD has announced the establishment of its Industry Advisory Board, which is comprised of the Founding Gold Members from the industry: Applied Felts; Arcadis; Echologics; and Reline America. The board also includes WATERiD?s Founding Member Utilities: the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia; the City of Lynchburg, Virginia; and Aurora Water, Colo.

IDModeling, Inc. (IDM) has announced the commercial release of Sedaru? (See Data Run), software developed by water industry professionals to transform connectivity and communication in the industry and empower people as ?the true smart water network.?

American Water announced last month that Joe Goodwill, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts ? Amherst, has been chosen as the recipient of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2013 American Water Scholarship. The scholarship is an annual award of $5,000 presented to a graduate level student to assist with the development of professionals interested in service to the water industry.

CH2M HILL, as part of a team with Brown and Caldwell, has been awarded an $80 million contract by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to provide planning and engineering services for the Southeast Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project, a $1.5-billion capital investment thatRead More

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) will debut the inaugural Stormwater Congress this October in Chicago, Ill. Featuring an extensive line-up of stormwater programming, world-class speakers and dedicated exhibit space, this new event offers attendees the best of both worlds by co-locating with WEFTEC 2013, theRead More

Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, announced last week that the North Davis Sewer District (NDSD, Utah) has selected the company?s industry-leading InfoMaster Sewer as its enterprise smart asset management solution. The move will provide theRead More

United Water currently chairs SWIC and provides water and wastewater services to approximately 5.7 million people in the United States. In addition to owning and operating 20 water utilities, the company operates 100 municipal and industrial water and wastewater systems through innovative public-private partnerships and contract agreements.

The Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department (WASD) is the largest water and sewer utility in the Southeastern United States ? with more than 14,000 miles of pipe, serving 2.3 million residents and employing more than 2,500 staff who manage billions of dollars of assets.

Most often, utilities justify fixed-network advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) as a way to more efficiently acquire the data necessary for accurate billing. Fixed-network AMI systems that automatically collect data 24 hours a day, seven days a week, eliminate estimated readings and the need to physically drive by homes or send people to read meters.

Jim Chaffee, a senior consultant with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., took over as president of the American Water Works Association on June 12, promising to serve ?with the same dedication and passion that water people demonstrate every day in providing a better world through better water.?