Water Management

James Jensen has joined HDR as the Industrial Practice leader in the Water Business Group. He will be headquartered in HDR?s Mahwah, N.J. office.? Jensen has more than 20 years of global experience in the food, beverage and drinking water industries.?He joins HDR from PepsiCo,Read More

Badger Meter, a global innovator and manufacturer of flow control solutions, raises the bar with its E-Series Ultrasonic Meters. With state-of-the-art ultrasonic technology that provides exacting flow measurement, Badger Meter E-Series Ultrasonic Meters deliver long-term, accurate meter reading for utilities. Designed specifically for water meteringRead More

The accurate billing for and measurement of sewer flow has for decades been a universal industry objective.

One of a newly elected president?s most urgent jobs is to oversee a personnel process called a ?transition,? though as a second-termer, President Barack Obama?s personnel decisions can be more leisurely. Some, but not all, of the 7,000 positions appointed by the President typically turnRead More

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, along with labor leaders, environmental activists and local government officials, on Oct. 18 launched the governor?s $1 billion Illinois Clean Water Initiative, which will overhaul Illinois? aging water infrastructure. ?On this anniversary of theRead More

?Integrated watershed management now!? will never be a good bumper sticker, but it’s a great principle for driving sustainability and environmental progress.

There seems to be a common understanding among manufacturers of chemical root control applications, that the market for root control products really hasn?t changed much in recent years.

Today, utilities use modern ductile iron to build durable, reliable, efficient and environmentally ? sound water infrastructure systems ? and ductile iron is far stronger than its predecessor, cast iron.

Despite the significant improvements over the past 15 years in understanding the economic management of real losses on distribution systems, little information is available on the true extent of transmission mains leakage, and how best to quantify and manage it.

By any measure, the decades leading up to and following World War II were the golden ages for public works in the United States, with entities like the Works Project Administration spending the modern equivalent of hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure across the nation.