Water Management

Black & Veatch Appoints Managing Director for GCC Business

Water Management October 22, 2012 at 12:00 am

Black & Veatch has expanded the expertise offered to clients in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states with the appointment of Mazen A. Alami as regional managing director. Mazen?s role, a new post, is central to developing Black & Veatch?s business in the GCC. HeRead More

RJN Continues Rehabilitation Program in the City of Wheaton

Water Management October 22, 2012 at 12:00 am

The City of Wheaton, Ill., and the Wheaton Sanitary District jointly developed a master plan in which the city agreed to reduce excess flows in Basin 4 by 40 percent and in Basin 3 by 60 percent. RJN Group, Inc. (RJN) originally began working onRead More

Arizona to Receive More than $27 Million from EPA to Improve Water Quality

Water Management October 22, 2012 at 12:00 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) a $9,542,000 grant for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund and an $18,327,000 grant for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.

American Water Awarded EPA?s WaterSense Excellence Award

Water Management October 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

American Water was recently named the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) 2012 WaterSense Excellence Award winner. American Water earned the award for the company’s commitment to consumer education and environmental stewardship, specifically with the celebration of its 125th anniversary in 2011. The nationwide campaign educatedRead More

Itron, Manas Reduce Non-Revenue Water for Regional Utility in Turkey

Water Management October 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

Itron, Inc. and Manas, Inc. announced recently they were awarded a contract to supply and deliver a comprehensive water solution to Kocaeli Water and Sewage Administration (ISU). ISU, a regional water utility in Turkey, purchased Itron?s commercial and industrial (C&I) water meters, advanced data collectionRead More

Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Plant Slashes Energy Costs with GE Technology

Water Management October 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

General Electric has installed a new aeration control system at the Bird Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Buffalo, N.Y., that is projected to save the city more than $350,000 a year in energy costs. GE delivered a Roots Aeration Control System for the plants? 32Read More

Neptune Partners with Esri and 3-GIS for New GIS Mapping Tools

Water Management October 8, 2012 at 12:00 am

Neptune Technology Group Inc., has partnered with both Esri, a water utility geographic information system (GIS) developer, and 3-GIS, a browser-based GIS solutions provider, to enhance the mapping functionality within its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) host software, N_SIGHT R450. The Esri GIS technology allows utilitiesRead More

How to Develop a Watershed-based Partnership

Water Management September 26, 2012 at 12:00 am

The City of Milwaukee?s Common Council has recently declared South 6th Street between West Howard Avenue and West College Avenue the first ?Green Corridor? in the state of Wisconsin.

How to Determine the Best Green Infrastructure Options

Water Management September 24, 2012 at 12:00 am

Have you been hearing a lot about green infrastructure and do not know what it means?

EPA Awards Hawaii Over $20 Million to Improve Water Quality, Protect Public Health

Water Management September 24, 2012 at 12:00 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Hawaii Department of Health a $10,946,000 grant for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and a $9,125,000 grant for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.