Water Management

The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) held its semi-annual meeting Oct. 14-17 in Southlake, Texas ? a suburb of Dallas. More than 200 people were in attendance for the meeting, which was held at the Hilton Southlake Town Square facility. The conference included separate meetings ofRead More

ISCO Industries, a Louisville, Ky.-based and family-owned pipe supplier and custom manufacturer of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping products, is celebrating 50 years in business this year. ISCO was founded in 1962 by the late Jim Kirchdorfer, Sr. as an irrigation supply company, supplying mainly golfRead More

GE announced last month that its advanced wastewater treatment technology is now in use at the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) facility in the State of Utah, providing reliable treatment of wastewater that exceeds current regulatory effluent discharge requirements. The Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility (JBWRF),Read More

According to A Global Innovation Outlook Report from IBM in 2009, ?As a species, we have survived knowing very little about our water systems. We have always known where to find it and how to use it, but we never gained an intimate understanding of how to preserve or sustain these systems. We have never learned how to efficiently manage water. But we will not have the luxury of this ignorance in the future.?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $218 million to New York State to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment.

Cues, a worldwide manufacturer of CCTV inspection, rehabilitation, pipe profiling and pipeline inspection/asset management software announced the launch of a Midwest Region service branch.? This most recent expansion in the Milwaukee area reflects CUES continuing commitment to offer the best customer support services in theRead More

At a meeting of its board of directors, the National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI) announced that Jeff Boschert has been promoted to president of the organization. Boschert has been a field engineer with NCPI since 2004, joining the organization after eight years with the MissouriRead More

Earlier this month, students from West High School in Columbus, Ohio spent the day working side-by-side with employees of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS) to learn about various positions at the company. ADS designs and manufactures pipe and other products used in municipal storm andRead More

Associated General Contractors of America officials said they expect both public and private construction spending trends to continue despite the disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation?s largest municipal utility, has selected Itron and Cisco technologies for its smart grid demonstration project. The project, supported by U.S. Department of Energy ARRA funding, will provide the city with the ability to evaluateRead More