Water Management

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced last week, that the Fremont Department of Utilities of Fremont, Neb. won the annual ?Best of the Best? Water Taste Test. The event, composed of regional winners from water-tasting competitions across North America, was held at AWWA?s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE12) in Dallas, Texas.

Badger Meter, Inc. recently announced it will enter into a strategic partnership with Telog Instruments, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of remote data acquisition systems that provides turnkey monitoring solutions to water and energy utilities.

Itron, Inc. recently announced that Aqua America, Inc. has installed its 600,000th Itron communication module. Aqua America, a U.S.-based, publicly-traded water utility, serves approximately 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida and Virginia.

The International Private Water Association?s (IPWA) Financial Tools Taskforce will hold a meeting via conference call on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. EST. The meeting will focus on the United States Agency for International Development?s (USAID) various new and evolving initiatives within the global water sector.

American Water recently announced the recipients of the company’s 2012 Environmental Grant Program awards.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA), a landmark federal law protecting water resources in the United States, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a panel discussion with five mayors on May 31 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mark LeChevallier, director of innovation and environmental stewardship at American Water, presented at the 16th Annual Water Reuse and Desalination Research Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 4-5.

The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO), recently released a report on Suggested Standard Specification for Pressure Testing and Grouting of Sewer Pipe Joints, Laterals and Lateral Connections Using the Packer Method with Solution Grouts.

For utility managers, it can be challenging to do the right thing even in good times, but in bad times, it?s nearly impossible.

Throughout the United States, municipalities of all sizes face the daunting task of upgrading and modernizing their antiquated water and wastewater systems.