Water Investment Meeting Held in NYC
The financial services firm Janney Montgomery Scott held its annual Water Industry Summit March 22-23 in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Water Management
CONFERENCES: Virginia Tech Hosts UIM Water/Wastewater Management Conference
More than 125 people traveled to Blacksburg, Va., March 9-10 to attend a joint UIM Water/Wastewater Conference and Trenchless Road Show, sponsored by Benjamin Media and in conjunction with Virginia Tech.
DESALINATION: Tampa Bay Desalination Plant Achieves Performance Milestones
Tampa Bay Water, American Water and Acciona Agua announced that the Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Facility, the largest seawater desalination plant in the United States, has passed the final two performance milestone tests.
PEOPLE: Haley & Aldrich Announces New Leadership Team
Haley & Aldrich, one of the nation?s leading geotechnical and environmental engineering consulting firms, announced the promotions of Lawrence P. Smith, P.E., R.G., to President/CEO and William R. Fisher, P.E., to Executive Vice President/Chief Client Officer.
PEOPLE: AWWA Names New Executive Director
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently named David B. LaFrance as its new executive director. He will join the staff in May.
PEOPLE: American Water Names David Baker to Lead Western Division
American Water Works Company Inc., the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, recently announced that David Baker, president of Indiana American Water and Michigan American Water, has been named senior vice president of the company?s Western Division.
Condition Assessment:
The water pipeline infrastructure in North America was built over a period of several decades. As such, it is not expected to fail all at once.
Rehabilitation
Officials and administrators are responsible for the health of the communities they serve. This requires quality piping systems that provide clean drinking water and sanitation.
Credibility Is Key
When municipal and utility engineers and other decision-makers authorize a materials or equipment purchase, they?re putting their professional reputations on the line every time.
Trenchless Pipeline Renewal Method Selection
The decision, by an engineer, designer, municipal official or anyone else, of how to accomplish the renewal of a deteriorated buried pipe in an urban or suburban environment without excavation must be based on readily available parameters for the existing pipeline being examined.
