Water Management

By Jason Jones & Todd Grafenauer Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities (SLCDPU) owns and maintains a three-mile section of 48-in. water main. Referred to as the Upper Conduit pipeline, the main traverses from the Terminal Reservoir to the Baskin Reservoir and transmits potableRead More

Part of its ‘GO GREEN’ initiative launched at the start of 2024, Jacobi Group is expanding investments in the sustainable production of coconut shell charcoal, launching research and development efforts on an improved proprietary charring process while also expanding reactivation facilities in Europe. The companyRead More

Switz City, a small town in Indiana, is set to become a pioneering model in utility asset management, thanks to a significant $650,000 grant secured by the Buried Asset Management Institute-International (BAMI-I) and Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW) from the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA). The grantRead More

By Dave Alberton & Mark Gimson The City of Hamilton is a port city situated at the west end of Lake Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. As the tenth largest municipality in Canada, it has an elevation of 298 ft (91m) above seaRead More

Christopher Whitfeld and Wenqi (Jonathan) Zhao from the United Kingdom recently received the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize for 2024 for their work on PFAS pollution in the Thames Basin. HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the winners with their award during a ceremonyRead More

The U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has awarded a contract for design and construction of the rehabilitation and expansion of the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) in San Diego, California. USIBWC awarded the contract to PCL Construction, andRead More

The Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute of ASCE (UESI) is actively seeking submissions for paper abstracts, panel session proposals and pre-conference workshop proposals for the Pipelines 2025 Conference, set to take place Aug. 9-13 in Tampa, Florida. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 1, 2024,Read More

By Paul Gagliardo The world’s dams and levees are essential infrastructure used to store water, control flooding, provide recreation and generate power. Dams and levee networks are designated as critical infrastructure and over their expected life exposed to multiple hazards, including flooding, storm surge, erosion, debrisRead More

In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $26 million in funding to help protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities. EPA said the grant funding will be used by 55 states and territories and the District of ColumbiaRead More

In this edition of Water Finance & Management Conversations, we talk with Greta Vladeanu, Senior Program Engineer-Data Insights, with Xylem. Vladeanu gives us a detailed overview of how utilities can develop an effective pipeline management program, how approaches to managing transmission mains differ from distributionRead More