Water Management

Are you looking to increase automation at your treatment plant or water district? There’s no doubt the future of water utility and resource management will involve increased automation to bolster strategic decision making. This new eBook from WF&M, sponsored by Aquatic Informatics, takes a lookRead More

On May 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to make annual drinking water quality reports more understandable and accessible to the public. The agency said the reports are an important tool that drinking water systems use to inform residents about waterRead More

By Paul Gagliardo The typical municipal procurement process utilizes the age old “low bid” process. A detailed specification is created, and vendors provide a sealed bid. The low bid wins and the agency hopes it gets what it really wants. This works with static productsRead More

The City of Ocala is part of the St. Johns River Management District, an environmental regulatory agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water in Northeast and East-Central Florida. The Ocala Water Resources Department is responsible for the pumping, treatment,Read More

In May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that will help protect water quality where Tribes hold and assert rights to aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources. For the first time, this action establishes a clear and consistent national framework for EPA andRead More

The City of Arvin, California and Veolia North America broke ground recently on a new solar energy installation that will meet all the power needs of the city’s wastewater treatment plant and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Since energy can account forRead More

Photos and charts courtesy of Utah State University. Analyzing Utah State University’s Third Study Examining Break Rates For all the out-of-sight, out-of-mind infrastructure we talk about in the water utility sector, water main breaks may be one of the more visible events that remind theRead More

Aquarius Spectrum has announced the launch of its new brand identity as AQS, which the company said is a major step forward in its mission to revolutionize water network management. Following its acquisition by Aliaxis in 2022, AQS has embraced a new strategic direction focusedRead More

Water utilities are on heightened alert for cyber attacks, so Water Finance & Management chatted with Marty Edwards, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Tenable. Edwards gave recent testimony in Congress, appearing as a witness before inRead More

A new report from J.D. Power takes a look at water utility residential customer satisfaction, examining the results of a recent study. Citing a finding from Bluefield Research, the combined water and sewer bill for a typical household in the United States has increased byRead More