Water Management

Top-Notch Operation: Data Management Boosts Pennsylvania Wastewater Plant

Top-Notch Operation: Data Management Boosts Pennsylvania Wastewater Plant

Water Management March 14, 2024 at 11:45 am

By Erik Larsen The Brush Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (BCWTP) is located about half an hour north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Cranberry Township. The plant uses physical, chemical, biological and membrane filtration processes to treat an average of 3.4 million gallons of wastewater daily. TheRead More

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IRS says LSL replacements will not need to be reported as taxable income

Water Management March 11, 2024 at 9:07 am

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will issue an official tax guidance update on March 11 that work done by water service providers to replace lead service lines on private property will not need to be reported as taxable income. The IRS and the U.S. EnvironmentalRead More

Filling the Gaps in Asset Management: Q&A

Filling the Gaps in Asset Management: Q&A

Water Management March 8, 2024 at 9:56 am

Editor’s Note: For some more perspective on asset management trends as we head into 2024, here’s a conversation we had with Tacoma Zach, co-founder and chief executive officer, and John Clow, co-founder and chief operating officer, at MentorAPM. We caught up with Zach and ClowRead More

BIG AMI: Fort Worth Water Harnesses the Value of Data

BIG AMI: Fort Worth Water Harnesses the Value of Data

AMR/AMI, Water Management March 5, 2024 at 1:30 pm

The City of Fort Worth, Texas, provides clean and affordable water to 1.4 million people and has a progressive utility that places innovation at the forefront of its goals. The utility had been exploring options for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) program that would ultimatelyRead More

Water main break study highlights correlation between material, diameter

Water main break study highlights correlation between material, diameter

Utah State University (USU) has published new research on water main breaks in the United States and Canada, examining break rates and related factors such as pipe material and diameter. It is the third such study conducted by USU with previous versions in 2012 andRead More

Q&A: Maintaining Assets, De-Risking Operations

Q&A: Maintaining Assets, De-Risking Operations

WF&M Discussion with John Flaugher & Jonathan Cato, USG Water Solutions Editor’s Note: Addressing ongoing maintenance costs for utility assets is becoming increasingly critical. We caught up with John Flaugher, president and chief executive officer, and Jonathan Cato, chief operating officer, of USG Water SolutionsRead More

The dashboard provides Silver Creek with accurate data on all meters and alerts when issues may arise. Meter specialists can communicate with customers without having to make multiple trips.

Indiana Water Company Prevents Water Loss with Smart Tech

AMR/AMI, Technology Perspectives, Water Loss February 29, 2024 at 11:46 am

By Trey Overman In an era when water conservation is paramount, Southern Indiana’s Silver Creek Water Corp. is a textbook example of how to use innovative technology to not only save resources, but also to improve customer service. Serving a population of 20,000 in theRead More

Radhika Fox joins Xylem as senior advisor

Radhika Fox joins Xylem as senior advisor

Water Management February 29, 2024 at 9:15 am

Xylem has announced the appointment of Radhika Fox as a senior advisor to the company. Fox most recently served as assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Water, leaving that position in February 2024. “Radhika is one of the world’s mostRead More

3 Things to Consider When Creating a Lead Service Line Inventory

3 Things to Consider When Creating a Lead Service Line Inventory

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management February 27, 2024 at 9:15 am

By Brendan O’Brien, Bill Marriott & Nick Bouthilette Across the United States, public water systems are facing a big question: is there lead in our water lines? This is a concern especially in older cities where most of the water infrastructure pre-dates the federal leadRead More

EPA names new acting water chief

EPA names new acting water chief

Washington Report, Water Management February 26, 2024 at 8:45 am

The US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a new acting head of the Office of Water as the current assistant administrator, Radhika Fox, exits her post at the end of the month. Bruno Pigott, who currently serves as principal deputy assistant administrator for water,Read More