Water Management

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has recognized two Central Arkansas Water employees with its 2023 Heroism Award. The Regional Municipality of York was the recipient of the AWWA Innovation Award. Both were presented during AWWA’s 2023 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE23) this month inRead More

Sensus, a Xylem brand, is set to release Cordonel®, a new ultrasonic water meter designed for commercial and industrial accounts to better control water loss and keep costs affordable. Cordonel uses a patented technology that Sensus said can accurately measure low-to-high-volume flow. The unique flowRead More

The City of Miramichi in New Brunswick, Canada, won the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Best of the Best Water Taste Test. The City of Emporia in Emporia, Kansas, was named the winner of the People’s Choice Water Taste Test. The events, sponsored by BrownRead More

By Fiona Straton Today’s data-centric world is complex. Data is growing exponentially and typically these data sets exist in isolation. With information such as geospatial data, time-series data, financial data, engineering data, and asset management data, all residing in different silos it is all butRead More

Digital water platform 120Water and BlueConduit, a developer of predictive analytics for water utilities, have announced a strategic partnership the companies say will enhance water quality solutions and promote safe drinking water for communities across the country. This partnership will allow 120Water to utilize BlueConduit’sRead More

Optimizing Billing and Operations in a Large, Rural Service Area Augusta Water provides public water and sewer service to the residents of Augusta County, Va. The mostly rural service area includes 10 separate water systems spread out across the second largest county in the stateRead More

By Tim Kruse The City of Toronto Water Department, Ontario, Canada, (Toronto Water) serves nearly three million customers who rely on more than 1,800 employees to keep operations running at their peak. Toronto Water is responsible for drinking water supply and four water treatment plants,Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week the City of Jackson, Miss., will receive $115 million to support critical water infrastructure investments that will help ensure safe and reliable drinking water for residents. The funding comes from a $600 million Congressional appropriation forRead More

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) this week released its annual State of the Water Industry report, which is now available to download for free. In recapping the results of the report, developed from the results of a survey of more than 4,000 North AmericanRead More

In public comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week, two water sector associations representing the drinking water sector offered strong recommendations to the agency’s proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for PFAS. The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and AssociationRead More