Water Management

In May, DC Water named Jeffrey F. Thompson as the authority’s new chief operating officer and executive vice president. Thompson comes to DC Water from the Birmingham (AL) Water Works Board, where he had served as assistant general manager since 2019. In that capacity, heRead More

Houston Public Works (HPW), Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc. (LAN), and Harper Brothers Construction, LLC (HBC) have received the Texas Chapter of the American Public Works Association (TX-APWA) 2023 Project of the Year Award for Environment, $25M-$75M category, for the SWTP 72-in. Water Line fromRead More

A team consisting of representatives from WSSC Water, Brown and Caldwell and Northwestern University has published research it says will revolutionize cost-effective, environment-safe nutrient removal at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). The $300,000 research project, Demonstration of Progressive Carbon Efficient Nitrogen with Biological Phosphorus RemovalRead More

Strategic and Legal Considerations By Tom Olson Anyone who performs below-grade construction recognizes that one of the most important stakeholders on a project is someone who is not a contracting party: utility companies. Without accurate information from utility companies, contractors experience extra costs, delay andRead More

By Laura Sproule Across the world many, utilities are facing challenges of aging infrastructure in their drinking water distribution systems. To be able to continue to serve their communities and customers, utilities have been putting an increasing emphasis on effective asset management planning for sustainableRead More

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