Water Management

Could Pittsburgh’s lead replacement program serve as model for the country?

Could Pittsburgh’s lead replacement program serve as model for the country?

Rehab & Replacement, Water Management April 25, 2022 at 8:42 am

Local, state and federal leaders gathered in Pittsburgh this month to highlight the progress of Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s (PWSA) lead line replacement program and applaud plans for removing lead lines from every daycare in Pittsburgh. Since PWSA established its Community Lead Response programRead More

Suad Cisic

New addition to Brown and Caldwell’s Los Angeles practice

Water Management April 15, 2022 at 9:52 am

Environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and Caldwell recently announced Suad Cisic has joined the company as managing director of client services. The firm says the hire supports its strategy to expand its share of the Los Angeles water and wastewater market. A seasoned executiveRead More

Stantec helps California wastewater authority expand treatment capacity

Stantec helps California wastewater authority expand treatment capacity

Water Management April 13, 2022 at 2:48 pm

Engineering, architecture and design firm Stantec is assisting the South County Regional Wastewater Authority (SCRWA) to expand its existing wastewater treatment plant near Gilroy, California, with the design of a new membrane bioreactor facility. The new facility will add additional capacity of 2.5 million gallonsRead More

Treatment facility meets EPA regulations with new sludge handling process

Treatment facility meets EPA regulations with new sludge handling process

Water Management April 13, 2022 at 9:19 am

An American manufacturer of sludge handling products, Process Wastewater Technologies LLC (PWTech), has announced a successful project along the Connecticut River, where Montague Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) has been meeting EPA permit regulations for total suspended solids (TSS) within a month after installation ofRead More

OCWD is first public lab in California to achieve PFAS detection certification

OCWD is first public lab in California to achieve PFAS detection certification

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 9:03 am

Orange County Water District’s (OCWD; the District) Philip L. Anthony Water Quality Laboratory is the first public agency laboratory in California to achieve state certification to analyze for per- and polyfluoralkly substances (PFAS) in drinking water by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 533. Certification wasRead More

WEF seeks applications for Utility of the Future Today program

WEF seeks applications for Utility of the Future Today program

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 7:55 am

The application period is open for the Utility of the Future Today recognition program, which seeks to honor water resource recovery facilities for community engagement, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as water, energy, and nutrients. This year the application has been revised toRead More

High Tech, High Stakes: How Vulnerable to Cyberattacks Is U.S. Water Infrastructure?

High Tech, High Stakes: How Vulnerable to Cyberattacks Is U.S. Water Infrastructure?

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 6:05 am

By Andrew Farr According to government officials, security experts and persistent media reports, all signs indicate that cybersecurity is an issue that is here to stay and puts U.S. infrastructure squarely in the crosshairs of hackers and foreign governments. Recently the issue has been heightenedRead More

AMWA calls for broadening of access to BIL additional subsidization funds

AMWA calls for broadening of access to BIL additional subsidization funds

Water Management April 11, 2022 at 5:59 am

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), representing large U.S. drinking water systems, used the opportunity of a Senate subcommittee hearing on implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) last week to reamplify its message that all metropolitan drinking water systems should have access toRead More

Commentary: How to Handle the Revised Lead and Copper Rule’s Reputation-Threatening Public Communication Challenges

Commentary: How to Handle the Revised Lead and Copper Rule’s Reputation-Threatening Public Communication Challenges

Water Management April 8, 2022 at 7:09 am

By Mike McGill On my first day in the Water World in 2007, I was assigned a bit of an unenviable task.  Due in large part to several straight years without rate increases, my utility was heading into the heart of winter knowing its waterRead More

WEF congratulates 2022 Stockholm Water Prize winner

WEF congratulates 2022 Stockholm Water Prize winner

Water Management April 4, 2022 at 7:37 am

As a founding partner of the Stockholm Water Prize, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) congratulates 2022 winner Wilfried Brutsaert, who was selected for his groundbreaking work to quantify environmental evaporation, helping to make accurate predictions of the impact that climate change has on local rainfallRead More