Water Management

120Water, Hach partner on drinking water compliance service

120Water, Hach partner on drinking water compliance service

Water Management September 30, 2020 at 9:52 am

Digital water platform 120Water is partnering with water quality testing and instrumentation company Hach to make water quality and compliance programs faster, simpler and more informative for people around the world. The partnership enables Hach to offer the 120Water digital water platform as an additional service to its existing andRead More

Disaster declaration issued after deadly ameba found in Texas water supply

Disaster declaration issued after deadly ameba found in Texas water supply

Water Management September 28, 2020 at 8:54 am

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday issued a disaster declaration for Brazoria County in response to Naeglera Fowleri, a deadly ameba, found in the City of Lake Jackson’s water supply. A Boil Water Notice has been issued for Lake Jackson as authorities continue to flush and disinfect theRead More

Municipality is first in Canada to receive prestigious drinking water award

Municipality is first in Canada to receive prestigious drinking water award

Water Management September 28, 2020 at 6:33 am

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) on Sept. 16 presented Halton Region with the Directors Award, recognizing an outstanding commitment to high drinking water quality and treatment. Of the 250 water service providers and 400 treatment plants that belong to the international Partnership for Safe WaterRead More

Mueller introduces ‘Piperank’ virtual condition assessment service

Mueller introduces ‘Piperank’ virtual condition assessment service

Mueller has announced the release of PipeRank, a virtual condition assessment that enables water utilities to get visibility into pipe failures before they happen. The PipeRank technology, powered by VODA.ai and delivered by Echologics, a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products, is designed to predict future failuresRead More

EPA announces research funding to control harmful algal blooms

EPA announces research funding to control harmful algal blooms

Water Management September 21, 2020 at 8:13 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken another step to address the environmental challenges posed by harmful algal blooms (HABs) by announcing $6,487,188 in funding to seven institutions to research how to prevent and control HABs using current and new technologies. With the announcement,Read More

eBook: Best Value Procurement for the Modern Water Utility

eBook: Best Value Procurement for the Modern Water Utility

Water Management, White Papers September 21, 2020 at 7:00 am

Public water and wastewater utilities in the United States face a number of challenges on a regular basis. One that is often underreported is procurement and supply management. For water utilities, this refers to the process by which the organization acquires products, supplies, new technologies,Read More

Cleveland Water Alliance receiving grant to support innovation initiatives

Cleveland Water Alliance receiving grant to support innovation initiatives

Water Management September 18, 2020 at 3:06 pm

The Cleveland Water Alliance is one of 52 organizations nationwide that will receive funding from the U.S. government to support entrepreneurship and grow the economy. CWA, a non-profit organization that seeks to better utilize the economic and job-creating potential of Lake Erie through innovation andRead More

Moonshot Missions partners with MDE on peer-to-peer network

Moonshot Missions partners with MDE on peer-to-peer network

Water Management September 17, 2020 at 10:33 am

Moonshot Missions and the Maryland Department of the Environment have announced a partnership to build the Maryland Utility Peer to Peer Network which will provide supplemental technical assistance to water utilities in underserved communities in Maryland. “As we talk with clean and safe water expertsRead More

SUEZ names new president of utility division

SUEZ names new president of utility division

Water Management September 14, 2020 at 9:12 am

SUEZ announced it has named Charles Dickerson as president of its utility division for North America, effective Aug. 31. Dickerson is a senior operations executive and thought leader with more than 30 years of unique and broad utility experience ranging from production, transmission and distribution toRead More

City of Anaheim, Brown and Caldwell to partner on PFAS removal project

City of Anaheim, Brown and Caldwell to partner on PFAS removal project

Water Management September 10, 2020 at 10:39 am

The City of Anaheim, California, has enlisted Brown and Caldwell to provide owner advisory services for the design-build delivery of multiple groundwater treatment plants. The new facilities will play a key role in Anaheim’s compliance with recent state Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulations andRead More