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InVizion named ‘Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Provider’

InVizion named ‘Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Provider’

Water Finance April 30, 2018 at 9:22 am

InVizion LLC recently announced the company has been named one of the “Top 10 Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Providers” by CFO Tech Outlook Magazine. For its annual listing, a distinguished panel of CIOs, CEOs, VCs, analysts and the editorial board of CFO Tech Outlook selectedRead More

Poll: 88 percent of Americans want more federal investment in water

Poll: 88 percent of Americans want more federal investment in water

Water Finance, Water Management April 23, 2018 at 11:12 am

The Value of Water Campaign recently released the results from its third annual national poll demonstrating steadfast bipartisan support for water infrastructure, irrespective of the cost. The results are in and 88 percent of Americans voters agree: Now is the time to invest in theRead More

City of Boise, Brown and Caldwell get national engineering award

City of Boise, Brown and Caldwell get national engineering award

Water Management April 23, 2018 at 10:56 am

The City of Boise and Brown and Caldwell recently announced they have received a national honor in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 51st Engineering Excellence Awards competition. Known industry-wide as engineering’s “Academy Awards”— the competition concludes with a gala celebrating U.S. engineering firmsRead More

MWD of Southern California votes to approve WaterFix funding

MWD of Southern California votes to approve WaterFix funding

Water Finance, Water Management April 23, 2018 at 10:41 am

The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted April 10 to provide the additional financing necessary to allow for the construction of the full California WaterFix project, the district announced in a press release. The board authorized $10.8 billion for the project toRead More

Pinpointing the Problems: A Conversation with Aquarius Spectrum CEO Oded Fruchtman

Pinpointing the Problems: A Conversation with Aquarius Spectrum CEO Oded Fruchtman

Q&A, Water Loss April 20, 2018 at 12:09 pm

Editor’s Note: As reducing non-revenue water remains front and center for water utilities, we sat down with Oded Fruchtman, CEO of Israeli leak detection technology provider Aquarius Spectrum, for his perspective on how the market stands on a global scale with regard to water lossRead More

2018 Water Finance Conference heads to Washington, D.C.

2018 Water Finance Conference heads to Washington, D.C.

Water Finance April 18, 2018 at 8:09 am

Fourth annual event to highlight utility consolidation, partnerships, new funding mechanisms and national affordability challenges  BRECKSVILLE, OHIO — The 2018 Water Finance Conference, in partnership with the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), will head to Washington, D.C., Aug. 28-29, for the fourth annualRead More

Conduit Financing: Avon Lake Regional Water Applies Unique Loan Program to Address Overflows

Conduit Financing: Avon Lake Regional Water Applies Unique Loan Program to Address Overflows

By Todd Danielson “Honey, why is the cat wet?” That is not a phrase people want to hear because most cats do not willingly get wet. Those of us in the utility world especially don’t want to hear the cat got wet because it couldRead More

AWWA backs drinking water measures in Farm Bill

AWWA backs drinking water measures in Farm Bill

Water Management April 16, 2018 at 12:37 pm

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced its support for a Farm Bill introduced by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee that recognizes the importance of protecting drinking water sources from nutrient runoff. In a letter delivered to the committee last week, AWWA thanked Chairman K. MichaelRead More

Performance Contracting Underwater: An Overview

Performance Contracting Underwater: An Overview

Water Finance, Water Management April 16, 2018 at 12:17 pm

By David Clamage The business of performance contracting is one of the largest and most stable platforms for executing energy efficiency and reduction strategies in the global building and facilities stock — buildings for people to live and work in; others for manufacturing and governingRead More

Technology Stream — April 2018

Technology Stream — April 2018

Tech Stream April 16, 2018 at 11:27 am

 Editor’s Note: Check out some of the innovative products sent our way this month as we feature leak detection. Aquarius Spectrum Pipe Condition Assessment Aquarius Spectrum is about to deploy 1,000 acoustic and hydrophone sensors in two major cities in Israel, after winning two leakRead More