Xylem Inc. announced this week that after a distinguished decade leading the company, President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker plans to retire as CEO at the end of 2023. Chief Financial Officer Sandra Rowland will also be departing the company to pursue new andRead More

In August, 18 water sector organizations including those representing U.S. utility systems, wrote to Congress to reiterate support for funding the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) to the maximum authorization in federal law, $3 billion each, for fiscal year 2024. InRead More

How New Mexico’s Largest Water Utility Is Enhancing Its Distribution System with Pressure Monitoring Tech By Joseph Dryer The dry desert heat of Albuquerque is relentless. However, the largest water utility in New Mexico provides relief with continuous water service. considering options beyond fixed communicationRead More

Facility to produce 15,000 acre-feet per year of purified water for injection into Southern California’s largest groundwater storage basin The Chino Basin Program (CBP), a program led by the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and partners, has reached a significant milestone as environmental engineering firmRead More

Shawn Corrigan, Vice President, Risk and Resilience Principal, Carollo, chats with WF&M This past June at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE23) in Toronto, we caught up with Shawn Corrigan, CEM, vice president and risk and resilience principal at Carollo. Corrigan walked us though someRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month released the first set of data collected under the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). In the latest action to deliver on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, UCMR 5 will provide new data that will improve EPA’s understandingRead More

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) recently selected Stantec as lead designer for a new water resource recovery facility on San Francisco’s iconic Treasure Island. The island has undergone decades of geotechnical improvements to make it habitable for businesses and residents. Treasure Island hasRead More

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) last week issued a statement on the wildfires in Maui. AWWA staff and members are heartbroken for our colleagues and friends in Maui, Hawaii, amid the tragedy of the recent wildfires. We extend our sympathy to everyone there whoRead More

By Soren Rasmussen Protecting the environment has never been so high on the agenda. So, isn’t it peculiar that in the wastewater industry, almost everything is still archaically structured to purchasing the cheapest possible equipment, which can all too soon end up as waste thatRead More

By Steph Aldock When we think about the water industry, many of the challenges are not new. It feels like every year, the American Society of Engineers gives U.S. water infrastructure a failing grade. These age-old issues are compounded by short-term pressures such as recessionaryRead More