At AMWA’s 2016 Executive Management Conference last week in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Board of Directors elected new officers for the coming year. This unique event is designed to meet the particular challenges of top drinking water executives, drawing on an annual survey of member interests toRead More

Julius Ciaccia, Jr., has announced his intent to retire from his position of CEO of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, effective February 2017. He has led the organization since 2007. Ciaccia joined the Sewer District following a 30-year tenure with the City of Cleveland,Read More

The DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) recently issued the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond (EIB) to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project, a $2.6 billion program to control stormwater runoff and improve the District’s water quality, creatingRead More

The Water Asset Management + Water Loss Conference drew nearly 100 attendees last week to the Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. The conference gathered executive-level water and wastewater utility representatives, including CEOs, general managers and superintendents, as well as municipal engineers, consultants and service providers toRead More

According to a recent report from global water market insight firm Bluefield Research, European utilities are planning to invest more than $526 billion (USD) in water and wastewater infrastructure between 2016 and 2025. A combination of drivers including utility market restructuring, water and wastewater directivesRead More

Itron is consolidating its software solutions around the globe into a single platform built on Microsoft Azure, the largest enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure available today. Azure will be the backbone for Itron Total Outcomes, which provides business outcomes that address utility and smart city challenges inRead More

The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) recently announced Chris Whitley of California Water Service (Cal Water) as the winner of its 2016 NAWC Living Water Award. The announcement was made as part of the 2016 NAWC Water Summit, held Oct. 2-4, in San Diego,Read More

The Water Council of Milwaukee, Wis., has received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its BREW Accelerator program. The honor was presented at an awards ceremony during the IEDC Annual Conference, which was held in SeptemberRead More

Brown and Caldwell (BC) has again been recognized by the National Safety Council, achieving three awards this year. The awards are: Safety Leadership Award – Recognizes organizations that have achieved zero injuries and work-related illnesses involving time away from work in a consecutive five-year period.Read More

Cave City, Ky., Uses PE 4710 to Upgrade Water System By Steve Cooper The Caveland Environmental Authority (CEA) in Cave City, Ky., has found the solution to reduce its 40 percent unaccounted water loss and protect the area’s sensitive subterranean ecology by replacing aging andRead More