Mayor Kasim Reed has appointed Kishia L. Powell, P.E., to serve as Commissioner of the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. Commissioner Powell possesses more than 17 years of experience in sustainable infrastructure management and utility operations. Prior to joining the City of Atlanta,Read More

Itron Inc. and WaterSmart Software have announced a new collaboration that will expand Itron’s water Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) portfolio in North America to include WaterSmart’s innovative consumer engagement technology. The technology helps utilities become more water efficient by engaging consumers with their water usageRead More

The City of Houston, Texas, and the City of San Jose, Calif., each selected CH2M as its design-build partner for a major water project — the $1.2 billion Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion (NEWPP) project and the $85 million Cogeneration Facility Project, respectively. “As oneRead More

Innovyze recently announced that its president, COO and chief innovation officer, Dr. Paul F. Boulos, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the 2016 Parcel-Sverdrup Civil Engineering Management Award. The award ceremony will be held during the Society’s AnnualRead More

Trimble, working with AMERICAN Flow Control, recently introduced a free web and mobile application called AFC Mapper. The app is designed to be used with the latest version of Trimble Unity software, AMERICAN Flow Control (AFC) 2D barcodes and Esri geodatabase platforms. AFC Mapper helpsRead More

The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP), a nonprofit educational leader for P3s, will host P3Connect 2016, its premier event of the year, June 27-29 in Chicago. This year, P3Connect will center on the theme of “What’s Next” for P3s, examining where various industries areRead More

Cavanaugh has announced that it has been selected for Phase 1 of a Water Loss Technical Assistance Program (Water Loss TAP) contract from the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA). The $3.2 million dollar program will run approximately two years andRead More

One of North America’s foremost risk communications experts, Dr. Randall Hyer, will gather with public officials overseeing water on June 21 to share science-based approaches for communicating about lead in the aftermath of the Flint, Mich., incident. Hyer’s presentation is part of the Public OfficialsRead More

Last week, the One Water Summit 2016 drew more than 450 utility and business leaders, policymakers, environmental advocates, community leaders, consultants and researchers working to address the nation’s most urgent water challenges to Atlanta, Ga. Hosted by the US Water Alliance and held June 8-10Read More

How Expanding Data Applications Are Transforming Utility Asset Management As Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for water systems and its capability continues to evolve, utilities are looking beyond automated meter reads and improved billing systems. Smart metering is no longer just about metering. Today, almost everyRead More