SWIC MEMBER SPOLIGHT: McWane, Inc. McWane, Inc. is a former chair of SWIC and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of iron water works and plumbing products. The company manufactures products including ductile iron pipe and fittings, fire hydrants, cast iron soil pipe andRead More

Lowell, Mass., City Manager Bernie Lynch and his administration made the case Tuesday night for the City Council approval for close to $63 million in loan orders to bolster the city’s water and sewer infrastructure.

Candi Controls, creator of a breakthrough unifying platform for machine-to-machine communications, recently announced the successful deployment of a cloud-enabled energy management system for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA). Located at the MRWPCA treatment plant near Marina, Calif., the Candi-based implementation allows theRead More

American Water has that announced Dr. Mark LeChevallier, director of innovation and environmental stewardship, will participate in the 10th Annual United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Drinking Water Workshop titled ?Small Drinking Water Systems: Challenges and Solutions? in Cincinnati, Ohio on Sept. 10-12. LeChevallier?sRead More

Jack Doheny Companies (JDC), recently announced completion of its merger with longtime business affiliate Jet-Vac, Inc. in Wharton, N.J. as of June 30, 2013. JDC has sold sewer cleaning, DOT-certified vacuum trucks, pipeline inspection and other related equipment for more than three decades. This mergerRead More

Water, energy, food, and climate all come together at the One Water Leadership Summit in Los Angeles, Sept. 23-26. National leaders from the public and private sectors will make compelling cases on the need for innovative and integrated approaches to managing and sustaining water andRead More

The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority?s (PWSA) Board of Directors has unanimously extended an innovative partnership with Veolia Water, to continue providing interim executive management services through December 2014. The 18-month extension builds on the successes and momentum established during the initial term of theRead More

CH2M HILL has been awarded a contract by the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department to provide optimization consulting services to streamline the city?s water and wastewater operations. The optimization program will provide a blend of operations, management and engineering capabilities to increase operationalRead More

Last week, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA) in Nevada was awarded the ?Directors Award of Recognition? from the Partnership for Safe Water (Partnership). With this award, TMWA?s Chalk Bluff Water Treatment Plant ranks among the highest performing water treatment plants in the country, producingRead More

Keith Hanks, a senior environmental engineer for the City of Los Angeles? Wastewater Conveyance Engineering Division will be retiring effective Sept. 21, 2013. Hanks began his 28-year career with Los Angeles in August 1985 as a civil engineering assistant with the Wastewater Program of theRead More