The San Diego County Water Authority?s Board of Directors, on Nov. 29, voted to approve a landmark agreement to purchase up to 56,000 acre-feet of water annually from what will be the nation?s largest seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif. The plant is expected to start producing up to 50 million gallons a day in 2016.

According to a recent ITT study, there are approximately 650 potable water main breaks every day. That means there are millions of gallons of drinking water being leaked into the soil ? undermining other infrastructure and environmental stability.

UIM and Benjamin Media?will be?exhibiting at the National League of Cities? Congress of Cities and Exposition in Boston, Nov. 29-30. Stop by booth number 1146 to pick up a copy of the latest issue of UIM, subscriber information and more. The Congress of Cities andRead More

To the editors of UIM, In your October 2012 issue, author Greg Baird provided an article discussing the causes and solutions to pipeline corrosion entitled ?Got Corrosion?? While it thoroughly highlighted PVC pipe as a solution to this costly issue, it failed to offer readersRead More

The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) held its semi-annual meeting Oct. 14-17 in Southlake, Texas ? a suburb of Dallas. More than 200 people were in attendance for the meeting, which was held at the Hilton Southlake Town Square facility. The conference included separate meetings ofRead More

ISCO Industries, a Louisville, Ky.-based and family-owned pipe supplier and custom manufacturer of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping products, is celebrating 50 years in business this year. ISCO was founded in 1962 by the late Jim Kirchdorfer, Sr. as an irrigation supply company, supplying mainly golfRead More

GE announced last month that its advanced wastewater treatment technology is now in use at the largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) facility in the State of Utah, providing reliable treatment of wastewater that exceeds current regulatory effluent discharge requirements. The Jordan Basin Water Reclamation Facility (JBWRF),Read More

At a meeting of its board of directors, the National Clay Pipe Institute (NCPI) announced that Jeff Boschert has been promoted to president of the organization. Boschert has been a field engineer with NCPI since 2004, joining the organization after eight years with the MissouriRead More

American Water recently announced that Mark S. Smith has been named to the position of vice president and chief information officer (CIO). The company also announced the addition of Malcolm D. Conner as president of its American Water Resources, Inc. subsidiary. Smith joined American WaterRead More

Veolia Water North America, on Nov. 14, was officially announced as a recipient (partner on the private side) for the 2012 Public-Private Partnership Awards by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP).? Each year, the NCPPP identifies several projects that are outstanding examples of Public-PrivateRead More