The Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) began providing water to the Las Vegas Valley in 1954. Over the years, the city?s water delivery system has grown to more than 4,500 miles of pipeline, 350,000 service connections, and a reservoir system capable of storing more than 900 million gallons of water.

It has often been said that the best way to learn how to do something is to ask experienced people what mistakes they have made and what corrective steps they took in subsequent projects.

Historically the water market has been broken down into various sectors ? drinking water vs. wastewater, local vs. federal, public vs. private, gray infrastructure vs. green infrastructure, finance vs. operations.

Governments, public work departments and utilities in an effort to continue to streamline costs and efficiencies are turning to technology to gain control of current and future costs.

When the Olivenhain Municipal Water District (OMWD) in Encinitas, Calif., recently mandated a rehabilitative painting of its massive 10 million-gallon, 300-foot diameter Black Mountain Norte potable water tank, it gave advance notice of ?removal/reinstallation? to the multitude of cell phone companies that used the tank as a telecommunications hub for their antennas and cable trays.

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), the City of Indianapolis, Citizens Energy Group and other key customer stakeholders on April 12 announced an agreement on terms for the City?s transfer of the water and wastewater systems to Citizens.

Dozens of Allegheny County municipalities have moved one step closer to saving their residents millions of dollars and protecting southwestern Pennsylvania?s water resources at the same time through a 3 Rivers Wet Weather (3RWW) grant program supporting sewer system consolidation studies.

MWH Soft announced it has a new name ? Innovyze. The new name and logo more accurately reflect the company?s rich history of creating innovative, technically advanced modeling and management solutions for the world?s water and wastewater communities.

ARCADIS, the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced that Malcolm Pirnie, the water division of ARCADIS, was selected by Henrico County, Va., to implement a regional water supply program in central Virginia.

The next International Private Water Association (IPWA) Financial Tools Taskforce meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 27.