Tampa Bay Water, American Water and Acciona Agua announced that the Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Facility, the largest seawater desalination plant in the United States, has passed the final two performance milestone tests.

Haley & Aldrich, one of the nation?s leading geotechnical and environmental engineering consulting firms, announced the promotions of Lawrence P. Smith, P.E., R.G., to President/CEO and William R. Fisher, P.E., to Executive Vice President/Chief Client Officer.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently named David B. LaFrance as its new executive director. He will join the staff in May.

American Water Works Company Inc., the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, recently announced that David Baker, president of Indiana American Water and Michigan American Water, has been named senior vice president of the company?s Western Division.

Though often undervalued, water is not a given in this country. In fact, by 2025, water demand is expected to outpace supply by 50 percent.

The annual Water Utility Infrastructure Management (UIM) Asset Management Conference was held Dec. 14-15 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Buried Asset Management Institute-International (BAMI-I) on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Water Utility Infrastructure Management (UIM) is pleased to announce that Steve Maxwell has joined the editorial board.

American Water, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced in December that its subsidiary, American Water Enterprises, has acquired Environmental Management Corp. (EMC) from The Linde Group.

Though often undervalued, water is not a given in this country. In fact, by 2025, water demand is expected to outpace supply by 50 percent.

The independent spirit and can-do attitude of our American heritage is alive and well in rural southeastern Idaho, where board members of the Fairview Water District rejected the opinion of state regulators and embraced new HDPE technology.