By Silvan Kaufmann Microbiological monitoring is critical to water quality management. It ensures the safety of drinking water, protects public health, and supports regulatory compliance. However, traditional approaches to this monitoring have often low coverage in space and time, are time-consuming, and prone to humanRead More

The Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) has initiated a flexible, multi-phase pathway to securing new, long-term sources of water for the state.  WIFA officials will use a competitive process supported by Arizona’s Long-term Water Augmentation Fund (LTWAF) to identify, vet, and select partners andRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October announced a $268 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), which serves areas across southeast Virginia and the Eastern Shore. This is the third WIFIA loan, and part of aRead More

By David Stewart Jones A demonstration of San Jose Water’s new Emergency Water Distribution Unit (EWDU) in March 2024 highlighted the collaborative development crucial to creating a rapid-response mobile unit enabling quick and efficient drinking water delivery and distribution directly to customers during water outages,Read More

On Oct. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.6 billion in new funding under the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to upgrade water infrastructure. Combined with $2.6 billion announced earlier in October, EPA said the $6.2 billion in investments for Fiscal Year 2025Read More

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) joined other national leaders at the White House for a roundtable on water security and climate resilience on Oct. 31. As a water sector representative, WEF had the unique opportunity to highlight its commitment to building a more sustainable andRead More

The Sensus FlexNet® communication network, with its unparalleled control, reliability, and longevity, empowers utilities to overcome challenges and evolve into truly smart utility networks. Discover how Fort Worth, one of the largest cities in the United States, transformed its water management using the advanced capabilitiesRead More

By Joseph Harmes In 1969, when one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States was Suffolk in easternmost Long Island, N.Y., voters approved a $291 million referendum to finance its first large-scale wastewater project in acknowledgement that sewers were an environmental necessity. “Leakage from cesspoolsRead More

In the water sector, the phrase “smart water” is broadly used. But today, it’s greatly needed in a number of areas – smart technology, smart project prioritization, smart infrastructure monitoring, smart decision making. In this complimentary Special Report featuring articles from expert contributors and sponsors BentleyRead More

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) recently announced Megan Seymour has joined the association as its new manager of legislative affairs. Seymour has an interdisciplinary background in infrastructure, natural resources conservation, public policy, and politics. She previously served as a legislative assistant for RepresentativeRead More