Asset management software company MentorAPM announced Colby Manwaring has been named chairman of its newly appointed five-member board of directors. Manwaring is responsible for the creation and execution of enterprise strategic vision and commercial success at several companies. His most recent roles include CEO ofRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will withdraw plans to require states to survey cybersecurity best practices at public water systems — welcome news to much of the industry that opposed the approach. The EPA proposal was included in the agency’s FY22Read More

Alternatives and Complementary Systems to Consider | By Peter Mayer Customer metering is fundamental to the successful function of a modern water utility. The introduction of expensive Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems with fixed data transmission networks and battery powered “smart” water meters has confrontedRead More

The Biden-Harris administration is announcing the availability of more than $20 million in grant funding to support training and career opportunities for water and wastewater workers through the U.S. EPA’s Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant program. Frontline workers at water and wastewater treatment utilitiesRead More

Infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems, Inc., has announced several projects from the United States as finalists in its 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. Among the finalists in the water/wastewater category is the City of Sacramento’s $1.7 billion EchoWater project The annual awards programRead More

In August, the Water Finance Conference hosted a successful 2023 event in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing more than 80 water finance professionals to discuss the latest trends, challenges and best practices in rate setting, capital planning, customer affordability and obtaining federal funding for local infrastructure projects.Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule in September that it said will provide the agency, its partners and the public with the largest-ever dataset of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured and used in the United States. The agency said rule buildsRead More

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Three companies that are innovating methods to non-invasively detect lead service lines were awarded grants totaling $75,000 in September from the Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA) as part of the organization’s 2023 Open Innovation Challenge. The CWA’s Open Innovation Challenge, essentially a Request for Technology ConceptsRead More

By John Ryan Congress certainly looks like an exciting place this fall, with plenty of political fireworks and intense drama over spending. But there’s no doubt legislators and their constituents will also want to see progress on some basic things that are clearly beneficial, aren’tRead More