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Unlock unprecedented control with the newest C&I meter

Unlock unprecedented control with the newest C&I meter

Advertorial, Water Management June 1, 2024 at 7:15 pm

The Sensus Cordonel® is a game-changer for smart water metering needs. With its groundbreaking design featuring a unique flow tube, it ensures no drop goes unmeasured. This innovative meter excels in capturing and analyzing usage, flow, temperature, and pressure, granting unparalleled visibility and control overRead More

Water Innovation of Month: Smart Water Evolution — Badger Meter Enables Confidence in Operations with BlueEdge™ 

Water Innovation of Month: Smart Water Evolution — Badger Meter Enables Confidence in Operations with BlueEdge™ 

Advertorial, AMR/AMI, Water Management June 1, 2024 at 1:00 am

Badger Meter is a water technology innovator with more than a century of experience serving municipal, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Since introducing the first frost-proof water meter in 1905, the company has built upon this success and expanded its global network of manufacturing facilities,Read More

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sign stands at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Financing for the DHS is set to lapse after Friday and the agency would face a partial shutdown unless Congress provides new money. More than 200,000 government employees deemed essential at DHS, including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers, would still have to report to their posts, even though their pay would stop unless Congress finds a solution. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

EPA issues enforcement measures for cyber threats

Water Management May 31, 2024 at 8:40 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued an enforcement alert outlining the urgent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to community drinking water systems and the steps these systems need to take to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The alert is part of a government-wide effortRead More

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Advertorial, Water Management, White Papers May 30, 2024 at 12:05 pm

Are you looking to increase automation at your treatment plant or water district? There’s no doubt the future of water utility and resource management will involve increased automation to bolster strategic decision making. This new eBook from WF&M, sponsored by Aquatic Informatics, takes a lookRead More

EPA announces final rule to improve drinking water quality awareness

EPA announces final rule to improve drinking water quality awareness

Washington Report, Water Management May 30, 2024 at 8:15 am

On May 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to make annual drinking water quality reports more understandable and accessible to the public. The agency said the reports are an important tool that drinking water systems use to inform residents about waterRead More

Using Vendor Benchmark Data to Determine a Cost-Effective Leak Detection Program

Using Vendor Benchmark Data to Determine a Cost-Effective Leak Detection Program

Water Finance, Water Loss, Water Management May 28, 2024 at 8:20 am

By Paul Gagliardo The typical municipal procurement process utilizes the age old “low bid” process. A detailed specification is created, and vendors provide a sealed bid. The low bid wins and the agency hopes it gets what it really wants. This works with static productsRead More

Cellular Network Delivers Confidence, Improves Customer Service in Ocala

Cellular Network Delivers Confidence, Improves Customer Service in Ocala

Water Management May 28, 2024 at 7:15 am

The City of Ocala is part of the St. Johns River Management District, an environmental regulatory agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water in Northeast and East-Central Florida. The Ocala Water Resources Department is responsible for the pumping, treatment,Read More

EPA finalizes water quality rule where Tribes have treaty and reserved rights

EPA finalizes water quality rule where Tribes have treaty and reserved rights

Water Management May 24, 2024 at 10:39 am

In May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that will help protect water quality where Tribes hold and assert rights to aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources. For the first time, this action establishes a clear and consistent national framework for EPA andRead More

City of Arvin, Veolia break ground on innovative solar installation

City of Arvin, Veolia break ground on innovative solar installation

Water Management May 22, 2024 at 10:05 am

The City of Arvin, California and Veolia North America broke ground recently on a new solar energy installation that will meet all the power needs of the city’s wastewater treatment plant and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Since energy can account forRead More

Water Main Breaks: U.S. & Canada

Water Main Breaks: U.S. & Canada

Photos and charts courtesy of Utah State University. Analyzing Utah State University’s Third Study Examining Break Rates For all the out-of-sight, out-of-mind infrastructure we talk about in the water utility sector, water main breaks may be one of the more visible events that remind theRead More