South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) has selected Stantec as its engineer to design wastewater treatment systems at two of the state’s power generation facilities. Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s public power and water utility. Water treated through these best available technology treatment systems,Read More

Can GIS Provide the Foundation for the Water Industry’s Digital Transformation? With all of the digital technology available to water utility professionals these days, it’s important to remember the basics – and their capabilities. But there’s hardly anything basic about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) theseRead More

A distribution system can be anywhere from a single square mile to several hundred square miles. What happens to the water as it travels though the distribution system and how that information gets to decision makers is critical. As our guest Joe DeVito, senior managerRead More

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has selected Wm. Patrick (Pat) Nichols to serve as its interim executive director, effective June 1, 2023. After taking the reins from outgoing Executive Director Walter Marlowe, who has led the organization since 2019, Nichols will oversee WEF’s continued implementationRead More

In a blow to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority over some water bodies, the Supreme Court last week ruled to narrow the scope of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) definition and how EPA can regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act.Read More

| By Dr. Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi For years, thousands of small drinking water systems in the United States have been facing big financial challenges that undermine their ability to provide their customers with safe and affordable drinking water. As a result of these challenges, manyRead More

Stantec has announced it is partnering with the Palmdale Water District (PWD) and carbon removal startup Capture6 to design a first-of-its-kind Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) demonstration facility with novel brine management technology in Palmdale, Calif. The AWT demonstration facility is part of PWD’s Pure WaterRead More

BlueConduit has been hired to provide technical support in the development of an online, interactive lead service line map for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO). The News Orleans Water Service Line Map will allow city residents to learn the known orRead More

By Constantine Antoniou Sodium hydroxide is used as an acidity control and metal remover by water utilities. Too much of the corrosive material can cause chemical burns and other uncomfortable side effects. In 2021, when a hacker accessed a Florida water utility’s computer system andRead More

The Portland Water District (PWD) in Portland, Maine, is exploring options for an advanced regional facility to treat PFAS-contaminated biosolids. Solutions being explored include advanced thermal destruction technologies, such as pyrolysis and gasification, to safely and economically reduce or eliminate PFAS from biosolids. At itsRead More