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Beyond Alerts: Anglian Water Analyzes Pressure Main Performance with Real-Time Data

Beyond Alerts: Anglian Water Analyzes Pressure Main Performance with Real-Time Data

By Lorenzo Pompa Anglian Water supplies water and sewer services to more than six million customers in the east of England, a service area of more than 27,500 square kilometres (17,000 square miles). The utility manages nearly 113,000 kilometres (8,000 miles) of water and sewerRead More

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Leak detection company Aquarius Spectrum expands U.S. operations

Water Loss, Water Management January 31, 2022 at 6:00 am

Aquarius Spectrum, an Israel-based technology company that provides advanced acoustic solutions for proactive early detection of water leaks, is expanding its operations in the United States with the announcement of a new partnership with Everett J. Prescott, Inc. (EJP).  Founded in 1955 and employing moreRead More

Hampton Roads Sanitation District GM sets retirement date; successor named

Hampton Roads Sanitation District GM sets retirement date; successor named

Water Management January 28, 2022 at 3:10 pm

Following 15 years of dedicated service, Hampton Roads Sanitation District General Manager Ted Henifin has set a retirement date of Feb. 22, 2022. Highlights of Henifin’s career with HRSD include advancing regionalization through a comprehensive, regional approach to Sanitary Sewer Overflows, implementing the Sustainable WaterRead More

Modernizing Remote Water Infrastructure with Edge AI and Ultra-Long-Life Lithium Batteries

Modernizing Remote Water Infrastructure with Edge AI and Ultra-Long-Life Lithium Batteries

Technology Perspectives January 24, 2022 at 6:00 am

By Ariel Stern & Rafael Yaar Protecting, preserving and enhancing our nation’s critical infrastructure demands the implementation of Infrastructure 4.0 methodology to deliver smarter and more actionable data that enhances public safety, reduces the incidence of preventable contamination and overflows, and improves management control andRead More

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EPA announces $688 million in new WIFIA loans

Water Management January 21, 2022 at 9:26 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans totaling $688 million to help finance water infrastructure projects in Baltimore, Md., Milwaukee, Wis., and the San Francisco Bay area. In the first year of the Biden-Harris administration,Read More

BlueConduit, SimpleLab team up to locate, remove lead

BlueConduit, SimpleLab team up to locate, remove lead

Water Management January 21, 2022 at 9:15 am

In December, BlueConduit and SimpleLab announced a new alliance aimed at enabling water utilities and engineering consultants to meet water testing requirements and inventory for lead service lines through a more cost-effective and efficient process. “BlueConduit and SimpleLab share aligned goals: protecting public health andRead More

Santa Monica takes landmark step toward water self-sufficiency

Santa Monica takes landmark step toward water self-sufficiency

Water Management January 21, 2022 at 7:39 am

The City of Santa Monica, California, has taken a significant step toward a self-reliant water future as expansions to the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and restorations to the Olympic Well Field break ground. The key water infrastructure improvements are a component of the city’sRead More

Water industry veteran, WF&M contributor Greg Baird joins BlueConduit

Water industry veteran, WF&M contributor Greg Baird joins BlueConduit

Water Management January 17, 2022 at 8:55 am

Water industry veteran Greg Baird is joining water analytics company BlueConduit as its executive director of national lead service line inventory and replacement, the company announced recently. BlueConduit says Baird’s leadership will combine water infrastructure asset management, artificial intelligence modeling and water infrastructure finance toRead More

Water sector groups urge action on new water workforce program

Water sector groups urge action on new water workforce program

Water Management January 17, 2022 at 8:38 am

EPA should recognize all drinking water and wastewater systems as eligible recipients of funding under the agency’s new Water Workforce Infrastructure Development Grant Program, four water sector associations wrote in a letter earlier in January. The letter, which was signed by AWWA, NACWA, and WEF, inRead More

EPA announces nationwide PFAS monitoring effort

EPA announces nationwide PFAS monitoring effort

Water Management January 14, 2022 at 2:14 pm

In December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) to establish nationwide monitoring for 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lithium in drinking water. The agency said the action is essential to addressing the public healthRead More