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By Erik Larsen The City of Howell is the largest city in Livingston County, Michigan, with approximately 10,000 residents, and has significantly improved operations at its Class B wastewater treatment facility. The plant processes about 2 million gallons daily and recently implemented a biological nutrientRead More

Underground Infrastructure & Data-Driven Decisions By Leticia Eberly How many times have you struggled to decide where to start when planning for your underground infrastructure repair and replacement? Do you often cave into the customer that makes the loudest noise failing to invest on thoseRead More

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

By Erik Larsen The Brush Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (BCWTP) is located about half an hour north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Cranberry Township. The plant uses physical, chemical, biological and membrane filtration processes to treat an average of 3.4 million gallons of wastewater daily. TheRead More

Bridging Physical and Digital Operations at Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Utilities By Seth Johnstone The water industry is contending with three primary challenges: aging infrastructure, water stress from drought or flooding and critical water quality issues. These challenges, along with an aging utility workforce andRead More

A Scathing Critique. A review of “Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era,” by author Cynthia Giles, published by Oxford University Press. | By G. Tracy Mehan, III Former Obama EPA enforcement chief Cynthia Giles has written a very challenging, well-documented critique ofRead More

Improving Performance of the Long Tail of the Water Industry By Doug Hatler According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are more than 50,000 drinking water and wastewater utilities in operation in the United States serving a population of less than 10,000. TheseRead More

How the Move to a Centralized Data Platform Heightened Operations at a Small New York Wastewater Treatment Plant By Scott Dorner Located on the north end of Keuka Lake in the State of New York, is the Village of Penn Yan which is home toRead More

By Fiona Straton Today’s data-centric world is complex. Data is growing exponentially and typically these data sets exist in isolation. With information such as geospatial data, time-series data, financial data, engineering data, and asset management data, all residing in different silos it is all butRead More

By Tim Kruse The City of Toronto Water Department, Ontario, Canada, (Toronto Water) serves nearly three million customers who rely on more than 1,800 employees to keep operations running at their peak. Toronto Water is responsible for drinking water supply and four water treatment plants,Read More