Post Tagged with: "Drinking Water"

By Michael Warady Imagine a newly expanded municipal service area — complete with state-of-the-art SCADA systems, pressure-zoned districts, energy-efficient pumps and upgraded mainline materials. The project was hailed as a sustainability success: reduced energy consumption, lower water loss and optimized distribution performance. But within aRead More

Last week, Alan Roberson, executive director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) and a longtime industry veteran, announced his official retirement from the association following an extensive career in water policy. Roberson has more than 34 years of experience in the developmentRead More

Henrico Water in Henrico County, Virginia, won the Best of the Best Water Taste Test at the American Water Works Association‘s (AWWA) Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE25), held June 8-11 in Denver, Colorado. Denver Water was named the winner of the People’s Choice Water Taste Test. TheRead More

In May, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the City of Flint, Michigan, has completed all requirements of a 2016 EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) emergency order and it will now be lifted. EPA said over the last nine years, theRead More

Earlier this month, Florida became the second state in the U.S. to ban the addition of fluoride to public water systems. The measure became official when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 700, known as the Florida Farm Bill, into law on May 15. As reportedRead More

According to a recent report from global water market data and insights provider Bluefield Research, nearly one in five gallons — 19.5% — of treated drinking water in the United States is lost before it reaches customers or is improperly billed. Known as non-revenue waterRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will keep the current National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), which set nationwide limits for these “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The agency is committed to addressing PFOA andRead More

The City of Vancouver, Washington, has selected Stantec to design a treatment system to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from a high-volume water station — with the goal of providing cleaner, more reliable drinking water for the community. Stantec will also provide engineering servicesRead More

With legislation signed by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox in late March, the state officially became the first in the nation to prohibit the addition of fluoride to public drinking water systems. The bill officially takes effect in May. According to the Association of Metropolitan WaterRead More

Pittsburgh Water CEO Will Pickering has been appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to its National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC). His two-year term is effective immediately. “It’s an honor to join this distinguished group of professionals committed to safe and reliable drinkingRead More