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Mitigating the Climate Impact on Water Infrastructure: 5 Things You Can Do

Mitigating the Climate Impact on Water Infrastructure: 5 Things You Can Do

September 25, 2023 at 7:50 am 1 comment

By Sandra DiMatteo After decades of warning signs that climate change is happening, most people are now admitting that it is real, and it is not pretty. Droughts are getting dryer, and floods are getting wetter and more frequent. Water resources organizations are struggling toRead More

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

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

January 31, 2022 at 6:20 am 0 comments

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

Sedaru acquired by Aquatic Informatics

Sedaru acquired by Aquatic Informatics

March 22, 2021 at 9:05 am 0 comments

Sedaru Inc., a provider of water utility management software, has been acquired by Aquatic Informatics, and will join Danaher’s Water Quality platform. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, Sedaru delivers its turnkey software-as-a-service (SaaS) application for critical water infrastructure asset management and real-time monitoring of waterRead More

New report shows U.S. water utilities still in early stages of digital transformation

New report shows U.S. water utilities still in early stages of digital transformation

March 22, 2021 at 8:47 am 0 comments

Dodge Data & Analytics and partner Bentley Systems recently launched a new study and report titled, The Digital Capabilities of US Water Utilities SmartMarket Brief, which establishes a benchmark for municipal water systems and the readiness of this market for digital transformation. The findings showedRead More

TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES: Digital Twin Technology Becoming a Reality for Water Utilities

TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES: Digital Twin Technology Becoming a Reality for Water Utilities

June 17, 2019 at 8:43 am 0 comments

By Gigi Karmous-Edwards Water utilities around the world have been using hydraulic models for engineering and expansion since the 1950s. A hydraulic model is a physics based mathematical model of a fluid flow system for water. In the majority of cases, the hydraulic model simulationRead More

LCA receives all user revenues but also bears full responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the city’s water and wastewater utilities in accordance with standards.

Aging Mains No Match for Strategic Asset Management

March 28, 2019 at 6:00 am 0 comments

By Michael Brown & Jason Peters Facing a dire financial situation in 2013, the City of Allentown, Pa., looked to monetize its water and wastewater systems through a 50-year concession lease arrangement. Nearby Lehigh County Authority (LCA), another publicly-owned water and wastewater utility, was aRead More

Bentley’s Walski named ‘Civil Engineer of the Year’ by ASCE section

Bentley’s Walski named ‘Civil Engineer of the Year’ by ASCE section

July 2, 2018 at 7:00 am 0 comments

Thomas Walski, Ph.D. P.E., F. ASCE, F. EWRI, of Bentley Systems has received the Civil Engineer of the Year 2017 award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Lehigh Valley Section (LV-ASCE). The award is given annually to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions of aRead More

An opportunity to reduce operating costs that may not be readily apparent is the implementation of Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) to reduce aeration costs while improving effluent quality (Photo credit: Black & Veatch).

Idaho city selects Innovyze’s InfoMaster asset management solution

April 3, 2017 at 10:55 am 0 comments

Innovyze recently announced that the City of Meridian, Idaho, has chosen its InfoMaster software for prioritizing the operations and maintenance activities of its sewer collection system. Located in Ada County, Meridian is the second-largest city in Idaho with an estimated population of 98,300. Its wastewaterRead More

Esri ArcGIS has become a mission-critical enterprise system for local government and water utilities’ core business processes. The distinction between the software application and the GIS is no longer relevant to an end user. They have become one. This is particularly true for ArcGIS utilized by local government organizations for public asset management.

Innovyze releases SCADAWatch DCS for real-time, offline decision making

March 6, 2017 at 7:30 am 0 comments

Innovyze recently announced the release of its SCADAWatch DCS (Data Collection System). This new web-based application gives SCADAWatch users the ability to automatically collect data on demand from many sources including both offline and real-time SCADA, meter and sensor data, then store it directly inRead More

Connecting Your Data Environment

Connecting Your Data Environment

February 16, 2017 at 2:00 pm 0 comments

Bentley Advances Asset Performance Modeling from Planning to Operations By Andrew Farr Water and wastewater utilities looking to enhance their asset performance modeling now have new software tools available to heighten decision-making. As utility asset management has continued to evolve from best practices and strategicRead More