Understanding and Addressing Apparent Losses to Better Manage Non-Revenue Water By John Van Arsdel Water utilities are faced with water loss issues that have long lasting impacts on their ability to function properly and efficiently and its ability to derive revenue from what it doesRead More

By Ahmad Habibian The digital utility of the future will be built upon five revolutionary technology trends: 1) Emergence of Internet of Things (IOTs); 2) Mobile Information Communication Technology; 3) Cloud Storage Services; 4) Data Analytics; and 5) Social Platforms. The digital utility will beRead More

Roundtable 2017 Editor’s Note — This issue marks the return of our popular Mayors Roundtable feature. Mayors are essential to a city’s water infrastructure agenda, involved in budgetary decisions and strategic planning, often in the face of financial challenges, economic uncertainty and regulatory constraints. TheyRead More

By Kristina Surfus With the major changes that came to Washington, D.C. this year, both in the White House and Congress, the municipal clean water sector is seeing new challenges as well as opportunities to advocate for clean water as a bipartisan federal priority. The NationalRead More

By David Clamage Historians have suggested that the concept of charging interest today for the use of money, goods or services to be repaid in the future goes back thousands of years, when a farmer could borrow a seed to grow wheat and repay thatRead More

But Can the Water Sector Leapfrog Other Markets in Technology Adoption? By Gigi Karmous-Edwards Opportunity for Digital In this age, digital is evolving so rapidly that it is hard to keep up with all of the emerging innovations. Two important questions to ask are: what impactRead More

Newark, Del., Uses Acoustic Condition Assessment to Determine How to Proceed with Pipe Rehabilitation Municipalities are constantly faced with the need to do more with less. Public works departments must routinely make the most out of limited budgets, so projects must be completed both quicklyRead More

By Lindsey Walker The water utility sector has undergone a sea change over the past few decades, and many countries have trained water systems to meet specific long-term requirements. Despite the extensive planning and development that has gone into water distribution and wastewater management systems,Read More

A Q&A with Paul Hauffen, President, CEO & Chairman, IDModeling Ahead of AWWA’s ACE17 in Philadelphia, where there’s sure to be plenty of discussion around smart water technology and its impact on utility management, we sat down with Paul Hauffen, president, CEO and chairman ofRead More

The American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE17), being held June 11-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, is one of the largest water industry tradeshows in the calendar year in North America. The year’s technical program will include moreRead More