A series of subsurface leaks found by Pennsylvania American Water using ASTERRA’s satellite leak detection solution represent an important milestone for the latter — the company has now detected more than 100,000 water leaks on behalf of customers worldwide. “In honoring this milestone, we recognizeRead More

Optimizing Billing and Operations in a Large, Rural Service Area Augusta Water provides public water and sewer service to the residents of Augusta County, Va. The mostly rural service area includes 10 separate water systems spread out across the second largest county in the stateRead More

The Leakage Emissions Initiative (LEI) has brought together a team of experts to create the white paper, Leakage Emissions Initiative: Establishing a Standard Carbon Balance for Drinking Water Utilities. The paper outlines ongoing problems caused by water loss and proposes a call to action toRead More

By Arun Thankarajah Ongoing leaks can waste a lot of energy, resources, and money, especially on flat terrain where municipal pumping is required to keep the system pressurized and where water is purchased from a local municipal purveyor at retail rates. Mueller was recently hiredRead More

By Simon Wick With another year behind us, we are excited about what innovation, collaboration and strategies are trending for non-revenue water (NRW) in 2023. However, five old industry challenges remain certain for the foreseeable future: The industry is slowly moving away from one-time surveysRead More

The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) in southern California has launched a pilot program to deploy smart technology from intelligent solutions and services provider Olea Edge Analytics to 25 of its large commercial meters in its service area. Olea’s Meter Health Analytics (MHA) solutionRead More

ASTERRA, which uses satellite leak detection technology to aid utilities in reducing water loss, announced recently it had located its 75,000th water leak using its Recover water leak detection service. The company says the leak was found in the United States, in the water systemRead More

By Quinn Jackson-Elliott Despite a decades-long fight against water loss, utilities still face an uphill battle to account for water that is pumped but not billed. The struggle with non-revenue water (NRW) isn’t getting any easier, either, as drought conditions continue to put increasing pressureRead More

Echologics, LLC, a division of Mueller Water Products, has announced the launch of a new acoustic leak monitoring sensor, a valve-based sensor that extends the leak monitoring capabilities of the Echologics EchoShore-DX system. Called EchoShore-DXe, the new sensor can attach to virtually any access point inRead More

By Phil Beecher In an age of rising drought, every water operator is searching for ways to reduce loss. Distribution inefficiencies and aging infrastructure can cost water utilities billions of dollars every year. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), water distribution systems loseRead More