Post Tagged with: "water quality"

AWWA: Source water protection, financing now top sector priorities as rehab/replace dethroned

AWWA: Source water protection, financing now top sector priorities as rehab/replace dethroned

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently released its 2024 State of the Water Industry report, providing insights into the challenges and priorities facing the water sector. As part of the survey and report, AWWA regularly ranks the top challenges and priorities facing the sector.Read More

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Advertorial, Water Management, White Papers May 30, 2024 at 12:05 pm

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

EPA announces final rule to improve drinking water quality awareness

EPA announces final rule to improve drinking water quality awareness

Washington Report, Water Management May 30, 2024 at 8:15 am

On May 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to make annual drinking water quality reports more understandable and accessible to the public. The agency said the reports are an important tool that drinking water systems use to inform residents about waterRead More

EPA finalizes water quality rule where Tribes have treaty and reserved rights

EPA finalizes water quality rule where Tribes have treaty and reserved rights

Water Management May 24, 2024 at 10:39 am

In May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that will help protect water quality where Tribes hold and assert rights to aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources. For the first time, this action establishes a clear and consistent national framework for EPA andRead More

EPA finalizes rule it says will prevent inactive PFAS from reentering commerce

EPA finalizes rule it says will prevent inactive PFAS from reentering commerce

Water Management January 15, 2024 at 8:15 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that prevents companies from starting or resuming the manufacture or processing of 329 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have not been made or used for many years without a complete EPA review and riskRead More

EPA releases annual report reviewing action on PFAS

EPA releases annual report reviewing action on PFAS

Water Management December 14, 2023 at 1:45 pm

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its second annual report on PFAS progress, which the agency said highlights significant accomplishments achieved under its PFAS Strategic Roadmap and aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration’s all of government strategy to protect communities from the impacts ofRead More

How to Ensure Accuracy in Detecting Contaminants

How to Ensure Accuracy in Detecting Contaminants

Water Management October 18, 2023 at 2:43 pm

By Theresa Bellish Worldwide, water utility managers must constantly pivot as external factors affect our water sources. Emerging contaminants like PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) and chemicals coming from illegal dumping and accidental leaks have become more prevalent as climate change causes extreme weather inRead More

WATCH: Saving the Ratepayer Money…With Optimization

WATCH: Saving the Ratepayer Money…With Optimization

Technology Perspectives, Water Management September 7, 2023 at 11:00 am

Shaun Thompson, Strategic Account Manager-Water/Wastewater at Badger Meter, joins us for a new episode of Water Finance & Management Conversations. We talk to Thompson about his previous position working on the utility side in wastewater treatment. He also walks us through some ways operators areRead More

EPA releases initial nationwide monitoring data on 29 PFAS and lithium

EPA releases initial nationwide monitoring data on 29 PFAS and lithium

Water Management August 28, 2023 at 7:20 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month released the first set of data collected under the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). In the latest action to deliver on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, UCMR 5 will provide new data that will improve EPA’s understandingRead More

Survey: Communication key in consumer perception of water safety

Survey: Communication key in consumer perception of water safety

Water Management August 7, 2023 at 8:05 am

According to a recent survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), consumers who remember receiving a recent communication from their water utilities are more than three times as likely to report their water’s safety has improved. The MayRead More