Newsletter | February 29, 2024

02.29.24 -- Do Customers Have A Taste For Recycled Water?; States To Receive $5.8B For Water Projects

IN THIS ISSUE:

Automating Time-Consuming Water Quality Tests

Which Gate Valve Is Best For Today's Waterworks Systems?

Thrust Resistant Design Of Dead Ends, Valves, Reducers, And Encroaching Restrained Lengths

Removing PFAS Is More Complicated (And Solvable) Than You Think

Bypass Enables Critical Upgrades For Aging Sewer Lines In Greenwich, Connecticut

Future-Proof Your Water Meter Technology With AMI

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

Reasons To Consider An Active Water Tank Mixer

The Importance Of Ultrafiltration/Microfiltration Membrane Systems

States To Receive $5.8 Billion Federal Funding For Drinking Water, Wastewater Projects

Mixing Made Easy For Low-Energy Lakes, Ponds, And Lagoons

Pressing The Public: "Would You Drink Recycled Water?"

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Which Gate Valve Is Best For Today's Waterworks Systems?

Outdated specifications can sometimes lead to confusion regarding which gate valve should be used. Understanding how the standards have evolved and why can help utilities understand the source of this confusion. 

Removing PFAS Is More Complicated (And Solvable) Than You Think

This article will explain the matrix of factors that can affect PFAS removal and why it is important to work with an experienced partner.

Automating Time-Consuming Water Quality Tests

Discover established and regulated methods to individually determine and mitigate copper, iron, silica, manganese, aluminum, calcium, and other analytes of interest in water.

Thrust Resistant Design Of Dead Ends, Valves, Reducers, And Encroaching Restrained Lengths

This bulletin describes the restrained length calculations for dead ends, valves, reducers, and sleeves with a discussion of several situations where economics and other factors may favor an alternate restraint method. 

Bypass Enables Critical Upgrades For Aging Sewer Lines In Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich, CT, is a scenic New England town that is home to approximately 60,000 people. Its ongoing initiatives include repairs and upgrades to the town’s wastewater treatment plant and 28 pumping stations.

Future-Proof Your Water Meter Technology With AMI

Because you can’t track what you can’t measure, modern water solutions bridge the gap between the vision of secure water and the reality of existing infrastructure.

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

Some industry professionals have concluded eliminating the use of grinders will prevent microplastics from entering the water cycle. This thinking is wrong for a range of reasons.

The Top 5 Reasons To Consider An Active Water Tank Mixer

Ensuring clean drinking water is important to the overall health and safety of your community. Here are the top five reasons to consider an active water tank mixer.

The Importance Of Ultrafiltration/Microfiltration Membrane Systems In Reclaiming Industrial Wastewater

Increasing water scarcity, which results in higher water costs, is pushing manufacturers to reclaim and reuse their wastewater. 

Mixing Made Easy For Low-Energy Lakes, Ponds, And Lagoons

Landlocked, shallow bodies of water such as recreational ponds, irrigation, drinking water, and animal waste lagoons have a major problem with flow. The only natural methods of movement in these bodies of water are the slight Coriolis effect of the Earth and wind.

INDUSTRY NEWS

States To Receive $5.8 Billion Federal Funding For Drinking Water, Wastewater Projects

After years of emphasizing the importance of drinking water quality and wastewater services for all Americans, the Biden administration has made a new, multi-billion-dollar commitment to ensuring it.

Innovation Would Help Find More Chemicals In Water

Purdue To Help Fight ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Economy-Boosting, NSF-Funded Great Lakes Project

AWWA Testifies On Need For Collaborative Cybersecurity Approach

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $770M For Rural Infrastructure Projects During Investing in America Tour

California Lawmaker Introduces Bill To End Non-Essential Uses Of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

CISA Fact Sheet Aims To Aid Water Sector Cyber Preparedness

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Expert minds in digital water technology share advice, perspective, and use cases across water quality, IoT, and O&M. Learn how digital water solutions are a force multiplier for utility operations and hear an exclusive announcement that will change the way you engage with data science, no matter where you are in your digital journey. Click here to learn more.

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Creating PFAS Treatment Innovations

In this episode of Water Talk, BioLargo's Dennis Calvert and Tonya Chandler sit down with Angela Godwin to discuss what's happened in the past year for BioLargo.

Ecoray Upgrade Kits Brochure

Is your Wedeco UV system more than five years old? If so, the consumables in your system are probably showing signs of age, which will ultimately result in declining system performance and rising energy costs.

Level Measurement: Product Overview For Applications In Liquids & Bulk Solids

A broad range of available level measuring principles means that finding the ideal solution is easy. No principle is suited to all application areas. Therefore, measuring systems must be selected that work reliably under the conditions of a particular application and, at the same time, meet the economic situations in the future.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMN

Pressing The Public: "Would You Drink Recycled Water?"

Though treatment processes can guarantee that water has been completely purified — to the point where it is just as safe as regular tap water — people still feel it could cause them harm. We have to remember, however, that people’s beliefs can change.

PRODUCT FOCUS

Monoclor RCS Chloramine Residual Management System - Cleanwater1

The Huber Service Edge - Huber Technology, Inc.

AquaFlow Advanced Remote Shutoff Valve With Integrated AMI Endpoint - Aquana

Allegro Universal AMI RF Endpoints For Water - Master Meter, Inc.

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