From the Editor

1. 2026 Water Utility Outlook: Regulation, AI, And Resilience In The Face Of Scarcity 11/12/2025

   Global Water Outcomes expert notes that “water utilities are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities,” citing the role of digital solutions moving forward.

2. HAAs In The EU: Monitoring For Haloacetic Acids Under The Drinking Water Directive 11/7/2025

   In this Q&A, Dr. Elke Süss of Metrohm addresses the urgent need for haloacetic acid testing in response to “one of the most significant updates to EU drinking water monitoring in recent years.”

3. When Chemistry Meets Water Innovation 10/30/2025

   Nobel-winning molecular materials are poised to reinvent purification, desalination, and reuse.

4. Securing Smart Water 9/5/2025

   The digital transformation of utilities is necessary and inevitable but also innately vulnerable to bad actors. It's time to discuss prioritizing cybersecurity.

5. A New Power Paradigm For Wastewater Utilities? 7/3/2025

   Renewable energy is great for the environment. Are power purchase agreements great for wastewater treatment operations?

6. Homing In On Leaks: Rethinking AMI's Role In Water Conservation 5/7/2025
   New research indicates that the targeted deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in leak-prone households, leveraging near real-time water use monitoring, could maximize their value.
7. Building Back Better? 5/2/2025

   Every four years, America gets a fresh reminder of where we stand as a nation, for better or worse. What have we reaped this time around?

8. Cybersecurity For The Win: How Water Utilities Can Embrace Digital Technology 3/6/2025

   Water and wastewater system operators are known to be a careful lot. Tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and state agencies — and committed to public health — they cannot afford mistakes. This often results in "tried-and-true" methodologies winning out over innovative solutions, but the incredible upside offered by digital technologies has encouraged a wave of cyber adoption. Almost cruelly, it comes with cyber threats.

9. Closing The Workforce Skills Gap On Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning At Water Utilities 2/21/2025
   Although artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been under development and talked about for years, the practical implementation of these technologies came fast and furious. Now, with their rapid growth across all industries, many are feeling overwhelmed — especially water workers. This Q&A explores how and why utilities should embrace AI and ML.
10. Building Tomorrow's Wastewater Treatment Systems... And Workforce 1/17/2025

    Engineering Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit dedicated to fostering a more diverse and expansive engineering workforce, recently engaged thousands of students across the country in an interactive lab on wastewater treatment and related careers in partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA.