Latest Insights on Drinking Water Measurement
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Water Use Patterns Provide A Sense Of Normalcy
5/6/2020
From his perch in the control center at Denver Water, Phil Malone watches the city shift and stir, shaking off the night’s slumber.
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Digital Transformation In Water: 9 Success Factors
4/22/2020
Climate change, urban population growth, aging infrastructure, budgetary constraints, and increasing regulatory pressure are some of the many challenges U.S. water utilities face. Utility executives are forced to address them in creative and cost-effective ways.
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How Can The Water Industry Benefit From IoT Technology?
4/16/2020
The technology of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been a pioneer in developing solutions that are rich in monitoring, analytical, and automation features. These innovative features allow the industry to optimize operational methodologies, boost overall equipment effectiveness, and automate processes that are generally performed manually.
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What Is A V-Cone Meter? And Why Should I Care?
4/14/2020
There is a better alternative for differential pressure (DP) metering accuracy in problematic applications where other meter designs might compromise performance. A V-Cone meter’s simple mechanical design overcomes confined spacing, pipeline turbulence, and even noisy electrical environments that can hamper other meters. Best of all, it delivers + 0.5 percent accuracy and provides an easy retrofit solution for difficult installations.
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Affordable Accuracy For Water Distribution Monitoring
4/9/2020
Non-revenue water (NRW) and other information gaps that have significant impact on operating costs are causing many water distribution utilities to seek affordable ways to gain greater insight into flow data. In this Q&A, Barry Spiegel of McCrometer describes how full-profile insertion (FPI) electromagnetic flow meters (mag meters) can provide relief, without breaking the bank.
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Modernizing Monitoring And Manual Data Entry For Water And Wastewater
3/17/2020
Advancements in security and technology help bring confidence — and a multitude of benefits — to remote, cloud-based utility monitoring.
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2020 Industry Forecast: Treatment Moves Down The Line
1/6/2020
It’s no secret that safe and readily available water is important for public health, can boost economic growth and help reduce poverty. But factors such as climate change, growing populations, natural disasters, increasing water scarcity, and urbanization continue to challenge water systems around the world.
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Preparing To Tackle The Hydra Of LCR Revisions
12/30/2019
As a journalist serving the water industry — but not yet a seasoned technical veteran — I attended a recent Lead In Drinking Water Forum sponsored by AWWA NJ to learn about the challenges of complying with the proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). What I heard impressed upon me the technical, administrative, and logistical challenges of delivering safe, lead-free drinking water all the way to user taps. Here are my takeaways.
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The Drive Towards Digital Transformation
11/25/2019
It seems that everywhere that you go in the water industry at the current time, somebody is talking about digital transformation…or if we go back five minutes, it was Water 4.0…and 10 minutes ago (it seems), it was “smart water.” These are all very well used buzzwords that the industry is destined to think about for a short-term and then promptly forget about. In reality, though, we as an industry have been hit by a number of different concepts for a number of different technological aspects for a good number of years now. For almost as long we have had a term for all of this — “widgets.”
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Moneyball For Water And Wastewater Treatment
11/1/2019
The movie and sports term has infiltrated the business world and has important implications for the water/wastewater industry.