ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS & INSIGHTS FOR UTILITY MANAGERS
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Solving Uncertainty: Using Big Data To Predict Urban Water DemandData-rich utilities have the tools to forecast urban water demand, but some key considerations are often overlooked when creating models. Learn the pitfalls and how to resolve them.
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Busted Pipes: D.C. Demonstrates The Rule, Not The ExceptionCommuters in Washington D.C. woke up recently to an abundance of water. While this hardly seems problematic to those in parts of the world that grapple with drought, contamination, and other water safety issues, water is only beneficial when it arrives to the right place, at the right time, and safe for consumption.
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4 Signs You Are Ready To Upgrade Your Wastewater Treatment PlantThere are a whole variety of reasons why operators and managers come to the decision that its time to upgrade their wastewater treatment plants.
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Water Distribution: How To Overcome Common IssuesWater distribution (WD) is an intermediate stage in the water production and supply chain. It comprises the distribution pipeline networks, service reservoirs, booster stations, valves, flow meters, chambers and indicator/marker posts.
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Consultant’s Corner: Sustainability And Asset Management — How The Two Are ConnectedSustainability and asset management are more than just buzz words in the water industry. Sustainability, which in its broadest sense refers to ethics, governance, transparency, business relationships, financial stewardship, economic development, value, employment practices, and environment stewardship, is a key consideration for adopters of asset management programs.
UTILITY MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
SCADAPack 530E | 535E Remote Programmable Automation Controller
With the SCADAPack 500E range, Schneider Electric introduces the first ever remote Programmable Automation Controller (rPAC). The ARC Advisory Group has defined the rPAC as a whole new way to look at remote site automation. An rPAC combines the power of a PAC with the versatility of an RTU.
Aclara’s PLATINUM_services™
As part of its STAR_select™ solution for water utilities, Aclara Technologies LLC, a leading provider of intelligent infrastructure technologies for water, gas and electric utilities, announces platinum level services for its network and system that make it easier to implement a successful AMI strategy.
VTScada Idea Studio™
Optional VTScada Component - Familiar ribbon-based interface that helps you get started in creating high-impact displays in minutes.
VTScada Connectivity Package
Standard VTScada Component - Share your SCADA information across your whole orginization using integrated ODBC, OPC, and Web Services.
VTScada Historian
Standard VTScada Component - No other software does more to protect your historical data and put it to work across your organization.
REGULATION UPDATES FOR UTILITY MANAGEMENT
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4 Signs You Are Ready To Upgrade Your Wastewater Treatment PlantThere are a whole variety of reasons why operators and managers come to the decision that its time to upgrade their wastewater treatment plants.
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On-Site Chlorine Generation: The Answer For This Reuse SystemBy making hypochlorite solution only as needed, the compact Constant Chlor unit brings efficiency, consistency to water reuse system.
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A New York Integrator Compares Hosted And Traditional SCADAThe typical SCADA system is a diverse collection of hardware and software spread over a large geographical area.
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Water Management And Sustainability In Canadian CitiesWith climate change already showing adverse effects on our local resources, people, landscapes and infrastructure, what does this mean for the future of sustainable Canadian cities?
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A Beginner’s Guide To On-Site Sodium Hypochlorite GenerationWhy buy, transport, and store chlorine when you can make your own? Here are nine questions to consider before adopting the practice.
ASSET MANAGEMENT NEWS
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American Water’s Paul Gagliardo To Participate In Sustain Summit
American Water, the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, recently announced Paul Gagliardo, manager of Innovation Development, will participate in the Sustain Summit in Newport Beach, Calif. on Feb.12, 2015.
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Trimble Unity - Next Generation Suite Of Software Applications For Water, Wastewater And Stormwater Utilities
Trimble (NASDQ: TRMB) introduced today its next generation suite of software applications for water, wastewater and stormwater utilities – Trimble® Unity.
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American Water Joins ino3W As Exclusive U.S. Partner
American Water , the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, announced recently that it is the exclusive U.S. partner to enter into ino3W, a global water technology validation accelerator.
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EPA Approves ProOne Downhole Drilling Treatment For Offshore Use
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IX has approved ProOne’s Bio-Stable Downhole Drilling Fluid Treatment for use in offshore oil & gas operations in federal waters off Southern California. Specifically, the product may be discharged when used with approved drilling muds at 0-3% by volume.
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New Jersey Lagging On Long-Term Water Plans
As other states update their water supply master plans, New Jersey appears to be stalling.
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Town Of Reading, MA, Adopts InfoMaster Smart Asset Management Solution
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, recently announced that the Town of Reading, Massachusetts, has chosen industry-leading InfoMaster Sewer software to help plan and manage its sewer collection infrastructure improvement program.
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EPA Aims To Ease Local Financing Challenges
After two years of deliberations, the EPA took a step toward updating policies designed to overcome local affordability challenges in the fight against water pollution.
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Solus Group Introduces New Wastewater Recycling System
Solus Group recently introduced a brand-new waste-water recycling system to its customers throughout North America.
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Innovyze Releases InfoMaster V5.0 With Extended Work Order Management, Valve Criticality Analysis, Linear Extended Yule Process Pipe Failure Model
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, recently introduced InfoMaster Generation V5.0, with new and improved analysis and reporting applications.
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Groundwater Cleanup To Begin At Smalley-Piper Superfund Site In Collierville, TN
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that construction of a groundwater treatment system will soon begin at the Smalley-Piper Superfund Site located at 719 Piper Street in Collierville, TN.