ASSET MANAGEMENT

ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS & INSIGHTS FOR UTILITY MANAGERS

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  Climbing Higher For A Better View: Keys To Successful Water Management

  Many utilities are moving to a traditional business mindset rather than continuing as largely compliance-driven entities. This is challenging leaders to apply asset management and smart infrastructure strategies, to become more programmatic in managing water, and to consider the big picture in addressing public needs.

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  7 Things To Consider Before A Smart Meter Rollout

  More than 45% of installed water meters in North America are equipped with automated meter reading technology, according to a recent IHS Technology 2014 report  (“Water Meters Report – 2014”).

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  How The Cloud Is Revolutionizing The Future Of Water Utility Management

  Web-based software services, more commonly called cloud computing or Software as a Service (SaaS), are being implemented globally by users in virtually all types of organizations.

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  Solving Uncertainty: Using Big Data To Predict Urban Water Demand

  Data-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 Exception

  Commuters 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.

UTILITY MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Aquis Water Network Management

80% of your capital is invested in the distribution network. Aquis puts you in control.

Process Automation

Festo is a leading global manufacturer of automation technology including systems, components, and controls for process control and factory automation solutions.

SeleniumZero® A Selenium Removal Solution

Selenium limits for mining effluents can be reached using biological treatment and/or adsorption.  Veolia’s AnoxKaldnes™ Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) process has a small footprint and can handle high TSS concentrations in feed as well as large hydraulic variations.  Our proprietary SeleniumZero® adsorption systems can be used for MBBR effluent polishing or as stand-alone solutions for lower concentration streams.

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.

REGULATION UPDATES FOR UTILITY MANAGEMENT

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  7 Things To Consider Before A Smart Meter Rollout

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  Sensor Maintenance Made Easy With Predictive Diagnosis

  As winter sets in across the country, those trips outside to take a reading or conduct scheduled maintenance on your water quality instruments aren’t quite so invit­ing. But what if your instruments could save you the trip? Predictive diagnosis is set to become the operator’s new best friend.

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  4 Signs You Are Ready To Upgrade Your Wastewater Treatment Plant

  There 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 System

  By 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 SCADA

  The 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 Cities

  With 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?

ASSET MANAGEMENT NEWS

• City Of Santa Ana, CA Deploys Sedaru For Operational Decision Support And Interactive Capital Planning

  IDModeling, Inc., a leading global provider of smart water network software and services, is deploying its flagship smart water enterprise software, Sedaru, for the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency (City).

• Ground/Water Treatment & Technology, LLC (GWTT) Makes The Cover Of 'Shale Play Water Management' Magazine

  This winter, Wharton, NJ-based Ground/Water Treatment & Technology, LLC (GWTT), was featured in the January/February issue of Shale Play Water Management magazine.

• Innovyze Releases InfoNet Generation V15.5, Offering Comprehensive Asset Management For Water Distribution, Wastewater Collection And Stormwater Networks

  Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, recently announced the release of InfoNet Generation V15.5, a comprehensive set of smart asset performance and condition modeling applications for water, wastewater, and storm water networks.

• Orth Tapped To Guide Black & Veatch Americas Water Business

  Black & Veatch recently announced that Mike Orth has been named Executive Managing Director for the Americas in the company’s water business.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• New Jersey Lagging On Long-Term Water Plans

  As other states update their water supply master plans, New Jersey appears to be stalling.

• 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.