DRINKING WATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITE PAPERS

• Hydroinformatics 101: Intro To Water Optimization And Efficiency

  Hydroinformatics offers a fresh perspective that is enabling communities around the world to tackle age-old problems in new ways and with a bigger toolset.

• Degas Separator Selected For Wichita Aquifer Storage And Recovery Project

  In the 1990s, the City of Wichita, KS, developed a water supply plan that included creating a sustainable water supply through the year 2050. The key component of the plan is recharging the large aquifer that lies under the region with 100 MGD of water from the Little Arkansas River.

• New 23-Mile San Antonio Water Pipeline Wins Industry Award

  A water pipeline extension recently completed for the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is the largest high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe project of its type ever done in North America according to the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI).  The $149 million, Regional Carrizo Project undertaken to provide water to 60,000 homes by late 2013, was named Project of the Year for PPI's Municipal and Industrial Division.  PPI is the major trade association representing all segments of the plastic pipe industry.

• Close Data And Control Gaps With Remote Monitoring

  For as many water/wastewater utilities that use SCADA systems inside their treatment facilities, there are many where that automated data collection and control all but ends at the property line. In reality, a significant percentage of customer service and performance efficiency opportunities exist ‘beyond the fence.’ Here is how utilities can use remote monitoring to leverage those opportunities for success.

• Partners Can Help With Funding Requirements To Fix Aging Infrastructure

  Read more about why prioritizing budgets for addressing aging infrastructure is critical. 

• Upcoming Standards And Compliance Regarding Lead-Free Requirements

  Badger Meter has and will continue to manufacture and provide products that meet the requirements of current and future lead-free standards. This white paper discusses these changing industry needs both as they relate to Badger Meter products and to water utilities in general.

• Sensitive Determination Of Iron In Drinking Water, Mineral Water, Groundwater, And Spring Water Using Rapid Photometric Tests

  The quality of drinking water is regulated by a variety of guidelines, such as the EU Council Directive 98/831,2 and WHO guideline. The key principles used to define these limits consider both health hazards and sensory and technical reasons. Iron, for example, does not exhibit a risk for health in concentrations usually found in drinking water.

• Dangerous Waters In A Changing World

  Americans and Canadians got a peek into the future when the City of Toledo shut its drinking water taps in 2014, issuing a do-not-drink order on the municipal water supplies serving 500,000 people. Levels of microcystin, a potent liver toxin produced by blue-green algae, were more than double the World Health Organization's safe limit. More than 700 square miles of the Lake Erie surface was covered by a harmful algal bloom (HAB), and drinking water plants couldn't remove the algal cells and the toxins they produced.

• The Product Of Choice For Birmingham Water Works' 4000 Miles Of Pipe

  The Birmingham Water Works Board is the largest water utility in the state of Alabama, providing water to approximately 600,000 people across the Greater Birmingham area. Its service area is about 759 square miles and contains about 4,000 miles of pipe.

• EPA Creates Database To Find Thermal Treatment Processes For Remediating PFAS

  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s. PFAS are found in a wide array of consumer and industrial products. Due to their widespread use and persistence in the environment, most people in the United States have been exposed to PFAS. There is evidence that continued exposure above specific levels to certain PFAS may lead to adverse health effects.