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LABOR SOLUTIONS & INSIGHTS FOR UTILITY MANAGERS

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  Asbestos Pipe Safety Awareness And Compliance

  The distribution system for water treatment has several hazards especially asbestos cement piping.

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  4 OSHA Changes To Be Aware Of In 2015

  The utility sector mirrors what happens with the general industry and construction sectors throughout America.

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  Math Solutions: Volume Calculations

  Water Online’s “Math Solutions” series, presented by wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”), provides an understanding of the sometimes difficult calculations involved in achieving wastewater operator certification.

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  Tips For Training Today’s Operator — And Making It Stick

  Introducing three training trends that improve operators’ understanding and plant performance

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  Modernize Your Mobile Operation

  The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati’s Wastewater Collection Division manages 3,000 miles of main sewer line and services some 200,000 individual customer sewer laterals and accounts that cover nearly 1 million residents and businesses. When things go wrong with those pipes, the division hears about it from customers loud and clear.

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.

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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  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?

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  A Beginner’s Guide To On-Site Sodium Hypochlorite Generation

  Why buy, transport, and store chlorine when you can make your own? Here are nine questions to consider before adopting the practice.

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  8 Questions For Every Water Utility After The UCLA Water Main Break

  The water and mud from the big water main break that flooded the UCLA campus in Los Angeles in late July left behind several questions that could be asked of every water supplier in the country.  Find out for yourself how vulnerable your home town’s water supply is to leaks and breaks with these eight questions. By Ed Osann, NRDC senior water policy analyst

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  Do You Know The Value Of Decentralized Infrastructure?

  According to the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, onsite and decentralized wastewater treatment systems are an important part of a country’s permanent wastewater infrastructure. 

LABOR 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).

• 10 Years Later, Water Facility Cold Case May Be Reopened

  A decade-old tragedy at a water facility may get a second look this year.

• Mothballed Water Plant Gets A Second Act

  A defunct water treatment plant in Maine may get a second act as a training ground for future water plant employees, who are in increasing demand as skilled, aging workers retire.

• Key West Wins 2014 Plant Operations Excellence Award

  The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently selected the CH2M HILL-operated Key West Richard A. Heyman Wastewater Treatment Plant to receive its 2014 Plant Operations Excellence Award.

• Alleged Fraud By NJ Utility Incenses Locals

  Officials in West Deptford, NJ are calling for an investigation into potential fraud at their local water and sewer department.

• Motion Upgrades Popular F5 And C5 Tablet Series With 4G XLTE And Intel’s Latest Core-Series Processors

  Motion Computing recently unveiled two powerful new tablet PCs -- purpose-built for the needs of utility, oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, public safety, and healthcare workforces.