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San Diego's Plan To Combat Excess Water: Selling It.

Amid drought and water scarcity concerns, San Diego faces a unique problem: too much water. The solution? The San Diego County Water Authority is going to sell some of its water to Western Municipal Water District, which serves nearly 1 million people.

Why Multi‑Commodity Utilities Need Smart Meter Data Management
Beyond Clarification: Optimizing Polyacrylamide Selection For High-Complexity Industrial Wastewater Treatment
The Industry Has Money, Technology, And Urgency — So Why Is Nothing Moving Faster? (7 Takeaways From The Water Week 2026 Press Conference)
When Growth Outpaces Infrastructure: How The City Of Conroe Built A Future-Forward Software-Defined Water System Ready For What's Next
GeoTree - First Aqueduct Water Pipeline Rehabilitated With GeoSpray Geopolymer For SDCWA
Beyond Clarifiers: How Advanced Primary Filtration Solves Wet Weather Capacity Challenges
Americans Rank Water Reliability Alongside Cost Of Living As A Top National Priority
Smart Tech, Big Savings: How Sandy, Oregon, Transformed Water Management

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Why Multi‑Commodity Utilities Need Smart Meter Data Management
Breaking down data silos allows multi-commodity utilities to improve operational efficiency and infrastructure visibility. By managing water and electric data on a shared platform, providers can detect leaks faster and support long-term conservation goals.
GeoTree - First Aqueduct Water Pipeline Rehabilitated With GeoSpray Geopolymer For SDCWA
Critical water tunnels require efficient structural renewal to meet strict shutdown schedules. Certified geopolymer mortar provides a cost-effective, high-strength solution that eliminates groundwater infiltration and improves water quality while ensuring a 70-year service life for essential aqueduct systems.
Beyond Clarifiers: How Advanced Primary Filtration Solves Wet Weather Capacity Challenges
Pile cloth media filtration treats wet weather flows in real time, increasing capacity, improving removal efficiency, and helping utilities reduce reliance on limited stormwater storage.
Smart Tech, Big Savings: How Sandy, Oregon, Transformed Water Management
Small utilities can overcome limited staffing and aging infrastructure by integrating smart metering with acoustic leak detection. These data-driven tools pinpoint hidden water loss and optimize system pressure, ensuring reliable service and significant cost savings.
Precision Control In The Aeration Basin: A Case Study In Flow-Based DO Stabilization
Flow-based DO control and advanced blowers help stabilize aeration, reduce energy consumption, and improve treatment performance, turning a major wastewater cost center into an efficiency opportunity.
The Evolution Of Efficient Biosolids Solutions
Modern biosolids management requires sophisticated biological treatment to achieve Class A pathogen reduction and efficient solids destruction. Explore how integrated aerobic digestion and nutrient management technologies provide reliable, cost-effective paths toward regulatory compliance.

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Virtual Water Expo Session 2: Next Generation Solutions For Metering, Leak Detection, & Digital Water

Water utilities are under growing pressure to improve accuracy, reduce non-revenue water, and deliver smarter, more efficient operations. This track highlights the next generation of metering technologies, water loss strategies, and digital water innovations transforming system performance and financial sustainability.

Beyond Smart Meters: Engineering A 20-Year Total Water Loss Solution

This presentation focuses on engineering a long-term, 20-year solution for water loss, emphasizing how ultrasonic technology addresses both apparent and real losses in a way that traditional mechanical meters cannot.

Unlock Efficiency: Modernizing Water Utilities With Itron's Smart Solutions

This presentation explores how digital transformation and data analytics help water utilities overcome financial constraints, aging infrastructure, and labor shortages.

Understanding System Pressure And Leak Detection On Non-Revenue Water Loss

This session of Virtual Water Expo provides a comprehensive overview of how water agencies can combat non-revenue water (NRW) loss through advanced pressure management and acoustic leak detection.

AMI: ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE

From leak detection and demand management to enhanced customer service and improved operational performance, AMI offers transformative potential for the modern utility. This AMI e-book explores these topics and more, illustrating how the benefits of AMI extend well beyond billing.

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Join SWAN for the 16th Annual SWAN Conference in Tampa, Florida (June 2-4, 2026), focusing on the theme, “Adapting Your Digital Journey.” Digital transformation in the water sector isn’t a straight road. It evolves over time requiring pivots and continuous learning. This Conference aims to meet utilities where they are at, highlighting how to build and sustain success across people, processes, and technology.