Newsletter | March 13, 2025

03.13.25 -- Closing The Funding Gap For Water Utilities; Transitioning To A 'One Water' Approach

IN THIS ISSUE:

PFOS Solution Data Summary

Greater Accuracy With Lower Flows

Does Your State Accept Predictive Modeling For Inventory Development?

Do You Have These Critical Spare Aeration Parts In Stock? (And Why You Should)

The 7 Pitfalls Of Cellular AMI: Part 1

How To Buy Right, Not Cheap

A True PFAS Solution Is About More Than Removal

How Flow Technology Can Ease The Inflow And Infiltration Headache

Climate Change And Nutrients: Forewarned Is Forearmed

Water Resilience: Closing The Funding Gap For Utilities

Xylem Completes Large Pump Station Upgrade For City Of Tampa

How Can Water Utilities Transition To A 'One Water' Approach? 5 Practical Steps

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Webinar: Pipes to Pixels: Murfreesboro's Digital Twin for Efficient Flushing

Join us on March 18th to learn how the Murfreesboro Water Resources Department improved efficiency with digital twin technology, streamlining unidirectional flushing. The results included shorter flushing programs, zero complaints, and better material removal. By using real-time data, MWRD enhanced decision-making, enabling operators of all skill levels to run simulations and analyze key metrics. Click here to learn more.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Does Your State Accept Predictive Modeling For Inventory Development?

Read about how predictive modeling leverages information collected in the field to understand patterns for the rest of the system and predict the material of unknown services. 

The 7 Pitfalls Of Cellular AMI: Part 1

This series aims to highlight crucial considerations for utilities contemplating cellular networks as the foundation of their communication systems.

PFOS Solution Data Summary

PFOS/PFOA are a group of man-made chemicals that persist in the environment. These chemicals have been used for decades in fire retardant foams and other firefighting sprays. 

How To Get Greater Accuracy With Lower Flows In Commercial And Industrial Meters

Advanced commercial and industrial (C&I) ultrasonic meters have exceptional turndown ratios, water conditioning, and other features that are lowering operating costs, increasing revenue, and minimizing maintenance.

Do You Have These Critical Spare Aeration Parts In Stock? (And Why You Should)

Certain aeration components have the potential to shut down the aeration unit and bring about unplanned downtime. Here are the ones to have on hand at all times.

How To Buy Right, Not Cheap

While there may be any number of pumps that will do the job, choosing the best fit will give you the best return on your investment. The following tips will help you make the right choices.

A True PFAS Solution Is About More Than Removal

Engineers and project managers must take a complete cradle-to-grave approach when considering which technologies to implement as well as which vendors to partner with for their PFAS solution.

How Flow Technology Can Ease The Inflow And Infiltration Headache

This article will explain why rain-dependent inflow and infiltration (RDI&I) measurement often fails and how to produce the level of data quality that can detect, understand, and manage it.

Climate Change And Nutrients: Forewarned Is Forearmed

Rising temperatures and precipitation combined with increasing nutrient runoff from human activity are elevating challenges in water treatment efforts. In some cases, that means increased threats to drinking water quality. In others, it means increasingly stringent nutrient discharge levels. Either way, taking the nutrient monitoring battle out to the field can help in waging a better fight at the treatment plant.

Xylem Completes Large Pump Station Upgrade For City Of Tampa

True leaders recognize problems before they become emergencies. A case in point is the Wastewater Department team in Tampa, Florida. As part of the city’s proactive maintenance program, they determined that the Krause Pump Station — which was almost 40 years old — had exceeded its designed life expectancy and was in need of rehab.

SPONSOR

The U.S. EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) mandate the removal of all lead service lines within 10 years and lower the action level for lead in drinking water. But what does this mean for your water system? Join Water Online Live on March 25 for insights on LCRI requirements, enforcement challenges, funding options, and best practices for compliance. Registration is free thanks to the support of Trinnex.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Water Resilience: Closing The Funding Gap For Utilities

There has been significantly less discussion about how state and local leaders (including mayors and county offices) can help water utilities invest in resilience. Could this be the missing link in preparing the water sector for the years to come?

AI Methods Enhance Rainfall And Ocean Forecasting In Climate Model

Securing Water Systems Against Cyber-Threats: Idaho Leads With Cyber-Informed Engineering

Bureau of Reclamation Announces Yakima Basin March Water Supply Forecast

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Cancels 400+ Grants

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

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Tesco Arc Flash Analysis And Risk Assessments

Arc flash is conductance of electrical current through ionized air that can occur during an electrical fault. Energy released can create a hazardous environment surrounding the electrical equipment by discharging tremendous amounts of heat and intense light. Results can range from minor burns to death.

Solutions For Control: Valve Insertion

In this segment from Virtual Water Expo, Steve Roehrig from Hydra-Stop presents about the benefits of valve insertion.

Aquavar e-ABII: Constant Home Water Pressue, For The Way You Live

The Aquavar e-ABII pump controller is a constant pressure booster system that is specifically designed for customers of municipal water districts with low water pressure, or if they are boosting from a storage tank.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

How Can Water Utilities Transition To A 'One Water' Approach? 5 Practical Steps

If you work in the water industry, you’ve certainly heard the term “One Water.” What does it mean, and how could it help a water, wastewater, and/or stormwater utility better achieve its goals? Here are key pointers to get you started.

What's That Microplastic? Advances In Machine Learning Are Making Identifying Plastics In The Environment More Reliable

Microplastics — the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down — are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. Now, a team of scientists has developed a tool to make identification of microplastics using their unique chemical fingerprint more reliable.

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