Newsletter | August 27, 2026

08.27.26 -- Drought May Alter The Taste Of Your Water; Colorado River Efforts Only Get Halfway To A Solution

IN THIS ISSUE:

Cooling The AI Revolution: The Critical Role Of Intelligent Pumps

Minimizing Disruption And Maximizing Continuity During An Emergency Valve Installation

AI-Driven Chemical Optimization In Wastewater

Choosing Your Service Line Verification Method

How To Optimize Bioaugmentation Dosing To Enhance Wastewater Treatment Performance

Bright Stars Of Water And Wastewater Management: CertiSafe And HydraForce

Water Management Tips For Natural Disasters

PCS 7 Cybersecurity Blueprint For Water Plants

Leak Detection On Water Distribution Network Using Clamp-On Flow Meters

Drought May Alter The Taste Of Your Drinking Water

Optimal Baseplate Grouting For Vertical Dry Pit Submersible Pumps

Colorado River Water Conservation Efforts Get Only Halfway To A Solution

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Learn how to confidently evaluate ion exchange for PFAS treatment in this practical Ecolab webinar. Discover how resin selection, pretreatment, water chemistry, and piloting influence system performance while separating fact from common misconceptions. Through expert guidance and real-world case studies, gain actionable insights to optimize treatment strategies, improve reliability, and make informed decisions for evolving regulatory and water quality challenges. Click here to learn more.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Minimizing Disruption And Maximizing Continuity During An Emergency Valve Installation

Discover how a municipal utility executed an urgent emergency repair on an active 12" main in under three hours, entirely eliminating the need for neighborhood boil advisories or disruptive commercial shutdowns.

Choosing Your Service Line Verification Method

Optimize service line inventories by utilizing a tiered verification approach. This strategy balances low-cost customer engagement and predictive modeling with targeted excavations to ensure regulatory compliance, reduce operational expenses, and minimize community disruption.

Cooling The AI Revolution: The Critical Role Of Intelligent Pumps

Intelligent metering pumps enable precise water treatment and predictive maintenance in AI data centers, helping prevent scaling, reduce downtime, and maintain efficient liquid cooling for high-performance systems.

AI-Driven Chemical Optimization In Wastewater Treatment Through Data-Based Decision-Making

Chemical programs are essential components of wastewater treatment. Whether the goal is phosphorus removal, odor control, improved solids settling, or final polishing, chemicals often play a vital role in meeting permit limits and ensuring stable operations.

How To Optimize Bioaugmentation Dosing To Enhance Wastewater Treatment Performance

Wastewater treatment facilities across municipal and industrial sectors are increasingly turning to bioaugmentation as a powerful tool to enhance treatment performance and system reliability. 

Bright Stars Of Water And Wastewater Management: CertiSafe And HydraForce

Water and wastewater management are indispensable for ensuring public health, environmental sustainability, and community well-being. As infrastructure ages and operational challenges grow, municipalities need innovative solutions to meet these demands effectively.

Water Management Tips For Natural Disasters

Remote water shut-off valves and preemptive planning enable municipalities to protect water infrastructure and respond effectively during natural disasters, ensuring public safety and service continuity.

PCS 7 Cybersecurity Blueprint For Water Plants

This documentation is intended to help system integrators to set up a water plant more securely.

Leak Detection On Water Distribution Network Using Clamp-On Flow Meters

A global engineering company realized that their leak identification methods were time-consuming and expensive, and so began to explore alternative solutions, such as ultrasonic flow meters. 

Optimal Baseplate Grouting For Vertical Dry Pit Submersible Pumps

As municipalities increasingly switch to vertical dry pit submersible pumps to address flooding concerns, one critical yet often overlooked installation detail can make or break system performance: baseplate grouting.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

Drought May Alter The Taste Of Your Drinking Water

As rain continues to be scarce and temperatures are high in 48% of the continental U.S., minerals and naturally occurring compounds can become more concentrated, which can give tap water a different taste or smell.

Interior Department Finalizes Plans For 2027-2028 Colorado River Operations

FEMA Announces $7.4 Million For State, Territory Dam Safety Programs

AWWA Issues Statement Following Court Decision On PFAS And CERCLA

Building The Future Of NYC's Water System

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

ReliaSource Base-Mounted Lift Stations

Like all ReliaSource lift stations, the ReliaSource Base-Mounted Lift Station is fully customizable, and it comes pre-engineered with an extensive selection of pumps, motors, controls, piping, and accessories to meet your sewage-handling needs. 

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Gorman-Rupp Pumps

 

 

Aclara RF Network Sewer Monitoring Solution

The Aclara sewer monitoring solution leverages industry-leading RF network to provide near real-time monitoring of manholes and other key sewer locations.

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HUBBELL INC.

 

 

ThermAer

The revolutionary ThermAer Process achieves the results you want without compromising quality or cost objectives.

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Thermal Process Systems

 

 

Submersible Wastewater Pump Type ABS AS

The AS range comprises robust, reliable submersible pumps from 1 to 3 kW for pumping wastewater and sewage from buildings and sites. The pumps have water pressure-tight, encapsulated, fully flood-proof motors in standard and explosion-proof versions.

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Sulzer Pumps Solutions Inc.

 

 

Multistage Centrifugal Air Blower And Exhauster ZM

Robust ZM oil-free multistage centrifugal blowers and exhausters provide you with the air or gas, pressure, or vacuum you need at low maintenance costs.

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Atlas Copco

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

 

Rehabilitation Of 72" Brick Combined Sanitary/Storm Sewer

When a 72" urban brick sewer suffered advanced crown deterioration, traditional excavation and CIPP methods were unviable. Discover how trenchless, spincast geopolymer mortar successfully executed a full structural restoration overnight, maintaining continuous daytime traffic and system flow.

 

Aerzen Turbo MultiCore Datasheet

AERZEN MultiCore series turbo blowers allow for a wide range of operation with airflow delivery of 15000 cfm and above. With over 6 to 1 turndown utilizing multiple cores, the AERZEN MultiCore series provides flexibility to users needing a wide range of flows.

 

Design Generator Platform Advantages

Design Generator is a web-based, online water facility design engineering platform that enables engineering professionals to rapidly generate preliminary engineering designs for CAS facilities as well as MBR, MBBR, and others.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

Colorado River Water Conservation Efforts Get Only Halfway To A Solution

In August 2026 the nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both on the Colorado River, hit their lowest levels since they first began to be filled in 1936 and 1963, respectively. The federal government and the seven Colorado River basin states have been unable to reach an agreement about who should reduce water usage by how much to avoid catastrophic declines in lake levels.

 

Advanced Water Treatment Strategies Help Data Centers Manage Cooling Water At Industrial Scale

Data centers are evolving into industrial-scale thermal-management facilities as AI, high-performance computing, cloud platforms, and accelerated computing increase rack power density. Modern AI racks can exceed 50–120 kW per rack, creating substantially higher heat-rejection requirements than conventional enterprise infrastructure.

 

PRODUCT FOCUS

Monitor AMI ISE Universal - Swan Analytical USA

TrojanUVFit — Wastewater Disinfection System - Trojan Technologies

PPG Filtration Technologies: 8040 - PPG

Multi-Turn Actuator (88-109) - Harold Beck & Sons, Inc.

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