Newsletter | May 21, 2026

05.21.26 -- EPA Proposes New PFAS Rules, Announces Funding For Treatment; Turning AMI Data Into Better Customer Service

IN THIS ISSUE:

Wet Weather Treatment Using AquaStorm Cloth Media Filtration

Is Monitoring Of Total Or Free Chlorine A Better Option For Dechlorination Control?

Moving Beyond Flow Measurement To Unlock Utility Efficiency

What Private Utilities Need to Know About Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication

How To Optimize Conveyance Systems For Debris Management

Sulzer Equipment Increases Wastewater Treatment Capacity And Efficiency

Decreasing Lifecycle Costs: Don't Lose Dollars Chasing After Cents

Why U.S. Pipe Ductile Iron Pipe Is The Smart Choice For Public Health And Safety

Bringing Wastewater Lagoons Back Into Compliance With Sludge Activating Aerators

EPA Proposes New PFAS Rules, Announces Nearly $1B In Funding

Pool & Spa Testing And Maintenance

Turning AMI Data Into Better Customer Service

FEATURED ARTICLES

Is Monitoring Of Total Or Free Chlorine A Better Option For Dechlorination Control?

Accurate dechlorination control requires monitoring all residual oxidants that threaten membrane integrity. Total chlorine analysis provides the necessary precision at ultra-low levels, ensuring comprehensive protection against oxidative damage while maintaining reagent stability during intermittent system operations.

What Private Utilities Need to Know About Nutrient Loading and Eutrophication

For private utilities, discharging wastewater isn’t a one-size-fits-all process. If your facility serves a resort, a golf course, a residential community, or a mixed-use development, you’re likely discharging into smaller, localized water bodies (creeks, ponds, wetlands), not large rivers or oceans. And while these ecosystems are beautiful they’re also incredibly vulnerable to nutrient loading and eutrophication.

Wet Weather Treatment Using AquaStorm Cloth Media Filtration

This application note from Aqua-Aerobic Systems highlights the effectiveness of the AquaStorm Cloth Media Filter as a flexible, compact, and highly efficient solution for combined sewer overflow (CSO) and sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) events.

Moving Beyond Flow Measurement To Unlock Utility Efficiency

Smart meters offer the opportunity for utilities to do significantly more with the same number of devices, reducing operational costs, improving response times, and contributing to overall system sustainability.

How To Optimize Conveyance Systems For Debris Management

There are many different types of conveyance technologies, including sluices, screw conveyors, belt conveyors, and more. The right technology for an application depends on a vast number of factors.

Sulzer Equipment Increases Wastewater Treatment Capacity And Efficiency

After 12 years of operation, a modernization of a WWTP was needed for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants, as well as an enlargement by another 100,000 PE (population equivalent).

Decreasing Lifecycle Costs: Don't Lose Dollars Chasing After Cents

This article explores some of the best practices to ensure overall station reliability, i.e., “total station efficiency,” in order to keep operating costs and downtime at a minimum.

Pool & Spa Testing And Maintenance

Anyone and everyone who is responsible for operating and maintaining a swimming pool or spa has to test, monitor, and control complex, interdependent chemical factors that affect the quality of water bathers are immersed in. Additionally, aquatic facility operators must be familiar with all laws, regulations, and guidelines governing what these parameters should be.

Bringing Wastewater Lagoons Back Into Compliance With Sludge Activating Aerators

Lagoons have been an accepted method of wastewater treatment for many years. However, after they are in use for an extended time period, they are often plagued with problems, including odors, sludge buildup, and poor effluent quality.

Clean Water Even During Disaster: Why U.S. Pipe Ductile Iron Pipe Is The Smart Choice For Public Health And Safety

Infrastructure must endure disasters to protect public health. Learn why ductile iron pipe offers fire resistance, seismic stability, and ensures clean, chemical-free water delivery when it is needed most.

INDUSTRY NEWS

EPA Proposes New PFAS Rules, Announces Nearly $1B In Funding

As part of a new strategy, the U.S. EPA is highlighting innovative PFAS treatment and destruction technologies, announcing nearly $1B in new funding to states to address PFAS in drinking water, and issuing two proposed rules for public comment.

AWWA And AMWA Statement On Newly Released PFAS Proposals

Digital Water Solutions Spend To Double By 2036

Itron Completes Project To Modernize Water Management In Thane, India

EPA Announces $58 Million WIFIA Loan To Upgrade Aging Drinking Water Infrastructure In Rural California

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Rural Water District Leverages Digital Solutions

Discover how Qatium seamlessly integrated with RWD4's existing SCADA system, enhancing real-time decision-making and operational insights.

How SIWA MDM Provides Accurate Billing

See how SIWA MDM user experience is easy with various billing tiles and screens to help optimize the billing processes. Quickly see billing readiness and request activity in a highly configurable dashboard.

Leak Detection

Together with Echologics, M.E. Simpson offers five innovative professional services. 

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

Turning AMI Data Into Better Customer Service

For decades, the relationship between a water utility and its customers was simple. As water flows, the bills go out, and sometimes complaints come back. Customers had little visibility into how much water they were actually using on a day-to-day basis, and utilities had limited tools to give them any. Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has long since changed that equation. 

Detroit's Water Affordability Crisis Is Tied To The Uneven Distribution Of Stormwater Management Costs

Utility bills are the primary source of revenue for public water and wastewater systems. Yet both the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) are caught in what utility experts call an affordability gap.

PRODUCT FOCUS

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OPTISONIC 6300 P - KROHNE, Inc.

Allegro Cellular AMI - Master Meter, Inc.

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