Newsletter | January 26, 2026

01.26.26 -- EPA's PFAS Effluent Limits Rulemaking Faces Delay

IN THIS ISSUE:

Source & Drinking Water Treatment

Distribution & Collection Systems

Wastewater Treatment

Utility Management

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Webinar: Rethinking the Role of the Water Meter: A Columbia Water Field Story

For utilities with aging infrastructure, modernizing metering is a field-driven challenge. In this webinar, Dan Zeamer of Columbia Water Company shares how a small Pennsylvania utility reimagined metering around faster installation, actionable data, and real-world leak detection. Joined by Kamstrup’s Jake Piccioni, the session shows how modern AMI delivers daily visibility, operational confidence, and customer conversations. Click here to learn more.

SOURCE & DRINKING WATER TREATMENT

Ceramic Membranes Offer High Performance, Long Life, And Lower Operating Costs For Water Treatment

Microfiltration and ultrafiltration have become mainstays in the water treatment arena. Membrane filters are constructed with a variety of materials with various pore sizes. The challenge is determining which best suits the application with regard to performance, cost, and ease of operation.

What To Know About Water Quality Analysis For Reverse Osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) has become a widely utilized treatment process for diverse applications such as medical and laboratory research, desalination, and treatment of industrial wastewater and municipal water/wastewater. Because of its widespread use and technically advanced nature, a variety of quality parameters should be monitored by those treatment operators who utilize it.

Groundwater Replenishment System - Orange County, California

The full-scale advanced treatment system takes filtered secondary effluent from the neighboring OCSD treatment plant and converts it to water that exceeds all drinking water quality standards.

PFAS Removal By AEC 3-Cell Unit

BioLargo’s Aqueous Electrostatic Concentrator (AEC) was used to treat well water provided by a major water district in Southern California.

DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION SYSTEMS

Chronic Clogging Bows To Groundbreaking Technology

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works Stony Brook Pump Station was facing on-going interruptions to pumping operations as a result of “ragging”—a common challenge in wastewater pumping where a build-up of fibrous materials leads to frequent pump blockages.

Lift Station And Pump Level Control

In wastewater collection systems, raw sewage flows through gravity sewers to lift stations, which transfer the waste from lower elevation to higher elevations and eventually to a treatment plant.

Connecticut Town Benefits From Retrofit With The X-PELLER

The X-PELLER is an S&L impeller upgrade that is specifically designed to pass high volumes of unusual trashy items through S&L pump stations. It is also available on new pump stations.

Lift Stations: Attacking The 'New Sewage' With Vaughan Chopper Pumps

Disposable, throw-away products are making raw sewage pumping tougher than ever. The Jefferson Street Pump Station at the City of Centralia, WA, had a problem demanding a cost-effective solution.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

A New Approach To Installing Blower Systems

Upgrading the aeration system in a wastewater operation is typically burdensome because of the design work, permits, construction, and commissioning required for a structure before a new blower system can be installed.

How To Boost Industrial Plant Capacity By Retrofitting Aeration Tanks

As industries expand, they typically need to increase the capacity of their wastewater treatment facilities. Increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, such as lower nitrogen limits, may also signal the need to boost treatment capacity. Installing additional tanks and larger equipment not only adds capital costs but increases operating costs as well.

Revitalizing A Hog Waste Lagoon

A North Carolina hog grower with a brood barn of 200 full-grown sows contacted Reliant Water Technologies seeking assistance with one of his waste lagoons. The plan was to locate an aerator on one end of the lagoon and allow for the forward flow of water from a coarse bubble airlift to ‘push’ the water forward.

Enhancing Clean-In-Place (CIP) Systems With Pulsafeeder's NextStep Pump Technology

This application note explores the challenges of CIP operations and demonstrates how Pulsafeeder’s NextStep pump technology addresses these challenges with precision, reliability, and cost efficiency.

UTILITY MANAGEMENT

Designing For Growth: How To Build Modular Capacity Without Breaking Ground Twice

Learn how to design wastewater infrastructure that grows with demand. Modular systems allow phased capacity additions that match actual flow, avoiding the high cost of oversizing and eliminating the need for disruptive, repeated construction.

Collaborating To Execute The AI-Water Nexus

Amazon and Xylem partner to tackle Mexico’s leaking water systems as the country balances water scarcity and a growing tech sector.

Minimizing System Footprint Without Compromising Oxidation Performance

Footprint minimization in oxidation systems relies on highly efficient inline injection and modular, stackable components. This approach achieves full performance with significant space savings, reducing construction and installation costs.

Reducing Water Usage Costs In U.S. Datacenters Through Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring

This white paper provides a detailed 10-year cost comparison between freshwater usage and water recycling, showing that the total cost of recycling systems typically outweighs the cost of municipal water usage in the United States.

INDUSTRY NEWS

EPA's PFAS Effluent Limits Rulemaking Faces Delay

The U.S. EPA’s efforts to curb industrial discharges of PFAS have hit a pause, marking a pivotal moment in the government’s approach to regulating these so-called “forever chemicals."

Compact Electron Accelerator For The Treatment Of PFAS-Contaminated Water

Emerson Advances Software-Defined Automation With Latest Control System Release

Application-Specific Modifications Enhance Strainer Efficiency

Seven Seas Water Group And APUA Open New Water-As-A-Service Desalination Facility

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

leadCAST - Lead Management Software For Utilities

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Trinnex

Loprest Multi-Cell Filter

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WRT - Water Remediation Technology

Series 1100HV Restraint For Existing Push-On Joints

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EBAA Iron

Premium SureSafe Cartridges

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Harmsco Filtration Products

AERprocess

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Aerzen

Prelos: Pressurized Liquid-Only Sewer

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Orenco Systems, Inc.

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