Newsletter | July 2, 2026

07.02.26 -- Can PAC Remove PFAS In Wastewater Effluent?; AMI's Next Phase

IN THIS ISSUE:

Aries Arsenic Reduction

Improving Sodium Hydroxide Dosing Reliability

New Monochloramine Sensor Technology Measures Free Chlorine And Total Chlorine

Building Climate-Resilient Surface Water Treatment Plants

Managing Disparate Data In Leakage

Charting Your Course To BABA Compliance

Asset Management And The Age Of Infrastructure

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

New Sensor Provides Better H₂S Insights In Sewer Network

New Study Tests Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) For PFAS Removal In Wastewater Effluent

Building A Predictive Framework For Water Quality Operations

AMI's Next Phase: Turning Meter Data Into Operational Value

FEATURED ARTICLES

How The City Of Fallon Improved Sodium Hydroxide Dosing Reliability

Learn how transitioning to peristaltic metering technology solved chronic priming and maintenance issues during arsenic removal. This overview highlights how specialized pump designs improve chemical dosing reliability, enhance operator safety, and maximize facility space.

Building Climate-Resilient Surface Water Treatment Plants

What does it actually cost to build climate resilience into a water treatment plant? The answer depends on the right analytical framework.

Aries Arsenic Reduction

Arsenic has no smell, taste, or color when dissolved in water even in high concentrations. It is a potential concern to those who live in areas with high natural deposits of arsenic, receive runoff from orchards, or from glass and electronic production waste.

New Monochloramine Sensor Technology Measures Free Chlorine And Total Chlorine On The Same Sensor

Traditional chloramine monitoring methods have drawbacks that complicate water treatment. A new sensor can measure multiple parameters, offering operators better process control.

Managing Disparate Data In Leakage

By combining disparate data sources into a single system, water utilities can more easily glean insights and make more precise estimates about the size and location of leaks.

Asset Management And The Age Of Infrastructure

Water is our most precious resource, but with some systems dating back a hundred years or more in the U.S., our water infrastructure is in dire need of repair.

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

Some industry professionals have concluded eliminating the use of grinders will prevent microplastics from entering the water cycle. This thinking is wrong for a range of reasons.

New Sensor Provides Better H₂S Insights In Sewer Network

Achieve superior accuracy in water monitoring by utilizing differential electrode technology. This design eliminates ground loops and reduces drift, ensuring reliable data and longer intervals between calibrations in demanding process and laboratory environments.

Beyond The SCADA Alarm: Building A Predictive Framework For Water Quality Operations

Transitioning from reactive SCADA alarms to predictive water quality frameworks improves operational resilience. By unifying data and automating reporting, utilities can identify emerging risks early, ensuring continuous compliance and more efficient resource management across complex treatment processes.

Charting Your Course To BABA Compliance

Xylem and Flygt are here to help you navigate the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act with confidence.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

New Study Tests Powdered Activated Carbon For PFAS Removal In Wastewater Effluent

Researchers are evaluating powdered activated carbon (PAC) as a cost-effective solution for removing PFAS from treated wastewater effluent. The study aims to assess PAC as a near-term PFAS treatment option.

EPA To Waive Water Infrastructure Loan Program Fees, Remove Barriers For Small Communities

Researchers Reveal How PFAS Chain Length Influences Environmental Fate And Water Treatment

SWAN Launches CHART – Carbon Horizon Assessment & Readiness Tool

Xylem Announces Segment Leadership Appointments

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Wastewater Collection System

With an Orenco Sewer, raw sewage flows from a house or business to a watertight underground tank. Only the filtered liquid portion is discharged (by either pump or gravity) to shallow, small-diameter collection lines that follow the contour of the land.

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Orenco Systems, Inc.

 

 

WET WELL WIZARD

Every modern town or city has a wastewater collection system of some type. The wastewater collection system is the conduit for used water, both sanitary and graywater (relatively clean, including stormwater), which initiates at the individual homes and businesses in the community.

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RELIANT Water Technologies

 

 

Monitor AMI pH-Redox

Monitor for continuous measurement of pH or redox (ORP) in potable water and effluents with combined or separated sensors with reference electrodes for various sampling conditions. 

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Swan Analytical USA

 

 

AOS Advanced Oxidation System

Highly effective against bacteria and viruses, the Advanced Oxidation System (AOS) is also well-suited for the decontamination of hard-to-treat organic contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants.

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BioLargo Inc

 

 

XMTCpro

The new XMTCpro is a compact, rugged, online thermal conductivity transmitter that measures the concentration of binary gas mixtures, including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, helium, and many others.

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Panametrics

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

 

CertiSafe Active Mixer Brochure

Mixing and circulating is water’s self-defense. Tested and certified, the new order. Now, operators in the mix become providers of only the highest quality. Health and safety, tank to tap. In total compliance. All set in motion by CertiSafe mixers. Now the world’s most powerful, yet vulnerable element, has an ally. Where the mix has no match. And how water gets Certi-fied. Because there’s sort of safe, or there’s CertiSafe.

 

Low-Waste Nitrate Removal System Brochure

Learn about the custom-designed low-waste nitrate removal system with performance guarantees to meet your water quality needs and waste constraints. 

 

The Water Online Show: Bridging The Digital Gap In Water Utilities With AI Solutions

On this episode of The Water Online Show, Travis Kennedy spotlights LeakZon’s breakthrough hybrid solution that bridges the gap between traditional AMR and full AMI systems. CMO Tomer Eisner explains how the technology seamlessly integrates with existing infrastructure, enabling utilities to capture AMI-like insights without costly overhauls.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

AMI's Next Phase: Turning Meter Data Into Operational Value

A recent series of workshops convened by The Water Research Foundation (WRF) underscores how utilities are beginning to use AMI data to support conservation, improve system performance, and move toward more proactive operations. The takeaway is straightforward: most utilities now have the data; the challenge is putting it to work.

 

The Enzyme Bottleneck: Why Conventional Lake Management Is Failing — And What The Science Says About Genuine Bio-Dredging

For decades, the dominant framework for assessing and managing lake health has been built around surface water measurements: chlorophyll-a, total phosphorus, water clarity, and the composite Trophic State Index derived from them. These metrics are familiar, standardized, and widely accepted. They are also, according to a growing body of peer-reviewed literature, measuring the wrong part of the lake.

 

PRODUCT FOCUS

Best-In-Class Rental Solutions - Aerzen

Complete Chemical Metering Systems - Skid Systems - Blue-White Industries

Turbo Mixer - Vaughan Company

Equipment Controller EC 531 - Sulzer Pumps Solutions Inc.

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