Newsletter | July 7, 2026

07.07.26 -- What D.C.'s Algal Bloom Reveals About A Growing Water Threat; How Water Quality Monitoring Helps Utilities Deliver Safter Water

IN THIS ISSUE:

When To Consider Repairing vs. Replacing Your Hydrants

UV Advanced Oxidation For Groundwater Remediation

Understanding The Limit Of Detection

100-Year-Old Bridge Piers Rehabilitated

Custom Tank Designs That Actively Manage PFAS Mass Transfer Zone (MTZ)

Addressing PFAS Contamination In Cape Fear's Source Water

A Guide To Smart Blower Selection

Diving Into Smart Water Management

AquaSBR Replaces 60 Year Old Treatment Plant At Moab, UT

What D.C.'s Algal Bloom Reveals About A Growing Water Threat

From Blowers To Controls: The Path To Smarter Aeration

Water Quality Monitoring Systems Helping Utilities Deliver Safer Water

FEATURED ARTICLES

UV Advanced Oxidation For Groundwater Remediation

Industrial pollution increasingly threatens clean groundwater. Learn how UV advanced oxidation permanently destroys resilient micropollutants like 1,4-dioxane and VOCs at the molecular level, while simultaneously providing robust pathogen disinfection without chemical byproducts.

100-Year-Old Bridge Piers Rehabilitated

Protecting historic marine infrastructure requires durable, environmentally safe solutions. Fiber-reinforced polymer wraps provide an impermeable, high-strength jacket for aging concrete piers, preventing water intrusion and environmental degradation while ensuring long-term structural reliability in sensitive reservoir environments.

When To Consider Repairing vs. Replacing Your Hydrants

Fire hydrants stand as silent sentinels that need to spring into action at a moment's notice. However, as these crucial components of our cities age, a pressing question emerges: should utilities continue to repair aging hydrants, or is it time for a wholesale replacement? 

Understanding The Limit Of Detection

Accurate low-level turbidity monitoring requires a deep understanding of detection limits and the variables affecting measurement sensitivity. Learn how refined laboratory techniques and standardized spiking protocols ensure precision in demanding water treatment applications.

Custom Tank Designs That Actively Manage PFAS Mass Transfer Zone (MTZ)

As utilities prepare for the pending 4-ppt PFAS drinking water MCL, many are discovering that legacy lead/lag designs — workhorses for decades when treating contaminants in the ppm and ppb range — simply are not optimized for the parts per trillion-level (ppt) precision PFAS demands.

Addressing PFAS Contamination In Cape Fear's Source Water

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) provides drinking water to more than 200,000 residents in the Wilmington, North Carolina, area. In 2017, the community learned that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS as they are more commonly referred, were contaminating CFPUA’s drinking water source. 

Maximizing Efficiency And Reducing Costs: A Guide To Smart Blower Selection

Understanding the factors that contribute to a blower's life cycle cost can help you select a blower that delivers long-term savings and reliability. 

Diving Into Smart Water Management

Learn about a water management project that established a culture of innovation and smart water management for the coastal city of Porto. 

AquaSBR Replaces 60 Year Old Treatment Plant At Moab, UT

AquaSBR technology helped Moab modernize wastewater treatment, improve effluent quality, manage growth, and achieve exceptional operational efficiency with flexible, automated performance.

From Blowers To Controls: The Path To Smarter Aeration

Aerzen’s latest hybrid blowers and intelligent control systems deliver unmatched energy efficiency, adaptive performance, and lower operational costs — helping wastewater plants modernize aeration for a smarter, more sustainable future.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

What D.C.'s Algal Bloom Reveals About A Growing Water Threat

When bright green water appeared in the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, it drew national attention and sparked political finger-pointing. The culprit: cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that can produce toxins harmful to people, pets, and wildlife.

U.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework As Droughts Become More Severe And Unpredictable

Team Looking To Tap Underground 'Thermal Batteries' To Cool AI Data Centers And Save Water

Xylem And Gross-Wen Technologies Announce Commercial Partnership To Advance Industrial Wastewater Treatment Solutions

De Nora Completes The Acquisition Of BW Water

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The factory-built ADDIGEST is an aerobic wastewater treatment system designed for both municipal and industrial applications. The trade name ADDIGEST is derived from “add-on-digestion” and attests to the versatility of this system. 

 

Driving PFAS Action: Why Communities Can't Wait Until 2031

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Water Quality Monitoring Systems Helping Utilities Deliver Safer Water

Safe drinking water has long been water utilities' core purpose. Today, however, that job is infinitely more complex. Climate change, infrastructure aging, industrial pollution, emerging contaminants, and more regulatory pressures require utilities to reassess every point at which they measure water quality in their treatment and distribution systems.

 

How Risk Management Can Build More Resilient Utilities

From rapidly evolving cyber threats and extreme weather patterns to regulatory pressures and emerging contaminants, modern water and wastewater utilities are facing an unprecedented era of growing risks. To navigate these challenges, forward-thinking organizations are adopting structured risk assessment frameworks that support long-term resilience rather than reactive emergency response.

 

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