Newsletter | July 21, 2026

07.21.26 -- A Utility Manager's Guide To AI Training; New Solution To The PFAS Problem

IN THIS ISSUE:

Water Loss Control For Small Water Systems

Optimizing pH Control In Biomanufacturing

How The Digital Journey Leads To Efficient, Data-Enhanced Pump Station Management

Pre-Rinsed Vessel Swaps And Packaged Skids Simplify PFAS Treatment For Small Well Sites

Protecting Power Station Performance With Gap-Free Conductivity Monitoring Data

Mixing Made Easy For Low Energy Lakes, Ponds, And Lagoons

Managing Multiple Water Systems? It Doesn't Have To Be A Guessing Game

California Dreamin'? Pilot Study Makes Treating Arsenic, Manganese, And Iron A Reality

4 Treatment Plant Budget Busters To Avoid

New Solution To The PFAS Problem

How to Improve Dewatering And Thickening Performance

Building The Augmented Operator: A Manager's Guide To Training For AI-Powered Utility

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Accelerating Innovation And Trust In Water Treatment

The water sector cautiously adopts new technologies, making rapid growth rare for emerging treatment platforms. In this episode of The Water Online Show, AMS Ltd. CEO Rick Bacon explores scaling advanced water treatment solutions and building market trust.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Optimizing pH Control In Biomanufacturing With Pulsafeeder NextStep Pump

Precise pH control is critical in biomanufacturing processes to ensure product quality, consistency, and safety. This application note explores the challenges of pH management across bioprocessing stages and introduces Pulsafeeder’s NextStep pump as a reliable solution for accurate chemical dosing and process stability.

Pre-Rinsed Vessel Swaps And Packaged Skids Simplify PFAS Treatment For Small Well Sites

Small well sites face unique challenges in meeting new PFAS standards. Solutions emphasize simplicity and speed, with pre-rinsed vessel swaps and modular, packaged systems reducing downtime and complexity for resource-limited utilities.

Water Loss Control For Small Water Systems

Without leak detection equipment, or the ability to contract out this service due to budgetary constraints, many small utilities must rely on customer complaints or visible surface leaks to identify problems, which is far from an efficient approach.

How The Digital Journey Leads To Efficient, Data-Enhanced Pump Station Management

With a comprehensive digital approach, operators can gain a new level of control over pumps and pump stations that can have a significant impact on not only these assets.

Protecting Power Station Performance With Gap-Free Conductivity Monitoring Data

For some instruments, downtime is necessary while service operations are undertaken. Swan Analytical Instruments has developed technology for power and industrial water/steam monitoring systems to enable uninterrupted operation.

Mixing Made Easy For Low Energy Lakes, Ponds, And Lagoons

Landlocked, shallow bodies of water such as recreational ponds, irrigation, drinking water and animal waste lagoons have a major problem with flow. The only natural methods of movement in these bodies of water are the slight Coriolis Effect of the earth and wind.

4 Treatment Plant Budget Busters To Avoid

Municipalities work diligently to produce quality drinking water and meet strict wastewater treatment regulatory standards while managing expenses. Advanced technologies allow utilities to gather actionable information and strategically offset deficiencies.

California Dreamin'? Pilot Study Makes Treating Arsenic, Manganese, And Iron A Reality

A pilot study was conducted for arsenic, manganese, and iron treatment system at a well site. The onsite pilot test demonstrated the performance of the Loprest Water Treatment Company treatment process.

Managing Multiple Water Systems? It Doesn't Have To Be A Guessing Game

Managing multiple water systems can be complex and challenging. That’s why 120Water created the 1-to-many digital solution, PWS Insights, to give those managing multiple systems one place to view all of their data and quickly take action.

How to Improve Dewatering And Thickening Performance While A Facility Is Under Construction?

When infrastructure upgrades force system shutdowns, mobile rental treatment systems can maintain continuous sludge processing. Discover how specialized conditioning technology increased dry cake solids to 23% and lowered polymer consumption to secure six-figure operational savings.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

New Solution To The PFAS Problem

Researchers are using two new processes to break down PFAS: hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion.

Roadless Rule Helps Protect Clean Drinking Water For 25 Million Americans, New Study Shows

Engineered Biochar Could Turn Biomass Waste Into Safer, More Effective Tools For Cleaning Wastewater

KROHNE To Showcase PipePatrol Pipeline Monitoring Solutions At International Pipeline Expo 2026

Pennsylvania American Water Awarded PENNVEST Funding Totaling $64+ Million

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

AquaNereda Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology System

The AquaNereda Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology is an innovative wastewater treatment technology that provides advanced biological treatment using the unique features of aerobic granular biomass.

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Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.

 

 

Valve Vaults

Gorman-Rupp's Valve Vaults are compact, weather- and vandal-resistant custom engineered systems ready to perform a variety of valve functions.

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Gorman-Rupp Pumps

 

 

TSS Portable Hand-Held Turbidity, Suspended Solids, And Sludge Level System

The Hach TSS Portable Hand-held Turbidity, Suspended Solids, and Sludge Blanket Level Instrument's unique multi-beam alternating light method with infrared diode system gives it a broad measuring range for both turbidity and suspended solids in one portable handheld instrument.

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Hach

 

 

AquaControl Water IoT Platform

AquaControl provides leak and burst protection, full submetered billing support, and remote water actuation through its smart connected valve. Aquana captures unit-level consumption, uses flow analysis and contact sensors to detect anomalies, and provides automated shutoff before serious damage occurs.

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Geospace

 

 

Submersible A Series Wastewater Pumps

Over 60 years of experience in the design and manufacturing of submersible pumps, plus uncompromising attention to quality with ISO9001 compliance, ensure the utmost reliability and long service life of all HOMA products.

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HOMA Pump Technology

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

 

2nd Generation ATAD System Improves Capacity While Producing Odor-Free Biosolids

Upgrade wastewater operations with automated aerobic digestion. This advanced process increases capacity and ensures stable temperature control for Class A compliance, producing odor-free biosolids and efficient nitrogen removal to meet strict environmental standards and community expectations.

 

OPTIMASS 7400 Coriolis Mass Flowmeter Datasheet

The OPTIMASS 7400 is the only sensor for mass flow with a single straight measuring tube that is available in Titanium, Stainless Steel, Hastelloy® or Tantalum.

 

Aerzen Rental Solutions Brochure

Aerzen Rental provides best-in-class packages engineered for aggressive rental environments with on board VFDs, remote monitoring, and outdoor builds with sound attenuating enclosure as standard. From rental units for immediate deployment in the event of a production failure or shortfall, to longer term operational leasing and rent to own, Aerzen Rental is your expert partner.

PRODUCT FOCUS

4-12 Inch Insta-Valve 250 Insertion Valve - Hydra-Stop From Pentair

SIR-110-HP (PFAS Removal) - ResinTech

OpenFlows Sewer - Bentley Systems

BIOCOS - World Water Works, Inc.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

Building The Augmented Operator: A Manager's Guide To Training For AI-Powered Utility

As water and wastewater utilities expand SCADA, advanced analytics, and AI, managers must prepare operators to turn those signals into reliable operational decisions. The goal is not to replace certified professionals but to build an augmented workforce that can supervise automation, question model outputs, and protect treatment performance.

 

Modernizing Water Distribution Systems With Advanced Metering Infrastructure

The use of smart water meter systems or AMI has emerged as the vital element in a water network upgrade program, using two-way communications to relay near-real-time information on water usage, pressure variations, leak events, and usage patterns between smart meters and the utility.

 

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