Newsletter | November 3, 2026

11.03.26 -- On Election Day, Leaders Asked To Keep U.S. Water Infrastructure Top Of Mind

IN THIS ISSUE:

Using Operational Data To Prioritize Water Infrastructure Investments

Precision Control In The Aeration Basin: Flow-Based DO Stabilization

Upgrading An Existing UV System To Ensure Successful Wastewater Treatment

How Easley Combined Utilities Cut Sludge Handling Costs By One-Third

How Artificial Intelligence Is Democratizing Utility Intelligence

Accurate Measurement Of Sewage Flow Made Possible By Clamp-On Technology

Danville Lift Station Remains Clog-Free 1 Year After Pump Installation

Preparing Your Valves For Winter With Proactive Maintenance

PFAS-Selective Ion Exchange For Environmental Remediation: Compact, Targeted, And Field-Proven

England Needs 120% Of Normal Rainfall To Come Out Of Drought This Winter — Storms Won't Fix That Yet

Purdue Student Engineers Conquer Blue-White Assembly Challenge

On Election Day, Leaders Are Asked To Keep Nation's Water Infrastructure Top Of Mind

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FEATURED ARTICLES

How AI Is Democratizing Utility Intelligence

Explainable AI transforms utility data into actionable insights, enabling faster decisions, broader access to analytics, and greater value from AMI investments.

Accurate Measurement Of Sewage Flow Made Possible By Clamp-On Technology

Read about how Welsh Water sought innovative solutions, exploring clamp-on technology for accurate sewage flow measurement.

Precision Control In The Aeration Basin: Flow-Based DO Stabilization

Flow-based DO control and advanced blowers help stabilize aeration, reduce energy consumption, and improve treatment performance, turning a major wastewater cost center into an efficiency opportunity.

Using Operational Data To Prioritize Water Infrastructure Investments

Meter reads, pressure measurements, leak alerts, and maintenance records all provide valuable insight into system performance. The challenge for most utilities is that this information often exists in silos across multiple systems, making it difficult to connect individual data points and determine what requires attention first.

Upgrading An Existing UV System To Ensure Successful Wastewater Treatment In Washington State

Faced with aging equipment, a Washington state wastewater plant upgraded its disinfection system. The modern UV retrofit seamlessly installed into old infrastructure, ensuring continuous operation, accommodating future flow expansions, and delivering immediate municipal power savings.

Danville Lift Station Remains Clog-Free 1 Year After Pump Installation

A next-gen submersible pump eliminated clogging at a high-demand lift station, reducing maintenance, cutting costs, and delivering reliable, clog-free wastewater performance for over a year.

How Easley Combined Utilities Cut Sludge Handling Costs By One-Third

Discover how a municipal wastewater treatment plant reduced its overall sludge management expenses by one-third and improved daily operational efficiency by implementing an advanced thickening system to streamline solids management and reduce hauling logistics.

Purdue Student Engineers Conquer Blue-White Assembly Challenge

See how Purdue engineering students partnered with Blue-White to automate peristaltic pump tube assembly, improving consistency, efficiency, and earning a third-place design award.

Preparing Your Valves For Winter With Proactive Maintenance

As the cold weather sets in, water distribution and wastewater systems face increased stress, making it important to ensure critical components like valves are in peak condition.

PFAS-Selective Ion Exchange For Environmental Remediation: Compact, Targeted, And Field-Proven

Tighter PFAS limits demand reliable, compact treatment. Learn how selective ion exchange and smart pretreatment help hit low targets while extending resin life.

Illinois Water Treatment Plant Found Plenty Of Reasons To Switch Actuators

Lowest-bid actuators can turn a new filtration plant into a maintenance burden. One Illinois facility's repeated failures show why purchase price is only one part of critical valve equipment cost.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

On Election Day, Leaders Are Asked To Keep Nation's Water Infrastructure Top Of Mind

As voters head to the polls on November 3, Trust in Water is asking candidates and policymakers to make water infrastructure a top priority for 2027. The nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems are aging and underfunded in many places.

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PCL Construction Awarded $1 Billion Joint Venture For San Francisco Nutrient Reduction Project

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QUA Introduces Ready-To-Install MBR Technology For Decentralized Wastewater Treatment

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American Biogas Council Certifies 21 More Digester Operators, Expanding Expertise To Support Biogas Production

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Former Long-Time Smith & Loveless President And Water Industry Leader Robert L. Rebori Passes Away At 91

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Floor Washer System

The patent-pending Floor Washer System is the Foambuster nozzle/deflector, but with the deflector rotated from below the nozzle to above the nozzle. The system is particularly useful for attacking deposition problems in Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) tanks, storm collection tanks, equalization tanks, lift stations, and influent channels.

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Vaughan Company

 

 

Integrated Blower Packages

Kaeser has been a leader in creating fully packaged blower systems that are reliable, durable, energy-efficient, and simple to maintain. Our line of Com-paK blower packages set the standard in the blower industry.

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Kaeser Compressors, Inc.

 

 

BIOCOS

The BIOCOS activated sludge process is operated at a constant water level during the whole process cycle, and therefore represents a hybrid technology comprising features of continuous flow and SBR systems.

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World Water Works, Inc.

 

 

Coconut Shell Activated Carbon: A Green Technology

We are the only coconut shell carbon manufacturer to have attained ISO 14001, the globally accepted standard for environmental management. With the commitment of our entire organization, we have achieved the delicate balance the standard calls for: maintaining profitability while reducing environmental impact.

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Jacobi Carbons Inc.

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

 

GS1440 Sensor H2S Brochure

Meet your collection system and treatment plant needs with the new GS1440 and GS2440EX hydrogen sulfide sensors from Hach. Whether in water or air, you will have the direct H2S measurement you need to optimize your H2S treatment process and proactively control H2S before it causes issues.

 

Messing With Success: Aerzen's Hybrid Blowers

In this segment of Virtual Water Expo, Aerzen's Tom McCurdy walks us through current product service offerings, how they are designed, and how they may change in the future to further benefit customers.

 

How Cyble5 And Temetra Help Reduce Water Loss

See how Severn Trent is working with Itron to cut down on water waste and guide consumers toward smarter decisions. Thanks to timely and precise data, customers have the insights they need to make the most effective choices for their projects.

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England Needs 120% Of Normal Rainfall To Come Out Of Drought This Winter — Storms Won't Fix That Yet

Groundwater supplies much of the drinking water in southern and eastern England, but it fills slowly, over months and years. A hot summer is a big splurge with lots of withdrawals, but a dry winter means the deposits needed to repay that spending never arrive. That’s why a dry winter can do more damage to our water supplies than a heatwave.

 

PRODUCT FOCUS

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Pentair Fairbanks Nijhuis 1800, 2800, & 5800 Series Single-Stage Horizontal Split Case Pumps - Pentair

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CHEM-FEED Wall Mount Duplex Skid System CFWS-2 - Blue-White Industries

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Raini: Rapid AI Network Intelligence - Trinnex

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Kickstart Your Inventory Development With Free LCRR Planning Session - 120Water

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