Newsletter | May 19, 2025

05.19.25 -- Groundwater Extraction Is Sinking Major Cities

IN THIS ISSUE:

Source & Drinking Water Treatment

Distribution & Collection Systems

Wastewater Treatment

Utility Management

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SOURCE & DRINKING WATER TREATMENT

A Simple And Affordable Way To Prevent Hazardous Chemical Mixing In Commercial Aquatics

Chemical feed pumps are an essential component in ensuring the safety of water in public pools and other aquatics facilities, by dosing the optimum amount of chemical to achieve and maintain the correct water chemistry and comply with municipal health departments.

Schwenksville Borough Authority In Pennsylvania Turns To De Nora SORB 33A For Arsenic Removal

A small treatment plant was looking for the most economic solution to treat water and needed a product with a longer life expectancy. Learn why they turned to De Nora's SORB 33A media. 

Comparison Of Ultra-Low-Range Total Chlorine Residual Limits Of Detection And Quantitation Across The Water Industry

Limits of Detection and Quantitation are key to understanding analytical instrumentation capabilities, especially when non-optimal process control can lead to damage of sensitive equipment due to insufficiently accurate readings.

Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority Uses Powdered Activated Carbon To Ensure High Quality Drinking Water

Founded in 1982, Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority supplies drinking water to a region of approximately one million people living south of Tampa Bay in DeSoto, Charlotte, Sarasota, and Manatee Counties. Its surface water treatment plant draws water from the Peace River to a reservoir and treats it to drinking water standards at the rate of about 31 MGD.

DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION SYSTEMS

Optimizing Pump Systems Through Retrofitting

For aging pump systems, a full replacement is not always practical or cost-effective. In such cases, retrofitting offers a compelling alternative, breathing new life into existing infrastructure.

Maximizing Solids-Handling Performance Of Municipal, Commercial, And Industrial Pumps

The rise in the use of disposable wipes and other non-dispersible debris is driving the need for more efficient handling of solids in pumps at municipal lift stations and wastewater treatment plant headworks.

Smyrna Gets Ahead Of Lead

Smyrna, Georgia, saves millions of dollars and becomes the “poster child” of successful LCRR compliance.

Strategic Valve Insertion Prevents Widespread Shutdown At Military Facility

Learn how a military installation used an Insta-Valve insertion valve to repair a water leak, minimizing disruption and costs. Hydra-Stop's support was valued in maintaining military readiness.

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT

How To Optimize Your Grinder

While grinders have a reputation for being an install-and-forget technology, they can still be optimized and maintained for peak performance.

City Of Warren, MI, Installs Promag W For Waste-Activated Sludge Application

The City of Warren Water Recovery Facility in Michigan treats and protects the waters of the state. Read the full case study to learn how the City of Warren Water Recovery Facility has been able to attain accurate data at a high repeatability rate since the installation of the Promag W unrestricted mounting 0 x DN electromagnetic flow meter.

Winery Becomes California's Most Eco-Friendly With Advanced Biological Treatment And Nutrient Removal

The TITAN MBR helped a winery become the first ever to earn a LEED Platinum Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for new construction in 2018.

Start-Up And Operating Tips For Jet Aeration Systems

Jet aeration systems are extremely efficient due to their high alpha factor and clean water oxygen transfer performance. Proper start-up, operation, and maintenance will ensure reliable service and a long life.

UTILITY MANAGEMENT

A Lifecycle Cost Analysis Can Prevent Financial Woes: Choosing Your Community Wastewater System

Straight pipes, failed drain fields, polluted lakes, out-of-compliance discharge permits, and several other indicators of wastewater management issues are widespread throughout Iowa’s rural communities.

Cybersecurity: Defend Your Data To Reap The Rewards Of Going Digital

Unlike traditional IT environments that are regularly upgraded, factories can operate with legacy systems that weren’t designed to cope with evolving security threats. Integrating new digital technologies with this existing infrastructure can create complex security landscapes, making vulnerabilities difficult to identify and guard against.

Navigating Troubled Waters: 5 Challenges To Water Utility Profitability

Water utilities are the unsung heroes of modern society, providing us with the lifeline of clean and safe water. However, they face a barrage of challenges that threaten their efficiency, profitability, and, by extension, the sustainability of this vital service.

Metering-as-a-Service — A Revolutionary Approach To Advance The Water Industry

Metering-as-a-Service (MaaS) provides a means for utilities to transition to, or upgrade existing, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with no up-front cost and immediate ROI.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Groundwater Extraction Is Sinking Major Cities

From New York to Los Angeles, cities in the U.S. are sinking. According to a recent study, all of the 28 most populous cities are sinking to some degree — mainly caused by massive ongoing groundwater extraction.

Advanced Technologies Enable Reuse Of 18.1 Billion Cubic Meters Of Water

New Jersey American Water And Salem City Celebrate Groundbreaking Of New Water Infrastructure And PFAS Treatment System

USG Water Solutions Named California Rural Water Association's Preferred Provider of the Year

Veolia Technology To Transform San Francisco Wastewater Into Local, Decarbonized Energy Source

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Pile Cloth Media Filtration Pilot System

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STEPSCREEN Fine Bar Screen

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Huber Technology, Inc.

Earthquake Joint System

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AMERICAN - American Cast Iron Pipe Company

High Level Ozone Test Kit

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Pinnacle Ozone Solutions

Collect, Manage, And Store Data With Temetra

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Itron

Aclara RF Network Sewer Monitoring Solution

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