Newsletter | October 1, 2026

10.01.26 -- How Does Reuse Fit Into Your Water Management Strategy?

IN THIS ISSUE:

Why Ductile Iron Pipe Is the Smart Choice for Tapping, Repairs, And Field Adaptability

Vassar WWTP Eliminates Rags To Protect Equipment, Biosolids Quality

2nd Generation ATAD Provides High Quality Biosolids With Increased Capacity

When It Rains, It Pours: Why Stormwater Compliance Is Harder Than It Looks

Optimize Performance With A Multi-Barrier Approach

Sample Collection And Storage: Protecting Water Quality Results From The Start

Supporting Healthcare With Reliable Solutions - The NextStep Advantage

Proactively Managing Community Response With Customer Request Sampling

What To Know Before You Invest In New Headworks Equipment

Fish Gill-Inspired Aerogel Tackles Long-Standing Issue In Solar Desalination

ENVIRO-AIRE Enables RV Park Expansion & Reduces Maintenance

How Does Reuse Fit Into Your Water Management Strategy?

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Vassar WWTP Eliminates Rags To Protect Equipment, Biosolids Quality

The Vassar wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Michigan confronted persistent challenges from non-dissolvable solids by adopting Duperon's Dual Auger System (DAS) to address these issues effectively.

When It Rains, It Pours: Why Stormwater Compliance Is Harder Than It Looks

Municipal stormwater programs face complex oversight across widespread construction sites and discharge points. Transitioning from paper logs to mobile digital inspections streamlines field reporting, clarifies site histories, and ensures continuous environmental protection.

Why Ductile Iron Pipe Is the Smart Choice for Tapping, Repairs, And Field Adaptability

Discover why ductile iron pipe outperforms plastic for tapping, repairs, and long-term adaptability—delivering superior safety, strength, and reliability for modern water infrastructure.

2nd Generation ATAD Provides High Quality Biosolids With Increased Capacity

Modernize solids handling with automated aerobic digestion to manage rapid community growth. This high-rate process increases capacity, ensures Class A compliance, and significantly reduces disposal costs while providing odor-free operations through advanced nutrient and off-gas management.

When Granular Activated Carbon Isn't Enough: Optimize Performance With A Multi-Barrier Approach

Learn why GAC alone may fall short in PFAS treatment — and how utilities can future-proof performance with multi-barrier strategies that tackle short-chain compounds, regulatory shifts, and rising operational risks.

Sample Collection And Storage: Protecting Water Quality Results From The Start

Flawless analytical procedures mean little if samples are compromised before testing. Discover how proper container selection, representative collection techniques, and rigorous preservation protocols prevent pre-analysis error to ensure defensible, accurate water quality results.

Supporting Healthcare With Reliable Solutions - The NextStep Advantage

In critical healthcare environments, water sanitation is non-negotiable. When a hospital’s chlorine dosing system began failing, Pulsafeeder’s NextStep pump was selected to restore reliability and ensure patient safety. This case study outlines the challenges faced, the solution implemented, and the broader implications for healthcare facilities nationwide.

Village Of Lombard's Success Story: Proactively Managing Community Response With Customer Request Sampling

How one utility got ahead of customer request sampling instead of falling behind on it.

What To Know Before You Invest In New Headworks Equipment

Successful headworks investments depend on understanding site needs, matching technology to application, evaluating total cost of ownership, and choosing vendors that prioritize long-term performance and reliable support.

ENVIRO-AIRE Enables RV Park Expansion & Reduces Maintenance

See how a 30,000 GPD ENVIRO-AIRE™ wastewater treatment plant helped a Texas campground expand operations with reliable, efficient, low-maintenance treatment.

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

Fish Gill-Inspired Aerogel Tackles Long-Standing Issue In Solar Desalination

As freshwater scarcity becomes more prevalent, solar evaporation is drawing attention as a promising solution. This process involves using sunlight to heat the surface of salty or contaminated water, causing it to turn into vapor that can then be collected as clean water as it condenses.

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Lower Murray River At Risk As Climate Change Cuts River Flows

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Research Team Studies Data From 2025 Floods To Prepare For Future Catastrophic Rainfall Events

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Single Landia Pump Savours Its Role For Top Quality Single Malt English Whisky

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Aclara RF Data Collection Unit

The Aclara RF Data Collection Unit’s (DCU2+) advanced design meets all the needs of electric, water, and gas utilities looking for an advanced communication backbone.

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HUBBELL INC.

 

 

Navigate PFAS With Confidence: Your Complete Guide To Mitigation Solutions

Xylem’s comprehensive PFAS Resource Guide is designed to help municipal and industrial water producers navigate the complex landscape of PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) mitigation.

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Xylem

 

 

WATERFLUX 3100 Electromagnetic Flowmeter

The WATERFLUX 3100 is an electromagnetic flowmeter (EMF) for all standard applications with raw, potable or abstraction water.

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KROHNE, Inc.

 

 

Allegro Technology By Master Meter

At Master Meter, we believe that a combination of different underlying communication technologies, which share a common endpoint design is a highly efficient and cost-effective approach.

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Master Meter, Inc.

 

 

HYMAX GRIP Elbow (4" - 12" 45 And 90 Degree)

HYMAX GRIP  joins and restrains a wide selection of pipes of different types and diameters, easily and reliably. Due to its patented design, it allows the joining of pipes of the same or different materials and diameters and preventing axial pipe movement.

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Mueller Water Products

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

 

15 Years Of Experience With Laminar Flow, Sludge Activating, And Lagoon Aeration

In 2010 a unique, patented wastewater lagoon aerator was introduced to the industry. The presentation will consist of a number of ‘proof statements’ showing successes of this new technology.

 

CHEM-FEED Plastic Duplex Skid System Datasheet

CHEM-FEED® lightweight dual pump plastic skid system features a drop in place design that’s fully loaded with the top quality components you'd expect. Compatible with a Blue-White pump of your choice.

 

Purolite™ Buffered Resins

Discover how buffered resin can reduce the effects of water chemistry changes.

FROM THE EDITOR

How Does Reuse Fit Into Your Water Management Strategy?

Whether an area is urban or rural, large or small, its water and wastewater treatment utilities face pressures ranging from supply scarcity and increasing operational costs to more stringent regulatory guidelines. These pressures have combined in recent years to shift the conversation around potable water reuse from a potential option to an increasingly important water management strategy.

 

FEATURED GUEST COLUMN

Managing Growth Under Water Constraints: What Utilities Can Learn From Industrial Water Users

As communities and industries compete for finite water supplies, utilities are looking for strategies that support economic growth while reducing pressure on existing resources.

 

PRODUCT FOCUS

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Industrial Blower Packages - Kaeser Compressors, Inc.

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Aquafine Avant Series - Trojan Technologies

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RentEZ 4" To 12" EZ Valve - Henkel

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AOS Advanced Oxidation System - BioLargo Inc

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