Newsletter | January 12, 2024

01.12.24 -- How Vulnerable Is Freshwater To Climate Change?

IN THIS ISSUE:

Source & Drinking Water Treatment

Utility Management

Wastewater Treatment

Industry News

Distribution & Collection Systems

Technology Showcase

SOURCE & DRINKING WATER TREATMENT

How To Handle Unexpected Contaminants In Water

Read why temporary water treatment systems may encounter new or unexpected contaminants that did not initially show up in samples and what businesses can do in response.

Water Quality Real-Time Analysis: Corrosion And Contaminant Detection Before It’s Too Late

This article will explain the benefits of process analytical technology (PAT), including how it can be used to detect and prevent corrosion and contamination.

Water For Life: ABB’s Measurement Technology Trailblazes Water Solution

In this case study, read about pioneering sustainable water supply with the world’s first dual mode desalination plant.

Disinfecting Drinking Water – Chlorination And Chlorine Testing

This article explores the water treatment process, with a specific focus on disinfection and how Palintest’s new Lumiso Expert photometer can ensure this process is managed efficiently.

UTILITY MANAGEMENT

Powerful SCADA System Contributes To Stable Supply Of Drinking Water And Sewage Management

Due to rapid industrial development and population growth in recent years, Bengaluru suffers from frequent water outages. Building a new Centralized SCADA Monitoring Center (CSMC) in Bengaluru was part of the city's plans to supply safe and clean water stably and to treat sewage appropriately for sanitation.

Are You Kicking Asset Management? A Self-Assessment

This self-assessment explores improving asset management strategies through a clear understanding of mission, values, and service obligations.

How Automated Monitoring Is Simplifying Infrastructure Management

Advanced automated monitoring systems offer a solution to software fatigue by providing a consolidated platform that presents understandable data and facilitates informed decision-making.

Connecting The Water Cycle: Bridging The Physical-Digital Gap

There are many reasons why an AMI system might fail, but more often than not it boils down to gaps in the physical-to-digital transition.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Diving In Deep: Do 30-Foot Aeration Tanks Make Sense For You?

Today’s aeration equipment has overcome past concerns regarding energy efficiency and operating lifespan which are making deep aeration tanks an ideal solution for select wastewater applications.

Fine Screening System: The More Intelligent Primary Clarifier

Due to rising prices for electricity and heat and the ever increasing costs for sludge disposal, sludge digestion is becoming interesting even for sewage treatment plants from design size 10,000 PE on.

How Industries Are Treating Their Wastewater

With such limited supplies of freshwater, the water we do use should be utilized to its fullest. Discover the ways that companies are finding to optimize their wastewater outputs.

A New, Cost-Efficient Way To De-Sludge Your Lagoon

Small towns all over the world utilize lagoons for treating their wastewater. Many rural industries also utilize lagoons for storm-water and wastewater treatment. While industrial plants may be able to pay for activated sludge treatment of one design or another, small municipalities simply do not have a choice in treating their small populations’ wastes.

DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION SYSTEMS

City Of Sacramento Uses Trimble Technology For Their Water Meter Reading Automation Program, ROI Realized Within Three Months

Read about how the DOU launched a multi-year Water Meter Reading Automation program to install the Badger Meter (Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which includes smart meters, a fixed communication network, software and meter deployment handhelds. 

Sulzer Dewatering Pumps Acclaimed By Pump Renter Neptune

Neptune required a partner who can provide reliable technical innovations and proven solutions in wastewater and dewatering. Learn why they chose Sulzer as a partner in this collaboration.

Specifying Performance Over Equipment Quickly Reduces THMs In Distribution System

Colorado Springs enjoys some of the highest quality drinking water in the country, with most of its water coming from high country snowmelt. Despite its pristine origin in the mountains, the water at the far end of the distribution system is prone to developing trihalomethanes (THMs) due to low turnover and high water age.

Importance Of Control Valve Training

By understanding how to implement a pressure management program, the amount of recoverable water losses can be staggering, as well as have a significant reduction in pipe breakages.

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

High Level Ozone Test Kit

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Pinnacle Ozone Solutions

Duplex Gravity Filter (DGF)

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Smith & Loveless, Inc.

Sewer Inspection Vans And Vehicles For Field Inspection

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IDEX Intelligent Water

XMTC Panametrics Thermal Conductivity Binary Gas Transmitter

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Panametrics, a Baker Hughes business

Turbimax CUS51D

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Endress+Hauser, Inc.

A New Monster to Get Cleaner Screenings

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JWC Environmental

INDUSTRY NEWS

Projections Reveal The Vulnerability Of Freshwater To Climate Change

Climate and land use changes are causing significant alterations in global terrestrial water storage, impacting extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, a Griffith University-led study has found.

A New Way To Swiftly Eliminate Micropollutants From Water

New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission To Consider Water Reuse Rule

EPA Finalizes Rule To Prevent Inactive PFAS From Reentering Commerce

How To Capture Water From Air

ABB Acquires Innovative Optical Sensor Company To Expand Smart Water Management Offering

CBS Evening News Anchor Norah O’Donnell To Headline AMWA’s 2024 Water Policy Conference

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