Newsletter | February 25, 2025

02.25.25 -- New Carbon-Based Materials Remove PFAS; Closing The Workforce Skills Gap On AI

IN THIS ISSUE:

Sustainable Solutions For Using GAC

Avoiding Unplanned Outages In Water Treatment

Building Trust: How Water Quality Monitoring Can Strengthen Consumer Relationships

Knowing The Biology Of This 88-Acre Lagoon Helped Design The Right Aeration System

Minimizing Aerated Wastewater Treatment System Servicing

AMI And Leak Detection Stops The Flow Of Non-Revenue Water

The Fifth Freedom: Redefining Utility Choice With WEAD by LeakZon

Sustainability And Safety Considerations For PFAS Removal

Advances In Online Colorimetric Analyzer Technology

Novel Carbon-Based Materials To Remove Hazardous 'Forever Chemicals' In Water

Wastewater Bioaugmentation To Combat The Cold Weather

Closing The Workforce Skills Gap On AI And Machine Learning At Water Utilities

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Avoiding Unplanned Outages In Water Treatment

Maintenance professionals within water and wastewater treatment facilities are as busy as ever. To keep up with growing demands on their time, they are always looking for ways to improve the reliability and maintenance requirements within their scope of responsibility.

Knowing The Biology Of This 88-Acre Lagoon Helped Design The Right Aeration System

Read about a project that aimed to increase dissolved oxygen concentrations of an 88-surface-acre coastal lagoon community. 

Wastewater Bioaugmentation To Combat The Cold Weather

By proactively addressing the impacts of cold weather with bioaugmentation, WWTPs can ensure optimal performance and environmental sustainability.

Thermal Reactivation Series: A Sustainable And Feasible Solution For Utilities Using GAC

GAC’s finite adsorption capacity poses challenges in meeting treatment objectives, including U.S. EPA regulatory limits.

Building Trust: How Water Quality Monitoring Can Strengthen Consumer Relationships

In order to reassure consumers that their water is clean and stay ahead of legitimate risks, many water utilities are turning to online water quality monitoring in the distribution system.

Minimizing Aerated Wastewater Treatment System Servicing

Reliability is especially important in the wastewater treatment sector. One is that the blowers have to dependably operate in conditions that are often very harsh.

AMI And Leak Detection Stops The Flow Of Non-Revenue Water

How are water utilities getting the deluge of real and apparent water losses under control? The City of Elmhurst, a stately suburb west of Chicago with a population of about 46,000 residents, is a case study on how one municipality took on the issue.

The Fifth Freedom: Redefining Utility Choice With WEAD by LeakZon

Discover how WEAD by LeakZon is designed not only to enhance your water network but to empower you with choice and control over your partnerships.

Sustainability And Safety Considerations For PFAS Removal

PFAS removal cartridges offer several health, safety, and sustainability advantages over bulk media systems.

Advances In Online Colorimetric Analyzer Technology

Recent technological developments now enable high-accuracy total phosphorus measurement in near real time, online, that reliably matches lab results.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Novel Carbon-Based Materials To Remove Hazardous 'Forever Chemicals' In Water

New research has emerged on the development of a novel membrane distillation system and an adsorbent (a substance that can trap chemicals on its surface) for the removal of hazardous PFAS.

Flood Risk On The Rise: Climate Change Causes More Persistent Heavy Rainfall

EPA Announces $147M WIFIA Loan To Increase Drinking Water Reliability In South Florida

Project Quench: Florida Utility Cuts Ribbon On Advanced Reclaimed Water Demonstration Facility

KROHNE Highlights Advanced Coriolis Flowmeter Technology For Precision Process Measurement

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

AdvanTex AX-RTUV Datasheet

Orenco’s AdvanTex AX-RT Treatment System is a single, complete, self-contained module that treats septic tank effluent to better than secondary standards with nitrogen reduction before discharging it by means of pump or gravity.

Lead Service Line And Leak Detection Services

M.E. Simpson offers custom solutions for lead service line and leak location services. Electro Scan offers three different services for leak detection and condition assessment: Trident, Swordfish, and Delta. These services are suitable for various pipe types and materials.

OPTIMASS 6400 Coriolis Mass Flowmeter Brochure

The OPTIMASS 6400 is the standard high performance Coriolis mass flow meter for the process industry. The twin bent tube meter offers superior performance and high accuracy in virtually any application.

FROM THE EDITOR

Closing The Workforce Skills Gap On Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning At Water Utilities

Although artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been talked about for years, the practical implementation of these technologies came fast and furious. Now, with their rapid growth across all industries, many are feeling overwhelmed — especially water workers. This Q&A explores how and why utilities should embrace AI and ML.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMN

A New Era For Water Management: Harnessing GIS Innovations And Collaboration For A Resilient Future

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are advancing the water sector in expected ways — resource planning and asset management — while also offering exciting, new opportunities.

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