Newsletter | April 29, 2025

04.29.25 -- New PFAS Treatment Framework Released; U.S. Confronts Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs

IN THIS ISSUE:

Proactive WWTP Design And Innovation Improves Health Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Unclogged: Exploring The Evolution Of Grinder Pumps With Axial Cutters

How The Industry Can Take On Wipes In The Waste Stream – And Win: Part 2

Recycling Dairy Farm Wastewater For Irrigation Purposes By Using ABF Filters

Chloramination Monitoring And Control

Rural Water District Leverages Digital Solutions

Bringing Data Together To Turn Insight Into Action

A Fairy Tale Ending At A Pump Station

PFAS Treatment: Tackling "Forever Chemicals" In Our Environment

AWWA And ASDWA Release New PFAS Treatment Framework

Do You Think Your CCTV Assessment Is "Unbiased?"

America Confronts Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Unclogged: Exploring The Evolution Of Grinder Pumps With Axial Cutters

Explore the V2 Series Grinder campaign, and its advanced features, improved efficiency, durability, and innovation in grinding technology for enhanced industrial and commercial applications.

Recycling Dairy Farm Wastewater For Irrigation Purposes By Using ABF Filters

In order to use pond water for irrigation, a filtration system was required with the ability to handle high loads of suspended solids as well as the suspended organic loads from the pond. Learn how Amiad supplied a solution.

Proactive WWTP Design And Innovation Improves Health Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Read about the $568-million, decade-long upgrade of a Water Pollution Control Plant that would expand the plant’s capacity from 30–40 MGD, while also reducing nitrogen and phosphorus to the limit of technology.

How The Industry Can Take On Wipes In The Waste Stream – And Win: Part 2

This is the second installment of a three-part series examining wipes in the waste stream. The first installment looked specifically at the growth of disposable wipes usage within the last decade. Now we’ll look at the public outreach campaigns and some of the ways pump manufacturers are adjusting their technology to try to reduce or prevent wipes-related clogging.   

Do You Think Your CCTV Assessment Is "Unbiased?"

Improper inspection can lead to inefficient repair methods, having you spend too much or too little to create a longer-lasting, impactful reduction in infiltration to your sewer collection system. At the very least, it creates the worst thing of all: distrust for the entire study. 

Rural Water District Leverages Digital Solutions

Discover how Qatium seamlessly integrated with RWD4's existing SCADA system, enhancing real-time decision-making and operational insights.

PFAS Treatment: Tackling "Forever Chemicals" In Our Environment

This guide delves into the history, widespread applications, and evolving strategies to understand and mitigate the impacts of PFAS on health and ecosystems.

Bringing Data Together To Turn Insight Into Action

What tools are available to help water utilities effectively store, manage, and make sense of the data over time?

A Fairy Tale Ending At A Pump Station

When the Otay River Pump Station had a floating blanket of grease problem, they turned to the Vaughan Chopper Pump to help eliminate it — while also being a cost-effective solution.

Chloramination Monitoring And Control

Since the EPA has established that, together with free chlorine, monochloramine is a primary disinfectant, it has been possible to implement the process more intensively. Water that is treated with monochloramine has, depending on the source of the water, fewer problems concerning taste and odor than water treated with free chlorine.

INDUSTRY NEWS

AWWA And ASDWA Release New PFAS Treatment Framework

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA), in collaboration with Black & Veatch, recently released its PFAS Treatment Evaluation: Framework for Approaching Permit Plan Approval.

IDTechEx Covers Growing PFAS Regulations

Decades Of Satellite Imagery Reveal New Insights Into River Mobility

Missoula Water Advances Leak Detection After Rigorous Competition

Canadian Demand Highlights EasyMining's Phosphorus Technology

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

PFAS Removal: A Sustainable Solution

Discover how Calgon Carbon's proprietary reactivation process removes PFAS below current detectable levels, eradicating a once-thought "forever chemical." 

Brochure: WRT Portable Exchange Systems (PES) For Radium And Uranium Removal

WRT's processes are an effective and environmentally responsible choice you can make for removing radium and uranium from drinking water and the community.

X-PELLER Non-Clog Pump Impeller Brochure

Specifically designed for applications with high volumes of consumer flushables, the X-PELLER impeller even works well in low flow conditions. The X-PELLER impeller was designed for vacuum primed and flooded suction Smith & Loveless pumps 4” (100 mm), 6” (150 mm), and 8” (200 mm). 

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

America Confronts Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs

The focus on water is extreme in almost every state in America. The most critical issues tend to be water resources, aging water treatment plants, flood control, aging dam structures, and leaking water pipelines. These types of projects are usually expensive, but the good news is that there is still federal funding available.

How Water Industry Privatization Failure Is Harming UK's Climate Goals

Whether it’s the astronomical energy bills, inadequate flood defence systems putting entire villages underwater, or the record levels of sewage rendering our fresh waterways no-go zones, Britain is now waking up to the harsh realities of outsourcing its utilities to private companies that exist purely to make a profit.

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