Newsletter | May 29, 2025

05.29.25 -- NOAA Warns Of Busy Hurricane Season Ahead; New Material Harvests Water From Air

IN THIS ISSUE:

Decreasing Lifecycle Costs: Don't Lose Dollars Chasing After Cents

The Importance Of Pilot Testing Capital Investments For Wastewater Treatment Plants

16 Years Of The Octave: A Legacy Of Leadership In Ultrasonic Water Measurement

Gas vs. Liquid Measurement: A New Phase Of H2S Management

Automatic Rinse Tank Controls

Demineralize Water Production In A Power Plant

Aspen Pharmacare Relies On Swan's Online TOC Measurement

Understanding Sustained Efficiency In Non-Clog Pumps

Ensuring Accuracy And Reliability In Connecting Water Sensors To Cloud Platforms

Engineers Discover A New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water From Air

How To Get Acoustic Leak Detection For The Price Of An AMI Meter

NOAA's 2025 Hurricane Forecast Warns Of A Busy Season — A Storm Scientist Explains Why

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FEATURED ARTICLES

The Importance Of Pilot Testing Capital Investments For Wastewater Treatment Plants

By providing valuable data and insights, pilot tests enable facilities to make informed decisions, optimize their operations, and mitigate risks associated with new technologies.

Gas vs. Liquid Measurement: A New Phase Of H2S Management

This application note explores how an exclusive sensor has created entirely new ways to address hydrogen-sulfide concerns.

Decreasing Lifecycle Costs: Don't Lose Dollars Chasing After Cents

This article explores some of the best practices to ensure overall station reliability, i.e., “total station efficiency,” in order to keep operating costs and downtime at a minimum.

Understanding Sustained Efficiency In Non-Clog Pumps

This white paper will provide a review of pump efficiency and the benefit of self-cleaning hydraulics in wastewater pumping. 

How To Get Acoustic Leak Detection For The Price Of An AMI Meter

Whatever number a utility estimates as its non-revenue-water (NRW) loss rate, the willingness to address it is often inversely proportional to the cost of doing so. Now, leak detection options that include acoustic monitoring as a built-in feature of residential water meter replacement are cutting the costs and complexity of identifying NRW losses and recapturing lost revenues.

16 Years Of The Octave: A Legacy Of Leadership In Ultrasonic Water Measurement

The Octave Ultrasonic Meter is celebrating 16 years of trusted service, and it’s more than a product milestone. It’s a recognition of the thousands of utilities that have embraced smart water management and chosen a path of long-term value.

Automatic Rinse Tank Controls

Proper rinsing is one of the most important steps in quality manufacturing or metal finishing. Plenty of low cost, good quality water for rinsing has been available in the past, so rinse water conservation has been largely ignored.

Demineralize Water Production In A Power Plant

A power company was concerned with the in-line ultrasonic flow meter that was showing unstable results. Learn about the solution that they chose to address this issue. 

Aspen Pharmacare Relies On Swan's Online TOC Measurement

For Aspen France, the low maintenance and high reliability of Swan's AMI LineTOC monitors resulted in several installations. Hear from an Aspen utilities manager about the benefits of online measurement. 

Navigating The Flow: Ensuring Accuracy And Reliability In Connecting Water Sensors To Cloud Platforms

Utilities can leverage advanced technologies to make monitoring and maintenance easier for operators to execute with fewer advanced skills, while reducing manpower and increasing the life of equipment.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Engineers Discover A New Class of Materials That Passively Harvest Water From Air

A serendipitous observation in a lab has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in pores, and release it onto surfaces without the need for any external energy.

EPA Reinforces Alignment Of Clean Water Act Section 401 With 'Powering The Great American Comeback' Initiative

Nanostone Launches CUF|ShieldPlus To Solve Semiconductor Industry's Toughest Wastewater Challenges

EPA Partners With City Of Albany To Replace Lead Service Lines

Water Policy Leader Kathryn Sorensen To Keynote American Water Works Association Annual Conference

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NanoSORB Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Brochure

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2200 Series MEGALUG Mechanical Joint Restraint

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FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

NOAA's 2025 Hurricane Forecast Warns Of A Busy Season — A Storm Scientist Explains Why And What Meteorologists Are Watching

Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other forecasters release preseason outlooks for the Atlantic’s hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30. But how do they know what’s likely to happen months in the future?

CERCLA And PFAS: What's The Liability For Water And Wastewater Utilities?

Federal rules aim to target those liable but may miss the mark. Utilities can redirect the effort — and costs — to those truly responsible for PFAS contamination.

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