05.22.25 -- Rural Vs. Urban Fight Against PFAS; EPA Lifts Flint's Emergency Order

Join Qatium’s webinar and discover how digital twins are revolutionizing water utilities. Learn practical strategies to quickly implement digital twin technology, whether using existing models or starting from scratch. Explore real-world applications like leak detection, virtual shutdown planning, and optimized flushing to boost efficiency, resilience, and service quality. Click here to learn more.

The water utility industry is transitioning to wireless smart meters, creating opportunities for small to medium-sized utilities. Cloud-based applications offer automation, data management, and remote access, providing billing solutions, water usage monitoring, and safety tools.

As outlined in earlier articles, increasing public awareness or even seeking legal action are potential tools to help municipalities gain control of the wipes problem. However, many agencies have seen that these strategies are not completely effective in the long term, and they must also employ new technologies to permanently deal with the wipes epidemic.

Discover why the City of Juneau chose to license ePulse, an acoustic velocity (AV) testing technology by Echologics, to non-invasively provide critical condition assessment information and simultaneously check for leaks using their own utility staff to collect field data. 

A sugar processing facility was experiencing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) odor issues in their process water stabilization ponds due to anaerobic conditions.

More companies offer mechanized grit removal systems and services than ever before, underscoring the increasing grit removal focus in the industry. The rising application of membrane bioreactors (MBRs), specialized pumping equipment, and fine bubble diffusers in wastewater treatment plant infrastructure require protective equipment up front to maximize service life and operation.

Butler Water Treatment Plant (WTP), located in Missouri, receives its influent from a surface water impoundment fed from Butler Lake, Maris de Cygenes River, and Miami Creek. Following treatment, it provides potable water to over 300 businesses, 4 schools, 4100 residents, and 4 other public water supply districts.

Properly deployed, predictive machine learning can bridge gaps, accelerating the work of modernizing our water systems in an explainable manner that makes the best use of our scarce resources.

Learn how configurable standardized design provides efficient solution for contaminant removal. 

The City of Atlanta faced a critical problem in 2013 when the city’s Nancy Creek Tunnel failed due to years of sediment buildup.

Discover how the SL-Rat program realized over $51,000 in crew labor and financial savings, while reducing the risk of sanitary sewer maintenance issues, for the town of Oakland, Maine.

Wastewater treatment plants provide a critical service to our communities. WWTP systems operate continuously and equipment must be completely reliable and sustainable. Kaeser delivers exceptional air system solutions for wastewater treatment operations that are engineered for long life and continuous energy savings.

Eight years ago, Newport News started having discussions about moving away from reading their mechanical, manually-read meters every other month to go to monthly billing. Knowing they did not have adequate staffing to handle that task, the department decided to outsource its meter reading responsibilities to a third party.

In this episode of Water Talk, Hubbell's Tyler Simpson discusses the challenges facing the water industry, which include aging infrastructure, workforce changes, evolving systems, and expanding distribution networks.