Newsletter | February 4, 2025

02.04.25 -- Takeaways From The L.A. Wildfires; A Better Approach To Mitigating Algal Blooms

IN THIS ISSUE:

Using Variable Frequency Drives To Consistently Improve Pump Performance

How Pipeline Monitoring Transforms A Smart Water City

Accuracy And Reliability With A High Solid Content Slurry

A New Master Lift Station Comes Into Service For Natchitoches, LA

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

The Benefits Of Water Mixing

Demineralize Water Production In A Power Plant

Water Management Tips For Natural Disasters

Devising A Unique Dewatering System In A No-Room-For-Error Bypass Project

Researchers Discover Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Alternative That Causes Less Pollution

Mitigating Sewage Overflow Risks With Reliable Backup Pump Solutions

What Should Water Utilities Take Away From The L.A. Wildfires?

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FEATURED ARTICLES

How Pipeline Monitoring Transforms A Smart Water City

Learn about Smart Water Cities, a forward-thinking approach that leverages advanced information and communication technologies like Big Data and AI to monitor and manage urban water systems in real time.

A New Master Lift Station Comes Into Service For Natchitoches, LA

The oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase, Natchitoches currently has a population of approximately 20,000 people. An old town means old infrastructure, so a project to upgrade the city’s master lift station was recently set into motion.

Using Variable Frequency Drives To Consistently Improve Pump Performance

In clean water pumping applications that experience variable demands throughout the day, efficiently sizing and running pumps through their daily cycle requires a delicate balance in process design.

Accuracy And Reliability With A High Solid Content Slurry

Burnett Lime Co. Inc., a leader in industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment pH control, approached Pulsafeeder for a solution to a problem they were encountering in a key point of their process.

Does Grinding Create Microplastics?

Some industry professionals have concluded eliminating the use of grinders will prevent microplastics from entering the water cycle. This thinking is wrong for a range of reasons.

Increased Quality, Less Stratification, Ice Prevention: The Benefits Of Water Mixing

Specializing in water infrastructure maintenance and asset management, USI conducts water storage tank inspections, cleaning, mixing, repairs, renovations, and maintenance. But in order for USI to maintain and fix tanks, they have to understand the problem.

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. 

Devising A Unique Dewatering System In A No-Room-For-Error Bypass Project

Xylem Rental Solutions engineered an affordable and functional temporary bypass system to keep water out of a sedimentation basin so crews could erect a weir to reduce the potential for carbon discharge into the Niagara River.

Water Management Tips For Natural Disasters

Remote water shut-off valves and preemptive planning enable municipalities to protect water infrastructure and respond effectively during natural disasters, ensuring public safety and service continuity.

Mitigating Sewage Overflow Risks With Reliable Backup Pump Solutions

A self-starting backup pump combines the pump and power in a single package, providing 100% redundancy plus additional capacity when needed, all without relying on generators or external power sources.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers Discover Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation Alternative That Causes Less Pollution

A research team at Clarkson University recently published a study about a plant-based alternative to traditional chemical methods of combating harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Lee M. Zeldin Sworn In As 17th EPA Administrator

Advanced Drainage Systems Hosts Groundbreaking For $30M World-Class Recycling Facility Expansion In Cordele, Georgia

Impact Investment Manager, WaterEquity, Appoints Aleem Remtula To Head Private Equity And Infrastructure Investments

Taking The Heat Off: Bulldog Diving LLC Allows Energy Plant To Minimize Time Offline For Required Maintenance

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

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OPTIFLUX 4040 C Electromagnetic Flow Meter Datasheet

OPTIFLUX 4040 C is an electromagnetic flow meter in 2-wire technology with the dynamics, reliability, and accuracy of a 4-wire EMF. OPTIFLUX 4040 C is suitable for steady or pulsating flows.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

What Should Water Utilities Take Away From The L.A. Wildfires?

As Los Angeles struggles with one of the worst wildfires in history, all eyes are on the region’s (and, arguably, the nation’s) water infrastructure. Should California’s water infrastructure have been better prepared to handle the unprecedented demand? Water utilities nationwide are wondering what the turn of events means for them.

Lake Stewards Fight To Preserve The Lake Lifestyle

For generations, Americans have embraced the lake lifestyle, a way of life centered around the beauty, recreation, and tranquility of our nation's lakes. Regrettably, this cherished lifestyle faces significant risk from eutrophication, a process where excess nutrients from fertilizers, septic systems, and stormwater runoff inundate lakes.

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