Newsletter | March 19, 2026

03.19.26 -- The Next Wet-Wipes Problem?; Critical Infrastructure Fails The Way It's Funded

IN THIS ISSUE:

Digital Marketplaces In The Water Sector: A New Territory

Designing Wastewater Projects That Align With Multi-Year Capital Improvement Plans

When To Consider Repairing vs. Replacing Your Hydrants

Why You Should Replace Differential Pressure Transmitters With Radar

Oilfield Pollution In West Texas: Engineering Lessons For Groundwater Protection

Optimizing pH Control In Biomanufacturing With Pulsafeeder NextStep Pump

Efficient Carbon And Ion Exchange Media Exchange

Design Smarter, Operate Cheaper: The New Lifecycle Mindset For Pump And Lift Stations

Explaining AI: Differences Between LLMs And Machine Learning Models

The Next Wet-Wipes Problem? Improper Disposal Could Shed Microplastics

The Laser Advantage

Critical Infrastructure Fails The Way It's Funded

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From Reactive To Resilient: The Rise Of Enterprise Risk Management

In this episode of the Water Online Show, hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling welcome back Pam Elardo, Senior Director of Strategic Services at Brown and Caldwell, for a dynamic conversation about what’s truly reshaping the water sector in 2026.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Designing Wastewater Projects That Align With Multi-Year Capital Improvement Plans

Successful wastewater infrastructure requires aligning engineering decisions with long-term capital improvement cycles. By prioritizing phased adaptability and modular design, utilities can manage staged funding effectively while ensuring systems remain scalable for future regulatory and growth demands.

Why You Should Replace Differential Pressure Transmitters With Radar

Replacing DP transmitters with 80-GHz radar eliminates density errors, reduces maintenance, and simplifies installation — delivering safer, more reliable level measurement for modern wastewater systems.

Digital Marketplaces In The Water Sector: A New Territory

Digital marketplaces offer a modular approach to water management, enabling utilities to integrate specialized tools within a unified environment. This collaborative ecosystem democratizes innovation, streamlines technology adoption, and fosters more agile, data-driven operational strategies.

When To Consider Repairing vs. Replacing Your Hydrants

Fire hydrants stand as silent sentinels that need to spring into action at a moment's notice. However, as these crucial components of our cities age, a pressing question emerges: should utilities continue to repair aging hydrants, or is it time for a wholesale replacement?

Oilfield Pollution In West Texas: Engineering Lessons For Groundwater Protection And Advanced Oxidation

Legacy oilfield contamination requires advanced strategies to protect vital groundwater. Explore the technical challenges of subsurface remediation and how advanced oxidation processes provide a more effective pathway for destroying persistent hydrocarbons and restoring aquifer quality.

The Laser Advantage

High-resolution laser technology detects microscopic particles and subtle filtration breaches that traditional systems miss. By monitoring signal fluctuations and utilizing concentrated light sources, operators can achieve superior effluent accuracy and optimize filter run performance.

Optimizing pH Control In Biomanufacturing With Pulsafeeder NextStep Pump

Precise pH control is critical in biomanufacturing processes to ensure product quality, consistency, and safety. This application note explores the challenges of pH management across bioprocessing stages and introduces Pulsafeeder’s NextStep pump as a reliable solution for accurate chemical dosing and process stability.

Efficient Carbon And Ion Exchange Media Exchange

This document outlines the essential steps required to exchange spent media, including disposal of spent media.

Explaining AI: Differences Between LLMs And Machine Learning Models And Their Applications In Wastewater

Artificial intelligence is now a common topic in the wastewater industry. Despite the rising interest, many people are unsure what AI means in a practical wastewater setting.

Design Smarter, Operate Cheaper: The New Lifecycle Mindset For Pump And Lift Stations

Part 5 of the Get Pumped Up series brings it all together with a bold but practical shift: treating pump and lift station design as a living process, not a one-time deliverable.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Improperly Disposed Wet Wipes Could Shed Microplastics In Rivers

Because some labels do not clearly indicate how consumers should dispose of wet wipes, these small cloths often are flushed down the toilet and released by sewage plants into waterways. Now, researchers report that some of these wipes break down into microplastics that could harm aquatic life.

EPA To Take Over Potomac River Water-Quality Sampling Near Interceptor Site

Interior Announces $889 Million Investment In Western Water Infrastructure

$38M WIFIA Loan To Expand Drinking Water Services In Park City, Utah, In Advance Of 2034 Olympic Games

Water Can Learn From UK's Big Infrastructure Projects

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Flexible. Intuitive. Tailored For You. Modular Water Analysis System

Accurate measurement and control of chlorine-based compounds and other relevant parameters in water has an important impact on your operations. In any industry, reliable accuracy and performance is vital to ensure ongoing safety, quality, and optimized operation of your facility. Despite often representing a relatively small percentage of the overall investment and operating costs, the implications of the failure of your analyzer and control system could have severe and wide-ranging consequences.

Model R OXIGEST Field-Erected Treatment System Brochure

Proven in hundreds of installations, the S&L Model R OXIGEST Treatment System provides stable operation and flexible process options for wastewater applications. Its precursor was originally developed by the engineers at Smith & Loveless for treatment of domestic wastes, but after nearly four decades of continued development and evolution, the OXIGEST is designed to be a high-performance, custom-designed aerobic system that meets specific requirements.

Make Accuracy Effortless With TNTplus

In this episode of The Water Online Show: On Location, Scott Tucker from Hach introduces the innovative TNTplus system, a gamechanger in vial chemistries.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

Critical Infrastructure Fails The Way It's Funded

Our infrastructure systems have operated in managed deterioration for decades. And not surprisingly, once they deteriorate badly enough and cross over into active failure, all cost discipline disappears.

A Collaboration That Runs Deep: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers And Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

New York City, the cultural and economic power we know today, grew from the waterways that run through it. Over the years, the deepening and widening of the Port of New York and New Jersey allowed ships to bring in goods and foster trade, but maintenance dredging must be performed on a regular basis.

PRODUCT FOCUS

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Logic Series - Trojan Technologies

Promag P 200 - Endress+Hauser, Inc.

The Mass Appeal Of Siemens Coriolis Mass Flow Meters - Siemens Process Instrumentation

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