10.13.26 -- WEFTEC 2026 Recap: A Good Time To Be Curious

What changes when water utilities have continuous, reliable data? Hear leaders from Lower Bartlett Water Precinct, Medford Water, and Woonsocket Water Division share how AMI modernization is uncovering leaks, revealing hidden consumption, improving customer communication, and helping teams prioritize resources. Discover what they expected, what surprised them, and how better visibility is driving smarter operational decisions. Click here to learn more.

When water rights are fixed, capturing underground leakage is critical. Continuous acoustic monitoring identifies developing pipeline vulnerabilities early, reducing leak runtimes from months to days, cutting non-revenue water waste and saving thousands in emergency repair costs.

Because the WWTP is a heavy energy consumer, the increasing cost of electrical energy helped refocus operations on improving efficiencies and what latent energy could be extracted from the waste stream. In particular, what could be extracted and put to use in the facility itself?

Automating manual water meter readings reduces non-revenue water loss and eliminates tedious site inspections. Retrofitting existing meters with cellular data loggers provides continuous, real-time analytics, enabling operators to identify hidden leaks and optimize multi-facility infrastructure management instantly.

Satellite-based radar technology allows water utilities to identify non-surfacing leaks that traditional methods often miss. By pinpointing underground moisture signatures, municipalities can significantly reduce non-revenue water and meet conservation goals through more efficient, data-driven field inspections.

Like all wastewater treatment facilities, the City of Pendleton WWTRRF faces the daily challenge of maintaining water safety and quality for the city while improving energy consumption and meeting city, state, and national regulations. 

Stop treating non-revenue water as a series of isolated leaks. By adopting a structured, audit-based program, utilities gain the system-wide visibility needed to prioritize repairs, recover lost revenue, and transition from reactive maintenance to proactive infrastructure management.

Modern water treatment demands highly selective adsorbents to combat complex PFAS contamination. By leveraging dual-action molecular cavities, these stable polymers provide rapid kinetics, resist organic fouling, and support sustainable regeneration for superior environmental remediation.

Severn Trent’s smart metering program, powered by Itron’s technology, is transforming water conservation — reducing leaks by 6 million liters, cutting costs, and empowering customers to use water more wisely.

What began as a mandate to reduce water loss has grown into a model of smart water management for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Since deploying Kamstrup’s ultrasonic meters in 2016, the utility has transitioned from crisis response to innovation leadership — proving that even the most rugged terrain can support advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).

Aerzen’s Delta Hybrid Screw Blower combines positive displacement and screw compressor technologies to deliver high efficiency, low vibration, and reliable performance in high-pressure aeration—requiring careful maintenance to ensure longevity.

Learn how PFAS-selective ion exchange resin offers a compact, high-efficiency alternative to traditional carbon filtration. This overview highlights the technical benefits of faster kinetics, reduced equipment footprint, and superior removal of short-chain compounds for long-term water quality compliance.

This webinar examines how communications network decisions affect data availability, operational efficiency, leak detection, customer service, and future innovation.

Industrial cooling systems face costly risks from biofilm formation and microbiologically influenced corrosion. Establishing routine microbiological testing and trend analysis helps operators detect aggressive bacteria early, protect system integrity, and optimize chemical treatments.