Newsletter | September 23, 2025

09.23.25 -- What Water Utilities Need To Know About Climate Adaptation; Map Shows U.S. Hot Spots For 3 Contaminants

IN THIS ISSUE:

Fluorometers In Closed-Loop Aquaculture Systems

Unclogged: Exploring The Evolution Of Grinder Pumps With Axial Cutters

Pilot Test For Arsenic, Color And Iron Shows Great Results

What Are You Doing To My Pipe: Can PVC Pipe Be Loaded?

Improved Pump And Seal Reliability When And Where It Really Counts

Do You Think Your CCTV Assessment Is "Unbiased?"

Continuing Education: How About Online Training?

Troubleshooting A Sewer Bypass Startup

Addressing Water Treatment Challenges Faced By Potable Water Utilities

Tap Water For Nearly 100M People Has Toxic Chromium-6 Mixed With Arsenic And Nitrate

Why Municipalities Need A Better Water Treatment Solution

What Water Utilities Need To Know About Climate Adaptation

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65 Years Strong: Vaughan Returns to WEFTEC 2025

Vaughan Company is celebrating 65 years and is back at WEFTEC with the 2025 Operations Challenge Vaughan Maintenance Event. As a proud returning sponsor, Vaughan invites you to support over 50 teams from around the globe working specific scenarios that include one of Vaughan’s most popular pumps. While you’re there, stop by WEFTEC Booth S-926 and let’s talk pumps!

FEATURED ARTICLES

Unclogged: Exploring The Evolution Of Grinder Pumps With Axial Cutters

Explore the V2 Series Grinder campaign, and its advanced features, improved efficiency, durability, and innovation in grinding technology for enhanced industrial and commercial applications.

What Are You Doing To My Pipe: Can PVC Pipe Be Loaded?

The argument has been used that PVC pipe is delicate and can’t be subjected to any kind of loading. In EBAA's years of testing we have found that is not the case at all. PVC can take an extreme amount of strain.

Fluorometers In Closed-Loop Aquaculture Systems

In a closed-loop system, every aspect of the environment must be carefully controlled — dissolved oxygen, ammonia, pH, turbidity, and other water quality parameters are continuously monitored. Fluorometers play a crucial role in ensuring the health of both the water and the fish within these systems.

Pilot Test For Arsenic, Color, And Iron Shows Great Results

The City of Riverdale was running into issues with arsenic, color, and iron treatment system at their Well 4 site, so they conducted a pilot test with the help of Loprest.

Improved Pump And Seal Reliability When And Where It Really Counts

Replacing mechanical seals twice per year was difficult and expensive for Chester, IL, but a more serious problem occurred when the seals failed with the Mississippi River at flood stage and the sealed lift station underwater.

Do You Think Your CCTV Assessment Is "Unbiased?"

Improper inspection can lead to inefficient repair methods, having you spend too much or too little to create a longer-lasting, impactful reduction in infiltration to your sewer collection system. At the very least, it creates the worst thing of all: distrust for the entire study. 

Continuing Education: How About Online Training?

In this Q&A, Laura Tegethoff from 360water discusses online training for utilities. 

Why Municipalities Need A Better Water Treatment Solution

Municipal wastewater treatment is essential for protecting public health and maintaining environmental safety. One of the most crucial steps in this process is sanitization — eliminating harmful bacteria, viruses, and parasites before water is released back into the environment or reused.

Addressing Water Treatment Challenges Faced By Potable Water Utilities

“Emerging Contaminants" can be broadly defined as any synthetic or naturally occurring chemical that is not commonly monitored in the environment. These substances have the potential to enter the environment and cause known or suspected adverse ecological and/or human health effects.

Troubleshooting A Sewer Bypass Start-Up

When start-up fails, check these four common culprits before you check anything else.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Map Shows Tap Water For Nearly 100M People Has Toxic Chromium-6 Mixed With Arsenic And Nitrate

Thousands of communities have water utilities serving almost 100 million people drinking water polluted with hexavalent chromium, also called chromium-6, as well as arsenic and nitrate.

AMWA Members Join Over 400 Stakeholders Supporting Water Infrastructure Funding

Senate Confirms Jess Kramer As EPA's Assistant Administrator For Water

A Silver Lining In Sewer Sludge: Volatile Fatty Acids

NAWC, AMWA Applauds EPA's Stance On Protecting Water & Wastewater Customers, Calls For Congressional Action To Hold Polluters Responsible

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

INSTA-VALVE 20-24

Available for 20- and 24-inch pipes, the Insta-Valve 20-24 is a permanent, insertable gate valve that is designed to eliminate shutdown and reduce the cost of system maintenance and repair by up to 30%. The Insta-Valve 20-24 can be installed in just one workday and be operated repeatedly — making it a smart, economical investment.

Aria FAST Datasheet

Aria FAST mobile water units deliver the water you need, when and where you need it.

DE NORA TETRA Denite Deepbed Denitrification Brochure

The DE NORA TETRA Denite system integrates well with other plant treatment processes to provide superior total nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus removal.

FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS

What Water Utilities Need To Know About Climate Adaptation

No one knows more than water utilities how changing climate conditions are impacting the challenges and costs of delivering clean drinking water to communities they serve. In a recent episode of The Water Online Show, climate experts Jesse M. Keenan from Tulane University and Edgar Westerhof of Arcadis discussed the issue of resiliency for drinking water and wastewater systems.

Circularity And Risk Management In Semiconductor Manufacturing

Reclaimed water from semiconductor fabs may serve non-process users or even re-enter production via ultrapure water (UPW) recycling to reduce incoming water demand. But what happens when things go wrong? If the UPW system cannot handle variations in reclaimed water quality, costly treatment measures or quality failures ensue.

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