Asset Management News

  1. Barhale Completes Anglian Water's First Plant Tackling Emerging Contaminant Cypermethrin 7/27/2026

    Barhale has completed construction of Anglian Water’s first treatment plant designed to remove the pesticide Cypermethrin and protect the local water environment.

  2. EIB And ACEA Sign €450M Agreement To Modernise Water Infrastructure In Lazio 7/27/2026

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €450M financing package for ACEA to support the modernisation and upgrading of water infrastructure in the Lazio region.

  3. AI-Enabled Monitoring Of Wastewater Biofilms Research Awarded Funding 7/27/2026

    Engineers from the University of Nottingham have been awarded funding to develop a new AI monitoring system for wastewater.

  4. Massachusetts' Infrastructure In Poor Condition, Receives 'D+' Grade On ASCE Report Card 7/24/2026

    The Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES), which covers American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) membership for all of Massachusetts, released the inaugural 2026 Report Card for Massachusetts’ Infrastructure today, assigning the Commonwealth’s infrastructure a grade of ‘D+’. A grade of ‘D+’ means the infrastructure is in poor condition, at risk, and investment is urgently needed to ensure the reliability and future success of the state’s infrastructure systems.

  5. Saving Every Last Drop: UNLV Researchers Want Rural Nevada Communities To Reuse Wastewater 7/23/2026

    The punishing heat of a Mojave Desert summer has descended upon Southern Nevada.

  6. UK Utilities Support Burst Rising Mains Detection Initiative 7/22/2026

    Condition-monitoring specialist Samotics has developed a new capability to detect burst rising mains, one of the wastewater network’s most challenging and least visible failures. Developed in collaboration with Yorkshire Water and Southern Water, and using verified data from real bursts across both networks, the platform gives water companies earlier warnings on assets that are difficult to monitor. 

  7. DPAct Applauds House Energy And Commerce Committee For Passing Pipeline Safety Bill To Make American Communities Safer 7/22/2026

    Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted 41–8 to advance H.R. 9338, the Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026, to the full House via an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

  8. Human-AI Integration Is Redefining Digital Water Management Operations 7/20/2026

    Agentic AI architectures operate as autonomous coordinators that interact with business systems. They also enable operator-driven customization and define which critical decisions require human validation, according to Xylem Vue

  9. Water-Cleaning Insects, Smart Sewage Batteries And Chemical-Busting Bubbles Among Finalists Of £7.5M Water Discovery Challenge 7/20/2026

    Twenty projects have been named finalists of the Water Innovation Fund’s second Water Discovery Challenge, which aims to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations to support the water sector’s greatest challenges.

  10. Southland JV Awarded The Winnipeg North End Treatment Plant Upgrade - Biosolids Facilities Progressive Design - Build Project 7/17/2026

    Southland Holdings, Inc. (“Southland”) announced today that Red River Biosolids Partners, a joint venture comprised of Aecon, MWH Constructors, and Oscar Renda Contracting of Canada, a Southland subsidiary, in which each partner holds a 33.3% interest, has completed the collaborative development phase and has been awarded an approximately $815M CAD contract by the City of Winnipeg for the North End Water Pollution Control Centre (“NEWPCC”) Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrade – Biosolids Facilities progressive design-build project in Manitoba.