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  1. Who Will Replace Your Best Operator? 8/8/2026

    Utilities can refill a vacancy. They cannot rehire the judgment that kept a system stable at 2 a.m. The work now is to preserve that judgment without taking the operator out of command.

  2. The Afterlife Of PFAS: Solving A Problem That Doesn't End 8/6/2026

    Managing persistent water contaminants requires shifting from temporary removal to complete lifecycle destruction. Sustainable remediation strategies target upstream industrial discharge and concentrate waste streams to permanently safeguard drinking water sources from re-contamination.

  3. Billions Flow Into Water Treatment Plant Modernization Projects 8/4/2026

    Water treatment facilities have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the public infrastructure marketplace as communities across America confront decades of deferred maintenance, increasingly stringent water-quality standards, population growth, and emerging contaminants.

  4. Aging In Place: How Acoustic Testing Is Reshaping AC Pipe Renewal Decisions 8/4/2026

    Faced with aging water networks and limited capital, utilities can optimize infrastructure spending by moving away from age-based scheduling. Non-invasive structural assessments identify true asset degradation and hidden leaks, ensuring critical funding targets the highest-risk pipes.

  5. The Two-Sided Water Problem — What Process Manufacturers Are Missing On Both Ends Of The Line 8/4/2026

    Process manufacturing represents an underexamined water-withdrawal category. Inside every one of these facilities, water is lost twice — once at the tap, and once at the drain — both losses driven by the same root cause and both solvable by the same intervention.

  6. Midyear Reality Check: How Accurate Have Our 2026 Water Predictions Been So Far? 8/4/2026

    At the start of 2026, Kevin Westerling and I laid out a compelling roadmap on The Water Online Show, highlighting the trends we believed would shape the water and wastewater industry. Now, halfway through the year, I wanted to take a step back and evaluate how those predictions are playing out in the real world.

  7. What Experience Taught Medford About AMI 7/30/2026

    See how Medford, Massachusetts, used years of AMI experience to prioritize reliability, improve leak detection, enhance billing accuracy, and guide future infrastructure decisions.

  8. What 15 Years Of AMI Experience Has Taught Utilities 7/30/2026

    Fifteen years after AMI adoption, utilities are redefining success by prioritizing proven reliability, trusted data, resilient networks, intuitive software, and long-term vendor partnerships.

  9. From Two Data Points To A Living Map: Proactive Distribution Management 7/27/2026

    Relying on sparse monitoring points forces utilities to infer water quality across broad networks. Continuous, multi-point data collection delivers real-time visibility, allowing operators to detect trends early, optimize maintenance, and transition to proactive distribution management.

  10. Legionella And The Buildings You Don't Control: Monitoring Hot-Water And Premise Sections 7/27/2026

    Premise plumbing and hot-water systems are vulnerable to rapid residual decay and biological growth. Continuous, flow-independent monitoring delivers minute-by-minute tracking in stagnant, high-risk zones, helping operators verify disinfection and maintain safety before issues arise.