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  1. Lead Service Lines: 3 Key Actions To Take For Lead and Copper Rule Compliance 6/30/2025
    Many public water system owners in the U.S. worked hard from 2021 to 2024 to comply with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). As of October 2024, in its current form, the rule is now known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). You may know that the next compliance deadline is November 1, 2027. But what exactly is due at that time? How can you be sure you're complying with the requirements?
  2. Easing SRF Anxiety: Understanding Changes To Funding And How To Secure It 6/27/2025

    In a recent episode of Water Online Live, host Kevin Westerling was joined by Joseph Kane of Brookings Metro and Ashley Lucht of Quantified Ventures, who helped address concerns about recent changes to State Revolving Fund (SRF) allotments while offering advice for how to secure project funding. This article highlights the important insights shared.

  3. Preparing Water Infrastructure For The Future 6/26/2025

    The current state of the water infrastructure in the U.S. is in need of critical attention. Aging and underfunded systems, increasing demand, and the impacts of climate change are putting immense pressure on the nation’s ability to deliver this essential resource.

  4. Scaling Smart Water — How Utilities Can Grow Quickly And Confidently With Digital Technologies 6/26/2025

    Challenges associated with deploying smart water technologies include "Where do I begin?" and "Who do I use?". These questions can often be barriers to small and mid-sized utilities that have limited resources available to them and are already burdened with competing daily priorities.

  5. How To Handle Your Toughest Flows: KROHNE OPTISONIC In Wastewater Treatment 6/25/2025

    KROHNE’s OPTISONIC ultrasonic meters deliver accurate, low-maintenance flow measurement for tough wastewater streams like raw sewage, sludge, and slurries—reducing maintenance, energy waste, and compliance risk.

  6. How To Ensure Accuracy And Reduce Maintenance In Open Channels 6/25/2025

    Radar-based measurement like the OPTIWAVE 1520 delivers accurate, low-maintenance flow data in open channels—helping utilities reduce operating expenses, improve compliance, and overcome limitations of traditional methods.

  7. Measurement & Control Technologies: Essential Tools For Sustainable Water And Wastewater Operations 6/25/2025

    Accurate measurement and control technologies are essential for achieving sustainability in water and wastewater operations by reducing energy use, minimizing losses, and optimizing chemical dosing.

  8. Denver Water Wins 'People's Choice' Taste Test 6/24/2025

    In early June, more than 11,000 people flowed into Denver for the world’s biggest water conference. The American Water Works Association’s 144th Annual Conference & Exposition, dubbed ACE25, drew experts in water from around Colorado, North America, and internationally.

  9. Transforming U.S. Water Utilities: Charting A Sustainable Future With AMI 6/18/2025
    Recent advancements in wireless metering are transforming utility modernization. With this, network operators now play a central role in utility infrastructure projects, reinventing delivery with new protocols, pricing, and customer engagement models tailored to low-bandwidth applications like water metering and other water management use cases.
  10. Redesigning Brine Diffusers: Optimizing Brine Dispersion Performance At The Hadera Desalination Plant 6/17/2025

    This article explores how IDE Technologies leveraged advanced in-house simulation capabilities to deliver a revised brine diffuser design, significantly improving both environmental outcomes and operational efficiency.