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  1. Clean Water Starts With The Integration Of Critical Treatment Components 6/9/2026

    Combining chemical metering with flow verification and integrated feed systems helps utilities ensure accurate dosing, reliable sanitation, and stronger regulatory compliance.

  2. Quo Vadis LDS – State Of The Art Pipeline Leak Detection Systems 6/9/2026

    Explore the latest advancements in pipeline leak detection, including AI-enhanced monitoring, remote services, cybersecurity protections, regulatory compliance, and strategies for protecting critical infrastructure.

  3. Protecting The World's Most Essential Resource: How Utilities Can Navigate Growing Risks To Drinking Water Supply 6/9/2026

    Protecting drinking water supply has become more complex, more urgent, and less predictable as utilities navigate a convergence of pressures, including climate variability, emerging contaminants, and accelerating population growth. Together, these trends are redefining what it means to deliver safe, reliable drinking water. Yet within this disruption lies a critical opportunity.

  4. UK Reservoirs, Water Shortages, And Legionella Risks 6/9/2026

    Is there a clear link between a less plentiful water supply and an increase in Legionella in our domestic water systems?

  5. AMI's Next Phase: Turning Meter Data Into Operational Value 6/9/2026

    A recent series of workshops convened by The Water Research Foundation (WRF) underscores how utilities are beginning to use AMI data to support conservation, improve system performance, and move toward more proactive operations. The takeaway is straightforward: most utilities now have the data; the challenge is putting it to work.

  6. Beyond Meter-to-Cash: 7 Operational Use Cases Water Utilities Can Unlock With MDM 6/8/2026

    Modern Meter Data Management platforms transform raw data into operational intelligence. Beyond standard billing, continuous data analysis surfaces hidden leaks, detects backflow, and flags failing hardware, allowing water utilities to proactively reduce non-revenue water loss and improve system reliability.

  7. The Circular Dividend: Managing Water As A Strategic Boardroom Asset 6/5/2026

    For decades, industrial operators have treated water through a transactional lens as a commodity utility expense to be bought, utilized, treated, and discharged. However, the operational realities of a water-stressed world require a profound organizational shift.

  8. Why The Water Sector's AI Ambitions Depend On Better Connectivity 6/4/2026

    For AI to deliver real operational value, it needs a constant flow of reliable operational data. AI systems are relentlessly data-hungry, and the more data, the better. Yet, accessing this data remains a major challenge in the utilities sector, with remote reservoirs, wastewater treatment works, and sprawling infrastructure often located a long way from traditional cellular networks. 

  9. Breaking Point: How Utilities Can Get Ahead Of The Water Main Crisis 6/4/2026

    The water and wastewater industry is currently grappling with a significant aging pipeline infrastructure crisis, a challenge that requires a shift from reactive repairs to proactive, data-driven management. In a recent Water Online webinar, industry experts Christine Ballard (CDM Smith), Greg Baird (Black & Veatch), and Andrew Beck (Garney) outlined a practical framework for addressing infrastructure repairs in ways that are fundable and executable.

  10. Artificial Intelligence May Be Fueling The Future, But Water Will Sustain It 6/3/2026
    AI is reshaping industries at extraordinary speed, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing, logistics, and retail. As AI adoption accelerates, data centers have become the physical backbone of the digital world. Yet behind every compute cycle lies a critical resource that rarely receives the same level of attention: water.