Current Issue

1. Water Infrastructure Has A New Bottleneck — And It's Not Money 5/1/2026
   Billions have been approved, but millions remain idle. The EPA's new report on earmarks sheds light on the logjam.
2. Emerging Technologies In Municipal Water Treatment: Trends And Challenges For Utility Operators 5/1/2026

   The technology landscape for municipal water and wastewater treatment spans everything from inline water quality monitoring to industrial waste reuse program integration. Each category brings measurable operational benefits and real implementation hurdles. Here’s what operators need to know.

3. Eradicating High-Strength Nitrogen Loads Without Expanding Your Aeration Basins 5/1/2026
   When decision-makers assess the best ways to deal with high-strength nitrogen loads in their wastewater treatment plants, an important thing for them to remember is that biological treatment methods alone typically cannot handle all of a facility’s nutrient load. Instead, they should consider how a combination of physical-chemical extraction methods can provide an extremely reliable, small footprint method for handling above-average loads.
4. How Satellite IoT Can Enhance Remote Water System Monitoring 5/1/2026

   There is a noticeable shift in how monitoring data is being treated across the water sector. It is no longer something that sits quietly in the background of operations, collected for compliance, and reviewed periodically. It is being examined more closely, and more often, by a wider set of stakeholders.

5. Applying Two Flood Models To Cross-Check And Improve Each Other — And Maybe Saving A Downstream Village In The Process 5/1/2026

   Getting a second opinion is a time-tested piece of wisdom. During a recent project for a municipal water supply utility, we found that this advice also applies to modeling the effects storms have on the municipality’s reservoirs and dams, and the potential flooding impacts downstream of the dams.

6. Do Water Meters Still Need External Transmitters? 5/1/2026

   Expectations for transparency and reliability in water-metering infrastructure have risen. As a result, a fundamental question is emerging across the industry: if modern ultrasonic meters are already smart, why are we still adding intelligence outside the meter?

7. Powdered Activated Carbon: A Flexible Tool For Targeted Treatment Challenges 5/1/2026
   Treatment plants most often deploy carbon in two forms: granular activated carbon (GAC) and powdered activated carbon (PAC). While GAC is widely used for steady-state, long-term contaminant control, PAC offers an alternative, versatile, rapid-response approach. In these six scenarios, PAC is the ideal solution.