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  1. Advanced Water Treatment Strategies Help Data Centers Manage Cooling Water At Industrial Scale 8/25/2026
    Data centers are evolving into industrial-scale thermal-management facilities as artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), cloud platforms, and accelerated computing increase rack power density. Modern AI racks can exceed 50–120 kW per rack, creating substantially higher heat-rejection requirements than conventional enterprise infrastructure. ASHRAE's (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) AI Data Center Energy Performance Framework identifies liquid cooling as an important architecture for these high-density environments.
  2. The Water Online Show: The Surprising Link Between Water And Profitability 8/25/2026

    What if water isn't a utility cost to be managed, but a strategic asset capable of driving productivity, profitability, and long-term business resilience? In this episode of The Water Online Show, Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling sit down with Ecolab Industry Fellow Dr. Geoff Townsend to explore why leading organizations are rethinking water's role in industrial operations.

  3. Clémentine Justier 8/24/2026

    Clémentine Justier, a water science engineer, explains the SLG® process: injecting air into sludge, holding air and sludge together under pressure, then releasing that pressure to disrupt floc structure and improve polymer efficiency.

  4. Easley: How Easley Combined Utilities Cut Sludge Handling Costs By One-Third 8/24/2026

    Sludge handling was one of the highest operational costs at Middle Branch, Easley's largest plant at 2.1-2.2 MGD. Orege responded with a working pilot on site: a thickening system powered by SLG-F® technology. "They set up a pilot for us, and it just worked," said Superintendent Scott Barnes.

  5. Colorado River Water Conservation Efforts Get Only Halfway To A Solution 8/20/2026

    In August 2026 the nation’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both on the Colorado River, hit their lowest levels since they first began to be filled in 1936 and 1963, respectively. The federal government and the seven Colorado River basin states have been unable to reach an agreement about who should reduce water usage by how much to avoid catastrophic declines in lake levels.

  6. Spectrophotometry Theory And Practice 8/18/2026

    Spectrophotometry is one of the foundational analytical techniques used to quantify substances in solution by measuring their absorption of light. Understanding the relationship between electromagnetic radiation, wavelength selection, and absorption behavior is critical for developing accurate analytical methods and generating reliable measurement data.

  7. How Donner Summit PUD Cut Backwash Water Use By 45% With Ultrasonic Algae Control 8/18/2026

    Recurring algal blooms severely compromise water treatment efficiency, clogging filters and wasting finished water through frequent backwashing. Targeted ultrasonic suppression controls raw water algae growth at the source, significantly improving influent turbidity and lowering operational costs.

  8. Reverse Osmosis Gets Smarter: New Technologies Target Energy Use And Membrane Fouling 8/18/2026

    Nearly 45–60% of a reverse osmosis (RO) plant's operating cost is linked to energy consumption, while membrane fouling can reduce productivity by 15–40% and increase cleaning costs by thousands of dollars annually. The newest generation of RO systems is therefore focused on reducing energy demand, extending membrane life, and using intelligent monitoring to predict fouling before performance declines.

  9. The Single Greatest Predictor Of Water Project Success Isn't Technology — It's The Delivery Model 8/17/2026
    Why America’s $625 billion water infrastructure gap demands a new way of building, financing, and operating municipal water plants, and what Fort Lauderdale’s Prospect Lake project shows us about getting it right.
  10. The Water Online Show | Crisis-Driven Innovation: How Shifting Demands Are Changing The Utility Playbook 8/11/2026

    Why do so many groundbreaking water and wastewater solutions get stuck in "pilot purgatory"? In this episode of The Water Online Show, hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling are joined by Sivan Zamir from Xylem Innovation Labs to unpack why the water sector’s biggest challenge isn't inventing new technology, but scaling it.