Drinking Water Case Studies and White Papers

  1. AMERICAN Pipe And Valves Ensure Georgia Project Flows With Ease 6/29/2016

    The estimated $30-million West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is one of three capital projects being conducted by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. For the project, a 48-year-old, 36-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) that recently failed is being replaced with 48-inch ductile iron pipe.

  2. Protecting The Environment With Environmental Remediation 6/17/2024

    Environmental remediation involves the removal of pollutants to protect human health and restore ecosystems. Learn more about the various techniques used, and how to ensure these projects are handled professionally.

  3. The Beauty Of Water 7/29/2021

    Can water be aesthetic? Absolutely! At any rate, the German-Swiss family business Neoperl ensures that it flows in a highly aesthetic way. Neoperl products shape the water stream, regulate the flow rate and protect water from contamination.

  4. Fort Worth Water Achieves Data-Driven Success With Xylem Technology 7/30/2025

    Read about a utility that reduced field investigations by 90%, enhancing operations and customer satisfaction with near real-time data.

  5. Taking An Affordable Approach To Smart Water And IoT Technology 8/16/2021

    Here are several ways that even smaller utilities can implement affordable technologies to improve visibility into what’s happening in key areas of their systems.

  6. Oxidation And AOP: The Last Lines Of Defense Against Harmful Algal Blooms 3/4/2019

    Secondary metabolites of algae — including algal toxins and taste and odor compounds triggered by a harmful algal bloom — can find their way into source water, creating the risk that they will ultimately reach the water treatment plant to cause water-quality problems. Here is a checklist of considerations for mitigating those effects through cost-effective oxidation, or combined oxidization processes, across a variety of source water conditions.

  7. Register Today: Why Insertion Valve Technology Is The Future Of Installing Distribution System Control Points 6/27/2022

    AVT is finding more and more that the number of control points added when water systems are designed are not sufficient for the current demands on the systems. So, what do water system operators do?

  8. How Targeted Investments By Private Water Can Boost Public Support 10/30/2019

    A significant number of utilities operating in smaller regions where resources are strained, and where the daily business of water treatment can be exceedingly expensive, have turned to privately owned companies to manage their drinking water and wastewater operations. The downside is that this arrangement also tends to bring heavy scrutiny from a public that expects the provider to put service above the bottom line. Fortunately, targeted investments in solutions can address the issue.

  9. VOCs For Non-Scientists: Understanding, Detecting, Removing 3/14/2022

    This introduction to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) will discuss what qualifies a compound as a VOC, how to detect them, and how to treat and remove these chemicals from the water system.

  10. 4 Treatment Plant Budget Busters To Avoid 7/23/2019

    Municipalities work diligently to produce quality drinking water and meet strict wastewater treatment regulatory standards while managing expenses. Advanced technologies allow utilities to gather actionable information and strategically offset deficiencies.