Drinking Water Distribution Resources

1. AMR Drives Exeter-Merritt Growing Water Network 7/9/2025

   Located in the state of Illinois, Exeter-Merritt Water Cooperative delivers safe and high-quality drinking water to approximately 300 residents from the county of Scott and Morgan. In 2011, the cooperative decided to do a phase 3 expansion and include additional homes in the rural area resulting in connections increasing from 154 to 325. Exeter and Merritt are small rural towns built on hilly terrains and gravel roads, with most of the meters installed in the countryside.

2. A Dynamic Trio For Water Networks — Smart Metering, Hydraulic Modeling, And AI 7/8/2025

   Non-revenue water is a global problem. Around 30% of drinking water is lost on its way to the consumer, imposing a huge economic loss that increases the overall cost of water treatment. The good news: By combining smart metering, hydraulic modeling, and AI, utilities can effectively increase their operational efficiency, reduce water losses, and optimize the utilization of increasingly scarce resources.

3. Building Tomorrow's Water Infrastructure: Insights From The Pacific Northwest's Largest Water Conveyance Program 7/3/2025

   A decade of collaboration and toil creates a pipeline to enduring water security.

4. AMI Solution Enhances Efficiency And Boosts Customer Engagement 7/2/2025

   Read this case study to discover how the City of Santa Barbara uses Hubbell’s comprehensive water utility solutions to enhance customer service.

5. What It Will Really Take To Replace America's Lead Lines 7/1/2025
   Replacing lead pipes isn't just about digging and swapping materials. It's about solving for workforce shortages, incomplete data, and execution at scale. Without addressing these constraints head-on, communities risk failing to meet compliance deadlines and incurring rising costs.
6. From Age-Based To Performance-Based — Constanta's Digital Transformation In Water Meter Management 7/1/2025

   Most water utilities worldwide face significant challenges in reducing non-revenue water (NRW), frequently impeded by operational inefficiencies and resources shortage. Romania's largest public water company, RAJA SA, faced similar obstacles and embarked on a transformative initiative in the city of Constanța. In partnership with AGS Water Solutions, RAJA implemented a performance-based service contract (PBSC) for NRW management and adopted innovative digital tools to support the new integrated water meter management approach. This initiative offers valuable insights for utilities seeking to scale digitalization and improve operational efficiency.

7. 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?
8. Preserving Pressure, Protecting Service: Upgrading Hydrant Infrastructure In Kent County 6/26/2025

   When Kent County Water Authority faced the urgent replacement of a 94-year-old hydrant tied to a 1931 cast iron main, they were determined to maintain fire protection and avoid customer disruption.

9. 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.

10. 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.