Drinking Water Distribution Resources

  1. How A Combo Utility Benefits From AMI 9/21/2023

    With both water and power customers to serve, the City of Dothan, Alabama needed an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution that could work as well with 35,000 water meters located in pits as it did with 31,000 electric meters wired to homes.

  2. Analytics For Water Utilities: The Key To Maximizing AMI Value 9/19/2023

    Among the many challenges water utilities face are aging infrastructure, an aging workforce, water loss control, asset management, and paying for necessary infrastructure investments. Improving relationships with customers is also a challenge for one in five respondents to a 2019 American Water Works Association (AWWA) survey.

  3. 5 Drinking Water Conveyance Capital Projects In The U.S. Starting In 2024 9/13/2023

    The American Water Works Association (AWWA) predicts that most drinking water infrastructure will need to be fixed or replaced before 2040, initiating the "replacement era".

  4. Condition Assessment Tool Provides Southern California With A Proactive Asset Management Plan 9/7/2023

    Read about a non-invasive and non-intrusive technology that enables rapid inspection of large areas of a water distribution network without removing the pipelines from service, avoiding service interruptions, pipeline dewatering/cleaning, or costly excavations.

  5. $108 Million Renovation Project Wrapping Up 9/6/2023
    The water is flowing, the big tanks are filling, and the new pumps are humming at one of Denver Water's most important facilities.
  6. Repairing A Cracked Coupling In Under Five Minutes And Without A Service Disruption 7/17/2023

    Read about a utility that was looking for a quick, cost-effective yet resilient solution that would prevent the disruption of water service to the community and environment.

  7. Water Hammer 101 7/17/2023

    Discover how the selection of the right valve can help to effectively prevent surge during pump start or water hammer during pump stop.

  8. Why Denver Water Is Raising Gross Dam 7/11/2023
    Substantial progress made on Gross Reservoir Expansion Project to ease Denver's storage imbalance.
  9. 5 Strategies To Move Toward A Lead-Free Rural Water System 7/7/2023

    Lead service lines are poisoning communities, many of which are already disadvantaged, making it a national emergency that utilities must address with haste. These tips guide the way.

  10. Small Things Matter Greatly When It Comes To pH 6/20/2023

    Denver Water team spent a year studying the best pH probes to protect customers from lead.