Drinking Water Features

1. Cut Costs, Cut Timelines: Rethink Your Next Water Project 10/14/2025

   Small municipalities and industrial sites face constant pressure: deliver safe, stable water with limited resources and tight deadlines. Traditional on-site construction can stretch project schedules by months and introduce quality and cost risks. By shifting much of the fabrication off-site, these risks are dramatically reduced.

2. How Digital Payments Infrastructure Increases Hurricane Preparedness 9/26/2025
   The 2024 hurricane season was one of the most severe on record, creating unprecedented destruction to the tune of $182.7 billion worth of damage. Scientists predict that this year's storm season, which officially began June 1, will likely be highly active and volatile as well. As hurricanes become more difficult to accurately predict and prepare for, the damage caused by burst pipes, flooding, downed trees and debris, and disrupted utilities is also increasing.
3. From The War Of Currents To The Water Grid: Lessons In Infrastructure, Innovation, And Integration 9/25/2025

   How Edison vs. Tesla shapes today's approach to sustainable water systems.

4. Extracting Water From Air: A Historical And Military Perspective 9/23/2025

   In the early 2000s, I was consulting for a military contractor on expanding their mobile water treatment system for military applications. As part of that work, I researched other water supply technologies used by the U.S. military, including atmospheric water generation (AWG) — the process of extracting potable water directly from the air.

5. Solving The World's Microplastics Problem: 4 Solutions Cities And States Are Trying After Global Treaty Talks Collapsed 9/23/2025

   Microplastics seem to be everywhere — in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. Countries have tried for the past few years to write a global plastics treaty that might reduce human exposure, but the latest negotiations collapsed in August 2025. While U.S. and global solutions seem far off, policies to limit harm from microplastics are gaining traction at the state and local levels.

6. Charting The Course: Q&A With Calgon Carbon's Technical Director, Dr. Angela Rodriguez 9/18/2025

   Calgon Carbon’s Dr. Angela Rodriguez shares insights on PFAS treatment, regulatory readiness, sustainability, and how innovative carbon technologies help utilities balance compliance, cost control, and environmental goals.

7. What Water Utilities Need To Know About Climate Adaptation 9/18/2025
   No one knows more than water utilities how changing climate conditions are impacting the challenges and costs of delivering clean drinking water to communities they serve. In a recent episode of The Water Online Show, climate experts Jesse M. Keenan from Tulane University and Edgar Westerhof of Arcadis discussed the issue of resiliency for drinking water and wastewater systems.
8. Droughts Don't Just Dry Up Water — They Drain Livelihoods And Weaken Local Economies 9/15/2025
   Droughts hit utilities and agriculture hardest. Shrinking water supplies wilt crops and strain water providers. But the impact extends far beyond them.
9. Common Misconceptions Are Keeping Lakes "Sick" 9/5/2025

   Long-held misconceptions about lake management fuel the intensity and recurrence of harmful algal blooms.

10. AI Has A Hidden Water Cost — Here's How To Calculate Yours 9/3/2025
    Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water — a single-serving water bottle — for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT system. They use roughly the same amount of water to draft a 100-word email message.