FROM THE EDITOR

  1. Cybersecurity For The Win: How Water Utilities Can Embrace Digital Technology 3/6/2025

    Water and wastewater system operators are known to be a careful lot. Tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and state agencies — and committed to public health — they cannot afford mistakes. This often results in "tried-and-true" methodologies winning out over innovative solutions, but the incredible upside offered by digital technologies has encouraged a wave of cyber adoption. Almost cruelly, it comes with cyber threats.

  2. 2025 Water Forecast: Transition, Changes, And Trends 1/7/2025
    Hmmm … what’s new for 2025? That's asked with a hint of knowing sarcasm, as the incoming presidential administration promises to disrupt the status quo. The change in direction for environmental policy, including impacts on regulations as well as traditional and human infrastructure, has yet to fully reveal itself.
  3. Monitoring Know-How For PFAS Regulations 10/31/2024

    A Q&A to explain and resolve issues confronting water suppliers as they endeavor to comply with the monitoring requirements of federal PFAS regulations.

  4. Clearing LCRI Hurdles 10/31/2024
    Assessing what lies ahead in the 10-year race to go lead-free, otherwise known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI).
  5. New Approaches To "Old" Water Issues 9/6/2024

    A look at the latest thinking on some longstanding but still very relevant concerns — replacing water pipelines and workers.

  6. A Tiny Bit Of PFAS 7/12/2024

    In the most recent edition of Water Innovations, there is not a single article focused on PFAS. That wouldn't be exceptional if not for the fact that discussion around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances has so thoroughly dominated the water space lately. And yet, I penned this as an intro to the edition — just "a tiny bit of PFAS" content — because a small portion of PFAS is of the utmost importance in terms of treatment, policy, and cost.

  7. The Path To Innovation In Water: How New Technology Companies Inspire Progress 5/22/2024
    What drives the water and wastewater sector to new frontiers of innovation and capability? A roundtable of industry leaders brings light to the topic.
  8. From Scarcity To Stewardship To Sustainability 5/2/2024
    Every drop of water counts, but when we talk about our collective conservation efforts for the greater good, it's natural to think about high-volume users. Those users are generally on the industrial side of things — agriculture, of course; the energy industry, with its intractable relationship to water; and also the food and beverage industry. Thankfully, there are leaders in these spaces who not only understand the need for sustainable water management — they pioneer it.
  9. Testing The (Storm)Waters 3/7/2024
    Heavy rains in California prove the worthiness of the "sponge city" concept.
  10. Water Trends, Now And Then 1/10/2024

    Even though this edition of Water Innovations looks forward into 2024, I’d like to use this space to look back on trends within the water and wastewater industry in 2023. We’ve just begun 2024 — and we’re still in the thick of 2023’s issues, since they didn’t get resolved with the turning of the calendar. Furthermore, recent challenges inform future trends, as policy and technologies are devised and improved to confront the most pressing needs of the day.