From the Editor

31. With Presidential Election Looming, Colorado River States Urgently Pursue New Deal 1/17/2024

    The clock is ticking for the consumers who count on one of the nation’s most important, and most imperiled, water sources to figure out how they can preserve that source into the future.

32. Tens Of Thousands Of Camp Lejeune Contamination Claims Heading For Court 1/16/2024

    As consumers seek compensation for one of the highest-profile drinking water contamination events in recent history, it’s becoming increasingly clear that an uphill legal battle lies ahead.

33. 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.

34. New Mexico Wants To Reuse Fracking Wastewater 1/9/2024

    As water scarcity worsens across the U.S., the most drought-stricken regions are turning to innovative conservation processes that can make a positive difference. And now, new progress is being made in New Mexico toward that end.

35. Tampa Could Be First U.S. City With New Treatment Tech To Filter PFAS 1/9/2024

    As water systems across the country make it a priority to rid supplies of pervasive per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), one city is set to pioneer treatment technology that could soon be deployed more widely.

36. As U.S. Takes On Major Lead Line Replacement Projects, Water Loss Is Set To Decline 1/3/2024

    With the Biden administration pushing forward on a multi-billion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s buried drinking water infrastructure, lead contamination may not be the only crisis facing our water systems now set to be solved.

37. The Latest Solution To Global Drought Means Wrangling Icebergs Themselves 1/2/2024

    In a startling sign of just how challenging it has become to secure drinking water amid increasing drought, new ventures are launching with the goal of wrangling one of the largest and most inaccessible sources on earth.

38. Major Bottled Water Brands Could Be Forced To Make Big Changes As Drought Worsens 1/1/2024

    As source water around the world continues to diminish in the face of growing demand and warming climate, alarms are being raised around increasing consumption by BlueTriton Brands — owner of major bottled water products like Poland Spring, Arrowhead, and Deer Park — as it taps endangered spring water sources.

39. After Major Flooding Failures, New Orleans To Revamp Stormwater Resilience 12/20/2023

    As the site of one of the most devastating flooding disasters in recent history, when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, New Orleans has unique stormwater challenges and innovative solutions to overcome them. But recent failures after heavy rainfall will see the city once again refocus its efforts around flooding resilience.

40. There Are 9 Million Lead Pipelines In The U.S., But Water Systems Need Ratepayer Help To Find Them 12/18/2023

    As systems across the country face a reckoning over dangerously outdated drinking water infrastructure, some cities are now asking ratepayers to help evaluate the safety of their own water lines — including one of the largest systems in the U.S.