Latest Insights on Wastewater Management
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Rain Gardens Guarding San Francisco
1/27/2023
Laurie Lauria and I spent last week moving out of San Francisco up to Napa, California, dodging the raindrops and taking advantage of a few dry days in this remarkably stormy winter — weather that makes this a perfect time to talk about the need to capture rainwater and protect overwhelmed urban sewer systems.
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As Heatwaves And Floods Hit Cities Worldwide, These Places Are Pioneering Solutions
1/23/2023
Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events. It’ll get worse, too. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fact sheet outlining impacts on human settlements is a very sobering read.
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Flood Forecasts In Real-Time With Block-By-Block Data Could Save Lives — A New Machine Learning Method Makes It Possible
1/19/2023
I am a hydrologist who sometimes works in remote areas, so interpreting weather data and forecast uncertainty is always part of my planning. As someone who once nearly drowned while crossing a flooded river where I shouldn’t have, I am also acutely conscious of the extreme human vulnerability stemming from not knowing exactly where and when a flood will strike.
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Robots Protecting Our Sewers
1/3/2023
For centuries, engineers have worked on solutions to bring fresh water to cities and then get rid of wastewater safely. From the Roman aqueduct to the Victorian super sewer, water technology has had to keep pace with growing demand since humans first started to live together.
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Cincinnati-Area Sewer Agency Turns to Sensors For Better Data Collection
12/15/2022
Listen to Scott Bessler, the assistant superintendent for the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, sharing his experience using Kando's technology to digitalize wastewater surveillance.
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Going Digital: Celebrating Achievement In Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Development
12/1/2022
Following two years of hosting remotely, Bentley Systems returned to a live setting for its annual Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards event, held November 14-15 in London, England. Bentley welcomed 114 press members from 23 countries to celebrate some of the most impressive infrastructure projects of the past year, including those from the water/wastewater sector.
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Who Sees What You Flush? Wastewater Surveillance For Public Health Is On The Rise, But A New Survey Reveals Many U.S. Adults Are Still Unaware
11/3/2022
Flush and forget? Not if you have a toilet that flushes to one of over 3,000 sites around the world where researchers are using wastewater to track SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But what do members of the public actually know about wastewater surveillance? And what do they think about researchers tracking what they send down the drain at their home?
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Delivering Digital Water — Are We There Yet?
11/3/2022
The water industry's greatest technology trend is also one with scattershot levels of adoption, but that can change with proper understanding of the purpose for and pathway toward Digital Water.
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Precision Vs. Recall For Predicting Service Line Materials
10/31/2022
Consider what makes a "good" prediction and the choice to be made between the prioritization of precision and recall.
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Regulators Love Artificial Intelligence
10/24/2022
Explore how creating an open dialogue with regulators during the conceptual design of a project significantly reduces the risk of incurring a major project delay during later project phases.