Regulation Updates For Utility Management

11. Making The Most Of Historical Data For ‘Smart Water’ Insights 3/31/2020

    The concept of ‘drowning in data but starving for information’ might be a slight exaggeration in smaller, well-established water or wastewater treatment operations, but collecting more data than is typically used certainly strikes a familiar chord. With all the buzz about ‘smart water,’ there must be a way to make better use of available data without breaking the bank. Here are some principles to consider.

12. 'Smart Water' Benefits Without 'Big Data' Intimidation 3/31/2020

    For water treatment plants (WTPs) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) pressured to do more with their data despite being pinched by a tight budget and a need to retrain employees, a new strategy can make all the difference. Here is how one such approach makes ‘smart water’ analytics less intimidating and how it has helped one utility make more cost-effective decisions while saving precious time and money.

13. Artificial Intelligence Predicts – And Saves – Your Water Future 3/24/2020

    The digital transformation of water and wastewater utilities may be early-stage, but it is making tremendous impact where applied, and most organizations already have the data at their disposal to improve their local water conditions.

14. Meet The Influencer Who Organized A Well-Known Waterworks Company 3/19/2020

    No one follows her on social media, yet she’s clearly a woman of influence. She has been described as a person of “keen business discernment,” someone respected for her “good judgment, common sense and foresight.” She is Sarah Charlotte Blair, whose idea to organize an iron pipe foundry in the South led to the formation of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1905. John J. Eagan – a proponent of the Golden Rule in industry – was the company’s first president.

15. The Evolution Of AMI — What’s Next? 3/19/2020

    In the evolution of water distribution, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has become a valuable asset in reducing labor requirements, improving customer service and billing, and providing a baseline of information for better data management. The question is how much more can AMI do, and how can water utilities take maximum advantage? Here are some insights and ideas.

16. Smart Infrastructure Solutions: The Antidote To AMI Tunnel Vision 3/19/2020

    For 20 years, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been viewed primarily as a cost-efficient meter-reading resource — a key driver behind water utility ROI. More recently, however, utility operations increasingly rely upon AMI capabilities to cope with broader issues ranging from water scarcity to aging infrastructure. Here’s how an expanded view of AMI can benefit water utilities in both the short and long term.

17. How Much Can Leak Detection Reduce Non-Revenue Water Losses? 3/19/2020

    Utilities that choose not to install proactive leak detection know exactly how much they are ‘saving’ by avoiding that investment. Unfortunately, they often have no idea of how much they are actually ’paying’ to forego it, since 65 to 75 percent of water leaks never surface to prove their hidden expense. Now, with challenges related to water scarcity, regulatory reporting demands, AMI implementation, and an increase in aging infrastructure, it’s a better time than ever to reevaluate those costs.

18. Leveraging AMI Systems For Analytics And Customer Engagement 3/19/2020

    Acceptance tends to come in waves for any automated technology that replaces manual labor. In water distribution utilities, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology has already proven its worth for improving efficiency and accuracy in meter reading and billing data. Now, it is poised for a second growth spurt, based on its value for utility-wide data collection, analytics, and consumer engagement.

19. Simpler “Smart Water”: A Paradigm Shift For AMI Deployment 3/16/2020

    As municipal water utilities face relentless financial pressure — with consumers who oppose rate increases at one end of the spectrum and a crisis of aging infrastructure at the other — “smart water” is becoming an imperative. Driving adoption of the technology on a widespread scale requires simplicity and cost certainty, both of which can be found in newer network as a service (NaaS) models for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).

20. Keys To A Successful AMI Rollout 3/16/2020

    With its ability to improve customer service, reduce costs and boost visibility into water distribution systems, AMI has rapidly become a worthwhile investment. The ability to capture and analyze vast amounts of actionable data is at the core of AMI.