Utility Management Solutions

  1. Aging In Place: How Acoustic Testing Is Reshaping AC Pipe Renewal Decisions 8/4/2026

    Faced with aging water networks and limited capital, utilities can optimize infrastructure spending by moving away from age-based scheduling. Non-invasive structural assessments identify true asset degradation and hidden leaks, ensuring critical funding targets the highest-risk pipes.

  2. The Two-Sided Water Problem — What Process Manufacturers Are Missing On Both Ends Of The Line 8/4/2026

    Process manufacturing represents an underexamined water-withdrawal category. Inside every one of these facilities, water is lost twice — once at the tap, and once at the drain — both losses driven by the same root cause and both solvable by the same intervention.

  3. Midyear Reality Check: How Accurate Have Our 2026 Water Predictions Been So Far? 8/4/2026
    At the start of 2026, Kevin Westerling and I laid out a compelling roadmap on The Water Online Show, highlighting the trends we believed would shape the water and wastewater industry. Now, halfway through the year, I wanted to take a step back and evaluate how those predictions are playing out in the real world.
  4. What Experience Taught Medford About AMI 7/30/2026

    See how Medford, Massachusetts, used years of AMI experience to prioritize reliability, improve leak detection, enhance billing accuracy, and guide future infrastructure decisions.

  5. What 15 Years Of AMI Experience Has Taught Utilities 7/30/2026

    Fifteen years after AMI adoption, utilities are redefining success by prioritizing proven reliability, trusted data, resilient networks, intuitive software, and long-term vendor partnerships.

  6. The Water Compliance Gap 7/27/2026

    Paper-based water compliance systems force managers to spend up to 70 percent of their time on administration. Transitioning to automated workflows resolves communication gaps, improves compliance rates, and gives leadership comprehensive system visibility.

  7. 900 Series Chemical Process Control Case Studies 7/27/2026

    Learn how ECI consultants radically reduced costs and wastes while improving working conditions and ensuring compliance using 900 Series Monitor/Controllers.

  8. Demystifying CROMERR: A Practical Guide To Attaining CROMERR Approval For Pretreatment Programs 7/27/2026

    Achieving EPA compliance for electronic pretreatment reporting requires meeting Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule standards. Following a clear five-step application path ensures electronic submissions maintain legal enforceability equal to traditional paper signatures.

  9. The Data Analyst Who Helped Rebuild Waco's Stormwater Program After A Citywide Restructure 7/27/2026

    Eliminating manual paper processing in municipal compliance operations frees up valuable staff resources. Centralizing inspection records and automating testing notifications strengthens regulatory oversight and maintains continuous audit readiness for growing utilities.

  10. Clean Off The Control Board: Five Parameters, One Device 7/27/2026

    Crowded control panels with separate single-parameter instruments increase maintenance demands, potential leak points, and calibration schedules. Consolidating multi-parameter tracking simplifies system architecture, lowers upkeep costs, and frees up operator time for core tasks.