Wastewater Management News

  1. DPAct Applauds House Energy And Commerce Committee For Passing Pipeline Safety Bill To Make American Communities Safer 7/22/2026

    Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted 41–8 to advance H.R. 9338, the Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026, to the full House via an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

  2. Flomatic Introduces The Next Generation Of Air Management: Sewair-Combo NXC Combination Air Valve 7/22/2026

    Flomatic Valves is proud to announce the official release of the new Sewair‑Combo NXC, a Next Generation Compact (NXC) combination air valve engineered to provide reliable air release, vacuum protection, and continuous air management in municipal and industrial wastewater systems.

  3. Human-AI Integration Is Redefining Digital Water Management Operations 7/20/2026

    Agentic AI architectures operate as autonomous coordinators that interact with business systems. They also enable operator-driven customization and define which critical decisions require human validation, according to Xylem Vue

  4. Madison Launches Sanitary Sewer Study To Support Growth And Long-Term Infrastructure Planning 7/15/2026

    The City of Madison is taking a proactive step to strengthen its wastewater infrastructure by initiating the Campus, Downtown, and East Washington Ave Sanitary Sewer Study. Using sanitary sewer modeling, the study will assess existing system performance, evaluate the impacts of proposed development and redevelopment, and identify improvements required to maintain reliable service as the city grows. North America’s premier water engineering and consulting firm Carollo Engineers has been selected to lead the effort.

  5. Advanced Drainage Systems Named To TIME's 2026 World's Most Impactful Companies 7/10/2026

    Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (NYSE: WMS) (“ADS” or the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite wastewater industries, announced it has been named to TIME’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Impactful Companies. This annual recognition highlights organizations that are making extraordinary contributions to addressing global challenges through innovation, sustainability and measurable impact.

  6. Emerson Delivers First-Of-Its-Kind Synchronization Software For Power And Water Control Systems 7/8/2026

    Emerson, a global automation leader, announced the release of its Ovation™ Curation Tool, a first-of-its-kind synchronization software for power and water control systems, delivering an easy way to maintain version control and detailed change history between multiple Ovation systems and simulators. The Curation Tool automates management of changes between power plant production systems and their digital twins to improve testing and training accuracy, save engineering time and enable faster troubleshooting and stronger governance.

  7. WATCHFIRE Solution Now Available For Wastewater Monitoring In The United States Through Biofire Defense 7/6/2026

    bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that the WATCHFIRE Solution multiplex PCR test for wastewater monitoring is now available through BioFire Defense, a bioMérieux affiliate company. WATCHFIRE offers two panel tests that screen for more than 40 pathogens that cause respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses with easy near-source testing offering multiple PCR results in about an hour.

  8. How Water Quality Monitoring Systems Help Utilities Deliver Safe Water 7/1/2026

    Safe drinking water has long been water utilities' core purpose. Today, however, that job is infinitely more complex. Climate change, infrastructure aging, industrial pollution, emerging contaminants, and more regulatory pressures require utilities to reassess every point at which they measure water quality in their treatment and distribution systems.

  9. EPA Releases Quarterly Update On Implementation Of 100% Solution To Permanently End The Tijuana River Sewage Crisis 6/30/2026

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released today its second quarterly public update for 2026 detailing the implementation of two historic agreements signed with Mexico in 2025 to permanently end the years-long Tijuana River sewage crisis.

  10. RLCore Unveils RLTune: An Adaptive Optimization Platform For Water And Wastewater Infrastructure At ACE26 6/22/2026
    RLCore today announced RLTune, a real-time continuous optimization platform designed to revolutionize how water and wastewater facilities operate in dynamic, nonlinear environments. Unveiled at the American Water Works Association’s ACE26 conference, RLTune introduces a new level of control: a continual learning intelligence layer that works alongside existing controls and dynamically optimizes plant performance, leading to significant efficiency gains, cost savings and operational resilience.