More Wastewater Industry Features

51. 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).

52. Are Good Manufacturing Practices No Longer Good Enough? 10/28/2019

    Janet Woodcock’s recent comment on the state of pharmaceutical development,“It’s not working…,” should not surprise anyone. Her continuation, “and, it won’t work in the future," is the more surprising, and particularly troubling statement. What must we change?

53. Western Virginia Water Authority Makes Asset Management Software Work for Everyone 6/3/2019

    As the Infrastructure Asset Manager at the Western Virginia Water Authority, Jim O’Dowd has responsibility for planning, managing, direction setting, and administration of the Asset Management Program for the Authority’s water distribution and wastewater collection systems. These are made up of around 1,000 miles of sewer and 1,200 miles of water mains that serve over 200,000 people in Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Botetourt County and Franklin County, 240 miles southwest of Washington DC. Jim uses InfoAsset Manager and InfoAsset Mobile software to manage the Authority’s asset management and work order system, and InfoWorks WS Pro, IWLive Pro and InfoWorks ICM for water and sewer hydraulic modeling.

54. Using Data To Improve Asset Management 3/21/2019

    The nexus of operations and asset management is coming as the water industry continues its digital transformation. Ongoing asset performance management informed by near-real-time data empowers a streamlined view of which assets are nearing the end of their useful lives, and which are operating at optimal efficiency. Read more to see how better data leads to better asset management for utilities of any size.

55. Smart Meters With Integrated Valves Promote Long-Term Savings 12/17/2019

    Picture this common scenario for a water utility: A past due account triggers multiple notices to a home, but with no response from the customer, a crew is sent to shut off service. Throughout the process, the municipality racks up other labor costs, including personnel needed to create the work order and a return visit by a crew to restore service once the account is current.

56. How Calibrated Are Your Trial-Measurement Tools? 9/18/2019

    Every person participating in a clinical trial creates inherent variability in the way they perform. A patient’s ability to report their symptoms accurately will impact trial data, as will a site staff’s verbal and non-verbal communication cues. But what if you could train people to reduce measurement error—and even decrease the placebo response? Read the article to find out how.

57. Evasive Scripts: What They Are, And What We’re Doing About Them 7/15/2020

    “What’s an evasive attack? At a very basic level, it’s exactly what it sounds like; it’s a cyberattack that’s designed to hide from you,” says Grayson Milbourne, Security Intelligence Director at Webroot, an OpenText company.

58. Spiral-Wound Filters A Lynchpin For Ultrafiltration And Microfiltration Applications 3/9/2020

    Spiral-wound filters are beneficial for water reuse in industrial applications because the design enables high volumes of permeable membrane to be packed into a confined space. However, the compact nature of their design makes them susceptible to accumulations that can reduce their lifespan. The good news is that new developments in single-layer membrane technology are allowing filter elements to generate higher flux rates and cleaner permeate while reducing the tendency for fouling.

59. Equipment Design: Keys To Optimal Media Usage 1/3/2020

    When adsorption systems are optimally designed for drinking water treatment, municipalities reap tremendous rewards, including the flexibility to address changing requirements and long-term operational cost savings. The problem is that water utilities often miss this opportunity by calculating the activated carbon capacity for a system but failing to specify the proper equipment.

60. 3-D Printing Creates Big Innovation From Tiny Parts For Medtech Firm 11/5/2019

    Many new health care technologies have advanced over the past decade to enable doctors to perform more procedures in their offices over hospital only settings. However, hysteroscopy — used to identify or treat problems of the uterus — has been slower to respond to this shift.