Water Online Highlights

  1. Compliance Monitoring Without The Lab Runs: The EPA Method 334.0 Math 7/17/2026

    Manual grab sampling for chlorine residual compliance burdens operators with excessive drive time and laboratory costs. Adopting continuous, certified online monitoring satisfies regulatory reporting requirements while freeing technical staff for higher-priority operational tasks.

  2. Kill The Service Contract: What Happens When A Sensor Maintains Itself 7/17/2026

    Annual equipment service contracts are often treated as fixed costs, yet they largely exist to support high-maintenance hardware. Adopting self-maintaining technology allows utilities to eliminate routine service agreements and pivot to a cost-effective shelf-spare strategy.

  3. Modernizing Water Distribution Systems With Advanced Metering Infrastructure 7/17/2026

    The use of smart water meter systems or AMI has emerged as the vital element in a water network upgrade program, using two-way communications to relay near-real-time information on water usage, pressure variations, leak events, and usage patterns between smart meters and the utility.

  4. Beyond Compliance: The Utilities Setting A New Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Standard 7/17/2026

    Every year, drinking water utilities across the U.S. publish Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs), the federally required reports designed to inform customers about the quality of their drinking water. While utilities have generally succeeded in meeting regulatory requirements, communicating that information in a clear, accessible, and engaging way has proven more challenging.

  5. 15 Years Of Proven Reliability: How A South Florida Utility Standardized On Beck Actuators 7/16/2026

    Discover how a major water utility transformed its operations by standardizing its flow control infrastructure, virtually eliminating emergency maintenance costs and shrinking spare parts inventory over fifteen years of continuous, demanding field service.

  6. What's Driving The Reuse Boom? 7/15/2026

    Fred Gerringer, Water Reuse National Practice Leader at Brown and Caldwell, explains why water reuse is becoming increasingly common across the country. From water scarcity and stricter discharge regulations to growing demand from data centers and industry, he outlines the major drivers that will shape reuse adoption over the next decade.

  7. From Future Concept To Water Supply Reality 7/15/2026

    Jacqueline Mutter, National One Water Planning Lead for HDR, reflects on how potable reuse has evolved over the past decade from a long-range planning scenario into a critical water supply strategy.

  8. Why Reuse Projects Succeed — Or Fail 7/15/2026

    Pranjali Kumar, Southeast Reuse Lead for Carollo, highlights the organizational realities behind successful reuse projects. While treatment technology gets much of the attention, she argues that strong leadership, cross-department collaboration, and project champions are often the factors that determine whether a project moves forward or stalls.

  9. Building The Augmented Operator: A Manager's Guide To Training For AI-Powered Utility 7/15/2026
    As water and wastewater utilities expand SCADA, advanced analytics, and AI, managers must prepare operators to turn those signals into reliable operational decisions. The goal is not to replace certified professionals but to build an augmented workforce that can supervise automation, question model outputs, and protect treatment performance under changing plant conditions.
  10. How Municipalities Can Modernize Aging Wastewater Infrastructure Without Disrupting Service 7/15/2026
    Municipal wastewater systems age under constant pressure, yet communities still need and expect reliable service every hour of the day. With careful planning, phased work, trenchless methods, smart monitoring, and stronger asset management, municipalities can upgrade critical infrastructure while keeping homes, businesses, and public facilities running safely, efficiently, and predictably throughout the process.