Water Online Highlights

  1. Ensuring Optimal Water Sanitation In Swimming Pools And Water Attractions 3/2/2026

    Clear water isn’t always clean. Proper pool sanitation requires balanced chemistry, accurate chemical dosing, and correctly sized equipment to ensure safety, comfort, and compliance.

  2. Solving Cavitation Challenges: Understanding Low NPSH Pump Design In Modern Systems 3/2/2026
    Understanding how low Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) pump designs work, and why they matter, requires stepping back from component-level thinking to look at how pumps interact with the supply systems.
  3. Navigating Gen AI Concerns In Water Utilities 2/27/2026

    Navigating Generative AI requires balancing innovation with data security and accuracy. By establishing robust governance, utilities can safely leverage automated insights to bridge knowledge gaps, empower frontline staff, and enhance long-term operational resilience.

  4. Simplifying Complexity: How Agentic AI Is Reshaping Utility Operations 2/27/2026

    Water and wastewater operations have never been more complex. Treatment standards tighten. Staffing pipelines shrink. Reporting requirements multiply. Chemical costs fluctuate. And every decision carries operational, financial, and regulatory consequences. 

  5. Digital Marketplaces In The Water Sector: A New Territory 2/26/2026

    Digital marketplaces offer a modular approach to water management, enabling utilities to integrate specialized tools within a unified environment. This collaborative ecosystem democratizes innovation, streamlines technology adoption, and fosters more agile, data-driven operational strategies.

  6. The Skills Gap In Water Engineering: Why Technical Training Needs To Be A Priority 2/26/2026
    There is a widening skills gap in water engineering, which could threaten innovation, service quality, and resilience unless it’s addressed quickly and strategically. At the heart of this challenge lies the need to advance technical training and continuous professional development and ensure that workforce planning is a top priority throughout the industry.
  7. When Is A Mechanical Metering Pump The Better Option? 2/25/2026

    Sometimes simpler is smarter. Mechanical metering pumps can deliver reliable, cost-effective performance in applications that don’t require advanced controls or continuous-duty operation.Sometimes simpler is smarter. Mechanical metering pumps can deliver reliable, cost-effective performance in applications that don’t require advanced controls or continuous-duty operation.

  8. AI Agents In Your Water Utility: A Powerful Co-Pilot Or A Risky Takeover? 2/25/2026

    AI agents serve as powerful co-pilots for water utilities, enhancing data analysis and predictive maintenance. By maintaining human oversight, these tools empower operators to optimize network performance and improve resource management through intuitive, data-driven insights.

  9. A Dynamic Trio Helps Tackle The Challenge Of Non-Revenue Water 2/25/2026

    Non-revenue water is a global problem: Around 30% of drinking water is lost on its way to the consumer. But this decades-old problem can now be solved: By applying proven, easy-to-use digital solutions, utilities can now make the best use of data they already have from sensors and from hydraulic models to learn more about how much water they are losing and why.

  10. The Water Online Show: The Guide That Will Change Water Reuse Nationwide 2/25/2026

    On this episode of The Water Online Show, hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling interview Fred Gerringer, Brown and Caldwell’s Water Reuse National Practice Leader, about the creation of a first-of-its-kind State Water Reuse Regulatory Guide being developed for the WateReuse Association and its partner organizations.