Water Online Highlights

  1. Designing Flexible Infrastructure For An Uncertain Water Future 3/30/2026

    Alex Shannon, Senior VP and West Region Water Business Line Leader at WSP in the U.S., discusses how utilities are responding to rising risks by shifting away from rigid, one‑off solutions and toward modular, lifecycle‑based infrastructure planning that can adapt over time — helping manage costs while staying resilient amid evolving water challenges.

  2. Using Watershed Scale Risk Assessments To Drive Collective Action 3/30/2026

    Karen Frost, Executive Director of The Water Council, highlights how industry associations can use shared Water Body Risk Assessment tools to identify common watershed challenges, prioritize collective pain points, and align technology solutions across multiple facilities for greater regional impact.

  3. Why Source Water Protection Is The Smartest Investment Utilities Can Make 3/30/2026

    Kenan Ozekin, Chief Research Officer at The Water Research Foundation, explains that climate change, emerging contaminants, and land‑use pressures are converging at once — making it far more cost‑effective and impactful to manage risks upstream in the watershed than to treat them later at the drinking water plant.

  4. Measuring Low Limit Values For Orthophosphate Using The Phosphax Sc Low Range 3/30/2026

    Tightening phosphate limits require high-precision monitoring to ensure compliance and economical chemical dosing. Refined photometric methods now offer superior accuracy at ultra-low ranges, providing the stable data necessary to optimize wastewater treatment processes.

  5. Case Study: Groundwater DWTP (AK) - DEXSORB Full-Scale 3/29/2026

    A DWTP client in Alaska detected elevated PFAS contamination levels in two groundwater wells supplying drinking water to 85 service connections. PFAS concentrations are provided in Table 1, where combined concentration of EPA PFAS6 was detected at 490 to 810 ppt.

  6. Case Study: Groundwater DWTP (NJ) – DEXSORB Full-Scale 3/29/2026

    Cyclopure was invited to replace ion exchange resin to remove PFAS from groundwater at a groundwater pump station, located in NJ. The decision to replace IXR was due to poor PFAS removal caused by manganese fouling.

  7. On-Line EZ Series Phosphorus Analyzer Allows Peace Of Mind And Prevents Permit Violations 3/27/2026

    Real-time nutrient monitoring allows wastewater facilities to detect industrial spikes and prevent permit violations. By utilizing automated, hourly sampling and dual-stream analysis, operators can optimize chemical dosing and maintain consistent effluent quality.

  8. Return Activated Sludge Pumps 3/27/2026

    Return activated sludge pumps are critical to wastewater treatment, maintaining biological balance, ensuring efficiency, and supporting resilient infrastructure amid aging systems and emerging contaminants.

  9. Long-Term Cost Of Pump Oversizing 3/27/2026

    Pump oversizing drives hidden costs through energy waste, reduced reliability, and increased wear, making proper sizing and modern controls critical for long-term efficiency and performance.

  10. Danville One Year Update 3/27/2026

    A next-gen submersible pump eliminated clogging at a high-demand lift station, reducing maintenance, cutting costs, and delivering reliable, clog-free wastewater performance for over a year.