Water Online Highlights

  1. Converging Challenges, Unified Solutions: How Three Overlapping Trends Are Shaping Public Water 9/5/2025
    With the right help, coping with workforce upheaval, the digital transition, and asset management can be an opportunity.
  2. A Comprehensive Guide To Phosphate Feed System Design For Drinking Water Applications 9/5/2025

    Phosphate dosing systems are critical for corrosion control, and increasingly important under the mandate of Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.

  3. Interoperability Unlocked: How Connected Systems Will Power Water's Future 9/5/2025

    The full potential of smart water infrastructure is within reach — if our digital systems work together and share critical data.

  4. Smarter Pumps, Lower Emissions: The Digital Reinvention Of San Jose Water 9/5/2025

    Pumps are power-hungry and thus expensive to run, but San Jose Water shows how data-driven technologies and strategies can bring the cost down for utilities.

  5. Aqua TruDense™ Provides Additional Capacity, Improves Settling, And Achieves Enhanced Nutrient Removal 9/4/2025

    A densified sludge process can improve wastewater treatment by promoting larger, denser sludge particles. This enhances settling, improves nutrient removal, and increases treatment capacity.

  6. AI Has A Hidden Water Cost — Here's How To Calculate Yours 9/3/2025
    Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water — a single-serving water bottle — for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT system. They use roughly the same amount of water to draft a 100-word email message.
  7. Megadroughts Are Here To Stay, And U.S. Water Utilities Need To Adapt 9/2/2025
    Researchers warn that California and other states affected by megadroughts — periods of drought lasting 20+ years — will have to accept this as the new normal. That means rethinking the water cycle and finding new, more sustainable water sources.
  8. Unlocking The Potential Of Digital Pressure Transmitters 9/2/2025
    Traditional analog devices are increasingly being replaced by digital solutions, and communication protocols like CANopen are playing a key role in this transition. This shift calls for engineers to assess whether digital pressure transmitters are the best fit for their specific applications.
  9. Microfiltration Membranes Lead The Way In Water Filtration 9/2/2025

    For water treatment professionals prioritizing precision and efficiency, hollow-fiber microfiltration membranes are revolutionizing the way industries and municipalities treat water.

  10. Optimization Of Wastewater Treatment Plant Processes With The Help Of AI 9/1/2025

    It is more important than ever for cities and municipalities to leverage wastewater treatment plant data to optimize operational efficiency and sustainability, given the increase in energy prices and the rising frequency of severe weather events due to climate change.