Water Online Highlights

  1. Municipal Water Treatment: A Look At The Advantages Of Performance Testing For Powdered Activated Carbon 5/21/2026

    Evaluating Powdered Activated Carbon through site-specific performance testing allows water utilities to optimize chemical dosing based on real-world efficacy rather than upfront price, preventing costly operational strains and ensuring reliable contaminant removal.

  2. Restoring Confidence After Catastrophic Failure: Trenchless CFRP Rehabilitation Of Montréal's Critical Water Main 5/21/2026

    When critical large-diameter water mains suffer catastrophic failure, trenchless carbon fiber reinforcement provides an efficient, fully structural repair. This method eliminates disruptive excavation, completely restoring pipeline integrity and high-pressure capacity from the inside out.

  3. Safeguarding Neighborhood Service During An Emergency With Valve Insertion 5/20/2026

    Discover how a municipal utility resolved an urgent infrastructure repair on an active 8-inch water main in just two hours, keeping water flowing to hundreds of nearby residents by avoiding a wide-reaching neighborhood shutdown.

  4. Six Weeks Or Six Hours? Why Lead Times Are Breaking Wastewater Utilities 5/20/2026

    Wastewater utilities cannot afford six-week delays when pumps fail. Learn how domestic manufacturing and local inventory are reshaping emergency response and maintenance strategies.

  5. Beyond Non-Payment: 5 Emerging Use Cases For Remote Water Shutoff Valves 5/20/2026

    Remote shutoff valves are evolving beyond non-payment management, helping utilities improve emergency response, conservation, compliance, operational efficiency, and long-term system resiliency.

  6. The Missing Link Between Data And Action 5/20/2026

    Jennifer Steffens, PE, Tech Practice Director for Digital Water at Carollo Engineers, makes the case that having confidence in your data is only half the battle — the real value of digital tools is turning that confidence into priorities you can actually defend.

  7. Breaking Down Non-Revenue Water: Why Categorization Is Key 5/20/2026

    Will Jernigan, PE, CEO of Cavanaugh, reveals that not all water loss is what it seems — and that identifying where the problem actually lives can change everything about how you solve it.

  8. Your Data Has a Leak Too 5/20/2026

    Will Jernigan unpacks why water audit data is so often unreliable — and the answer may surprise utilities.

  9. The Water Talent Shortage Is Also A Diversity Problem 5/19/2026
    Utilities across the U.S. are facing growing pressure from aging infrastructure, climate resilience demands, regulatory scrutiny, and a workforce approaching retirement. Yet despite the scale of the challenge, much of the industry is still drawing talent from the same narrow pools and approaching hiring the same way it did years ago. That approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
  10. Navigating Changing Water Standards Without Losing Trust In Your Tap 5/19/2026
    When new contaminants show up in the news, or standards change and you see lower numbers combined with words like “maximum level,” “parts per trillion,” or “detected,” it’s completely reasonable to wonder: Was my water unsafe before? Did something get worse? Are we looking at things differently? In most cases, the answer is the last one. We are looking at contaminants through a different lens.