Water Online Highlights

  1. The Cheapest Capital You'll Deploy This Year Is The Sensor That Doesn't Break 7/24/2026

    A growing infrastructure funding gap requires utilities to maximize every capital dollar. Relying on continuous, trustworthy monitoring data allows systems to shift away from age-based asset replacement and target maintenance precisely where water quality degrades.

  2. Every Bad Chlorine Reading Costs You Twice 7/24/2026

    Inaccurate residual readings force water treatment facilities to overdose expensive chemicals or risk regulatory non-compliance. Maintaining measurement accuracy across fluctuating water conditions eliminates costly safety margins and lowers daily chemical expenses.

  3. The Hidden Reagent Bill Buried In Your O&M Budget 7/24/2026

    Small, recurring orders for chemical reagents, buffer solutions, and replacement membranes create an overlooked drain on utility operational budgets. Tallying these hidden expenses across an entire monitoring fleet reveals significant opportunities to eliminate unnecessary ongoing costs.

  4. Your Chlorine Analyzer's Sticker Price Is The Cheapest Thing About It 7/24/2026

    Focusing solely on initial purchase costs masks the ongoing expenses of monitoring equipment. Accounting for recurring reagents, calibration labor, and maintenance reveals the true ten-year financial impact, guiding smarter long-term budgeting decisions for water utilities.

  5. Precision Engineering For Clean Water 7/23/2026

    On The Water Online Show, Shaun Sharrett, Vice President of Sales at Swan Analytical, examines how continuous online monitoring differs fundamentally from traditional, sporadic testing methods.

  6. Retrofitting The Future: Cellular Transitions 7/23/2026

    In this episode of The Water Online Show, Carolyn Parent, CEO, and Jay Glover, VP of Sales at Metron, explore an innovative compromise: retrofitting existing non-AMI water meters with advanced cellular registers.

  7. Satellite Intelligence In Leak Detection 7/23/2026

    Through ASTERRA, The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has launched LeakTracer– a first-of-its-kind grant funding program that deploys AI and advanced satellite technology to reduce water loss and strengthen long-term water resilience for rural water utilities state-wide.

  8. The Troubling Paradox Facing Water Utilities: Conserving Water While Driving Up Rates 7/23/2026

    A growing operational headache is brewing in the Western U.S.: successful water conservation is putting utility revenues and climate resilience on a collision course.

  9. Small Changes, Big Impact: How A U.S. Utility Fleet Reclaimed Demineralizer Efficiency Across 12 Plants 7/23/2026

    Operational drift in demineralizer systems often leads to hidden chemical and water waste. By re-establishing precise performance baselines and refining operational practices, facilities can significantly lower annual chemical spend, reduce water consumption, and recover valuable operating time.

  10. Deployment Of A Low-Power LoRa LPWAN Sensor Network For Environmental Monitoring In Antarctica 7/22/2026

    Maintain complete situational awareness over remote, unpowered infrastructure. A duty-cycled sensor network buffers daily environmental data and transmits via scheduled satellite windows, delivering reliable structural oversight in extreme off-grid environments while minimizing power consumption.