Water Online Highlights

  1. How Anaheim Manages 12,000 Backflow Devices With A Team Of One 7/22/2026

    Digitalizing cross-connection control allows large water utilities to automate tester registrations, verify credentials, and process online test reports seamlessly. This administrative shift eliminates data backlogs, saving hundreds of staff hours annually.

  2. The Swarm Effect: Monitoring The Pipe, Not Just The Plant 7/22/2026

    Conventional distribution monitoring relies on sparse plant-level data, forcing utilities to infer water quality across wide piping networks. Dense, multi-point sensing delivers real-time visibility, allowing operators to target flushing, isolate contamination, and optimize distribution operations.

  3. Designing A Configurable Utility Experience 7/22/2026

    On The Water Online Show, Angela Whittenberg, VP of Product Management, and Josh Chaise, VP of Product Development at Aclara (part of Hubbell), share the latest philosophy in data management platforms.

  4. Calibration Season Is A Myth You Can Retire 7/22/2026

    Frequent calibration schedules are often just a workaround for unstable instrumentation prone to measurement drift. By preventing organic fouling at the electrode level, monitoring systems maintain accuracy longer, cutting routine field labor and driving down operational costs.

  5. Why Industrial Pretreatment Programs Are Drowning In Administration, And What Modern Technology Can Do About It 7/22/2026

    Evaluating industrial discharge data manually consumes valuable staff time and increases risk. Automated sampling ingestion flags limit violations instantly, streamlining enforcement, reducing administrative strain, and keeping municipal wastewater treatment infrastructure protected.

  6. The Water Online Show: Understanding The Limit Of Detection 7/22/2026

    In this episode of The Water Online Show, host Travis Kennedy is joined by Mike Sadar of Lovibond to demystify two critical specifications often listed on instrument spec sheets: Limit of Detection (LOD) and Limit of Quantification (LOQ).

  7. Using Operational Data To Prioritize Water Infrastructure Investments 7/22/2026

    Meter reads, pressure measurements, leak alerts, and maintenance records all provide valuable insight into system performance. The challenge for most utilities is that this information often exists in silos across multiple systems, making it difficult to connect individual data points and determine what requires attention first.

  8. What Would Your Best Operator Do With 40 Hours A Month Back? 7/21/2026

    Routine maintenance and travel consume valuable technical capacity. Eliminating low-judgment upkeep tasks frees skilled operators to focus on high-value priorities, turning time savings into a workforce multiplier that strengthens long-term system reliability.

  9. Scalable Excellence In Ozone Treatment 7/21/2026

    Tune in to this episode of The Water Online show to hear as Sannel Patel, Director of Business Development and Marketing at Pinnacle Ozone, breaks down the strategic engineering advantages of modular ozone system designs.

  10. When It Rains, It Pours: Why Stormwater Compliance Is Harder Than It Looks 7/20/2026

    Municipal stormwater programs face complex oversight across widespread construction sites and discharge points. Transitioning from paper logs to mobile digital inspections streamlines field reporting, clarifies site histories, and ensures continuous environmental protection.