WATER TALK

Microbial Contamination Monitoring For Water Distribution Systems
Back in 2014, Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals wrote an executive order for municipalities to boost their chlorine residuals as high as possible to burn off all biofilm and stop the outbreak of brain-eating amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) that had been detected as the cause of death in a number of individuals.  Continue Reading..
Fostering Innovation From Within
Every water treatment challenge is a little different. Many companies have a variety of technologies that can be applied to meet the demands of their water utility customers. One such company would be SUEZ. Water Talk recently sat down with Adriano Vieira, Director of R&D with the SUEZ IDEAS Center, to learn more about the unique approach the Company’s North American arm is taking to innovation.  Continue Reading..
PaxWater
Water Tank Mixing Imperative For Water Quality
Lots of work has been done over the past century on improving water quality at the treatment plant. But as Flint, MI’s water crisis served to remind us, perhaps too little focus has been directed to the distribution system itself. PAX Water Technology and UGSI Solutions are looking to change that.  Continue Reading..
Sizing Up The Smart Water Market
Sizing Up The Smart Water Market
Is "smart water" living up to the hype? Can there be true impact without broad implementation? Even when technologies are in place, are utilities using smart water capabilities to their fullest extent? Water Online hosted Reese Tisdale, president of Bluefield Research, to answer these tough questions.  Continue Reading..
GeorgeHawkins
George Hawkins On How Innovation Can Fund Infrastructure
In this interview, Hawkins details some of his Washington D.C. experience, discusses utility funding as it relates to consumer rates, and explains the role of innovation in surmounting challenges.  Continue Reading..
RockyCraley
Lessons From The Latest Water And Wastewater Rate Survey
Rocky Craley of Raftelis Financial Consultants, the firm that conducted the 2016 Water and Wastewater Rate Survey along with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), discussed the takeaways of the annual survey in this edition of Water Talk.  Continue Reading..
Degassing Module Helps Nobel Prize Winners Degas 50,000 Tons Of Ultrapure Water
Separel is a degassing module produced by Sun Chemical Advanced Materials to remove dissolved oxygen from liquid. Originally developed to remove oxygen from ink, the product also has application in the water industry.  Continue Reading..
De Nora Doubles Down On Innovation
De Nora Doubles Down On Innovation
With 29 locations, 1,600 employees and research facilities in Japan, Italy and the United States, DeNora is one of the largest disinfection and filtration companies in the world. As Gary Lohse, Regional Sales Manager for De Nora, explains in this Water Online Radio interview, the acquisition of the former Severn Trent manufacturing division coupled with De Nora’s product innovation strength is driving enhancements to some of the most...  Continue Reading..
Selecting The Right Membrane For The Job
In this Water Online Radio exclusive interview, Fred Wiesler, Global Director of Sales for the QUA Group, discusses some of the company’s key products, including the EnviQ that uses a flat sheet PVDF membrane, and has a .04-micron pore size. It provides ultrafiltration quality water, with the strength of a PVDF flat sheet membrane.  Continue Reading..
Beyond SCADA: Doing More With More
The turning point for Rudy Engert came when Georgia ran out of water. Faced with severe water shortages, the state was literally weeks away from water rationing. Engert decided it was time to think about the water and wastewater industry differently.  Continue Reading..