As water distribution infrastructure ages, the potential for leaks grows and the need for condition-driven asset management increases proportionally. As with so many other aspects of water operations, planning ahead is key. Good system diagnosis using noninvasive procedures provides an accurate and cost-effective assessment of distribution system integrity, just as noninvasive monitoring of heartbeat, pulse, and blood pressure plays an important role in human health.
AWWA’s 2018-19 president, David Rager, talks about personal priorities for his tenure and the long-range challenges the industry and his organization must strive to overcome.
Pipeline maintenance and non-revenue water reduction get a boost from far-out resources.
A Q&A with Gary Wong, chairman of the SWAN North American Alliance
Operational savings realized through high-tech leak detection techniques could pay for your utility’s advanced leak detection equipment.
Continuing the tradition of ground breaking products that add exciting new capabilities for smart, remote monitoring in water and wastewater networks.
Now available for use on all current Mueller Systems positive displacement meters in 5/8” through 2” sizes, the ME-8 utilizes heat treated tempered, glass lens and corrosion resistant copper can to house the register light tubes, electronics, self-lubricating gearing, and drive magnet. The register delivers extraordinary functionality and value when paired with the latest metrology and AMR/AMI solutions available from Mueller Systems.
From basic site designs to complex drainage studies, you can effectively model rainfall and runoff from urban and rural watersheds to design detention and retention facilities, outlet structures, and channels. The intuitive and easy-to-use interface simplifies detention pond design while the robust calculation engine handles the complexity of interconnected pond modeling.
StormCAD provides stormwater professionals with advanced tools to effectively deliver high-quality storm sewer design with lower capital investment. In challenging times, budgets for infrastructure projects are tight. StormCAD helps you be as effective as possible on storm sewer development projects. The software provides roadway and site designers, stormwater master planners, and land developers like you with advanced tools to effectively deliver high quality design with minimized capital investments.
How big and deep should this pipe be? Do we have enough capacity to serve these customers? These are the typical problems that SewerCAD can help you solve.
New technology helps utilities meet the challenges of maintaining a safe and adequate public water supply.
Operational savings realized through high-tech leak detection techniques could pay for your utility’s advanced leak detection equipment.
Data analysis around pipe condition, inflow & infiltration (I&I), and overflows can build a case for the approval of infrastructure funding in budget planning.
Big Data is more than a marketing buzzword. It’s become be an essential tool for helping utility operators prioritize capital investments, manage network assets, and provide a higher level of service to customers.
Q&A With Opworks™ User And Developers
SUEZ NWS and Cleanaway1 won the Dafa hazardous waste treatment facility contract in Kaohsiung, located in south-western Taiwan. The contract provides for the acquisition of the plant by the two partners for €36M and its operation by Cleanaway SUEZ2, a new joint venture (JV) set up between SUEZ NWS (29%), Cleanaway (29%) and the Taiwan Government Agency RSEA3 (42%).
Wastewater utilities may benefits from a bonding bill under consideration this year in Minnesota, where lawmakers may pump as much as $1.5 billion into infrastructure and other projects.
In a RoBi-X partnership, Aarhus Vand and Blue Ocean Robotics haveidentified a number of potential ways to use robot technology at wastewater treatment plants. The aim is to investigate how the work environment, productivity, and resource utilization can be improved in the wastewater industry – not only in Denmark but also globally.
America’s water is under threat from many sides. It faces pollution problems, outdated infrastructure, rising costs, and unprecedented droughts and rainfall patterns as the climate changes.
Smarter, more advanced asset management strategies will save water utilities US$41.9B in capital expenditures by 2027, according to a new report from Bluefield Research. These savings stem from the proliferation of new technology solutions and companies adjusting their business models to serve the municipal water sector.
Irish Water, working in partnership with Galway County Council, is investing €1.54M to upgrade the Gort and Spiddal Regional Water Supply Schemes. This investment will benefit over 5,000 customers and ensure both treatment plants can meet demand for treated water in their respective areas.
A new strategic digital partnership has been announced which will place technology and innovation at the heart of Scotland's water supply and waste water management.
Through WaterStart, Australian infrastructure inspections and management company Abyss Solutions is piloting its high-fidelity imaging underwater, remotely operated vehicle at Lake Mead in partnership with the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), to inspect the condition of the regional water agency’s existing water infrastructure within the lake.
EBML, the water authority of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, has installed i2O’s dNet solution to gain detailed insight into the performance and condition of its water network.
Kando, an innovative Israeli-based smart wastewater company, has announced its plans to join the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN), the leading global hub for the smart water and wastewater sectors.
