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What Water Utilities Are Missing – And What Happens When They Find It
Discover how Xylem’s Sensus InsightAI is helping water utilities turn data overload into real-time decisive action – without requiring data science proficiency.  Continue Reading..
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Why You Can't Patch Your Way Out Of The Latest Water Utility Threats
Iranian-linked hackers have successfully exploited PLCs at water utilities and energy facilities across the U.S., resulting in operational disruptions and massive financial loss. For many water utility executives, the immediate and instinctive reaction is to look for a patch. But in this case, there is no simple vendor fix.  Continue Reading..
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Municipal Water Treatment: A Look At The Advantages Of Performance Testing For Powdered Activated Carbon
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.  Continue Reading..
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Six Weeks Or Six Hours? Why Lead Times Are Breaking Wastewater Utilities
Wastewater utilities cannot afford six-week delays when pumps fail. Learn how domestic manufacturing and local inventory are reshaping emergency response and maintenance strategies.  Continue Reading..
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Beyond Non-Payment: 5 Emerging Use Cases For Remote Water Shutoff Valves
Remote shutoff valves are evolving beyond non-payment management, helping utilities improve emergency response, conservation, compliance, operational efficiency, and long-term system resiliency.  Continue Reading..
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The Water Talent Shortage Is Also A Diversity Problem
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.  Continue Reading..
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Navigating Changing Water Standards Without Losing Trust In Your Tap
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.  Continue Reading..
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Detroit's Water Affordability Crisis Is Tied To The Uneven Distribution Of Stormwater Management Costs
Utility bills are the primary source of revenue for public water and wastewater systems. Yet both the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) are caught in what utility experts call an affordability gap.  Continue Reading..
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Turning AMI Data Into Better Customer Service
For decades, the relationship between a water utility and its customers was simple. As water flows, the bills go out, and sometimes complaints come back. Customers had little visibility into how much water they were actually using on a day-to-day basis, and utilities had limited tools to give them any. Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has long since changed that equation.   Continue Reading..
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Rethinking Master Planning In A Data-Rich Environment
Digital planning tools are transforming the master planning process from a periodic study into a continuously updated decision-support system that integrates data, models, and operational insight.  Continue Reading..

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Hunter Water Expands Collaboration With Itron To Advance Digital Metering Program

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), the intelligent infrastructure provider for modern energy and water management, is expanding its collaboration with Hunter Water, the water utility serving the Lower Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia, to support the utility’s digital water journey as part of its Digital Metering Pilot Program. Hunter Water aims to use data to improve water network management and reduce non-revenue water while enabling customers to better understand their usage and conserve water. As part of the pilot program, Hunter Water is deploying a variety of meters including Itron Intelis wSource NB-IoT ultrasonic water meters that will be managed through Temetra, Itron’s cloud‑based, multi‑vendor, multi‑commodity meter data management solution, which is already in use by the utility.

Things You Need To Know: EPA Unveils Comprehensive PFAS Strategy — Nearly $1 Billion And Standards Water Systems Can Actually Meet

A recap of Monday's announcement and expert panel, where Administrator Zeldin and Secretary Kennedy laid out a full-lifecycle plan to attack PFAS at the source, protect drinking water, and put the Safe Drinking Water Act back on solid legal ground.

De Nora To Acquire BW Water, A Fast-Growing Global Player In Integrated Water Treatment Solutions

Industrie De Nora S.p.A. (“De Nora”) – an Italian multinational listed on Euronext Milan, specialized in electrochemistry, water treatment systems and sustainable solutions – announces the signing of a Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with BW Renewables Pte. Ltd. and Opal Environmental Solutions Ltd. for the acquisition of 100% of BW Water Pte. Ltd. (“BWW”, the “Company”), with an Enterprise Value expected to be in the range of USD 61.5 million to USD 66.5 million.

Improvements Strengthen Operations At Dannevirke Wastewater Treatment Plant

A number of improvement projects at the Dannevirke Wastewater Treatment Plant are helping make the site more reliable, efficient, and sustainable.