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The Afterlife Of PFAS: Solving A Problem That Doesn't End
Managing persistent water contaminants requires shifting from temporary removal to complete lifecycle destruction. Sustainable remediation strategies target upstream industrial discharge and concentrate waste streams to permanently safeguard drinking water sources from re-contamination.  Continue Reading..
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Billions Flow Into Water Treatment Plant Modernization Projects
Water treatment facilities have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the public infrastructure marketplace as communities across America confront decades of deferred maintenance, increasingly stringent water-quality standards, population growth, and emerging contaminants.  Continue Reading..
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Aging In Place: How Acoustic Testing Is Reshaping AC Pipe Renewal Decisions
Faced with aging water networks and limited capital, utilities can optimize infrastructure spending by moving away from age-based scheduling. Non-invasive structural assessments identify true asset degradation and hidden leaks, ensuring critical funding targets the highest-risk pipes.  Continue Reading..
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The Two-Sided Water Problem — What Process Manufacturers Are Missing On Both Ends Of The Line
Process manufacturing represents an underexamined water-withdrawal category. Inside every one of these facilities, water is lost twice — once at the tap, and once at the drain — both losses driven by the same root cause and both solvable by the same intervention.  Continue Reading..
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Midyear Reality Check: How Accurate Were Our 2026 Water Trends Predictions?
At the start of 2026, Kevin Westerling and I laid out a compelling roadmap on The Water Online Show, highlighting the trends we believed would shape the water and wastewater industry. Now, halfway through the year, I wanted to take a step back and evaluate how those predictions are playing out in the real world.  Continue Reading..
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What Experience Taught Medford About AMI
See how Medford, Massachusetts, used years of AMI experience to prioritize reliability, improve leak detection, enhance billing accuracy, and guide future infrastructure decisions.  Continue Reading..
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What 15 Years Of AMI Experience Has Taught Utilities
Fifteen years after AMI adoption, utilities are redefining success by prioritizing proven reliability, trusted data, resilient networks, intuitive software, and long-term vendor partnerships.  Continue Reading..
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From Two Data Points To A Living Map: Proactive Distribution Management
Relying on sparse monitoring points forces utilities to infer water quality across broad networks. Continuous, multi-point data collection delivers real-time visibility, allowing operators to detect trends early, optimize maintenance, and transition to proactive distribution management.  Continue Reading..
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Legionella And The Buildings You Don't Control: Monitoring Hot-Water And Premise Sections
Premise plumbing and hot-water systems are vulnerable to rapid residual decay and biological growth. Continuous, flow-independent monitoring delivers minute-by-minute tracking in stagnant, high-risk zones, helping operators verify disinfection and maintain safety before issues arise.  Continue Reading..
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900 Series Chemical Process Control Case Studies
Learn how ECI consultants radically reduced costs and wastes while improving working conditions and ensuring compliance using 900 Series Monitor/Controllers.  Continue Reading..

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How An FIU Researcher Is Turning Agricultural Waste Into A Solution For Cleaner Water

Rice is the most-eaten food on the planet, and its discarded outer husk results in some 300 billion pounds of waste per year. FIU chemistry researcher Islam Ibrahim Hussein says the inedible castoffs could be the key to cleaner water.

Tangled Seaweed Inspires One-Size-Fits-All Cleaners For Ocean Microplastics

Inspired by naturally-occurring mats and balls of seaweed, researchers have created highly-porous, superadhesive meshes that are capable of capturing both large and small microplastic particles – a longstanding challenge in the field. The mesh can clean microplastics from both saltwater and freshwater and is made from sustainable and widely available biopolymers.

FAU Awarded U.S. EPA Grant To Combat Harmful Algal Blooms

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have become an increasingly common threat to lakes, rivers and coastal waters across the United States, endangering drinking water supplies, aquatic ecosystems, public health and local economies. Now, researchers at Florida Atlantic University are developing an innovative technology that could help stop these blooms before they spread.

Saudi Water Authority Launches Global Water Regulation Forum To Shape The Future Of Water Governance With IDRA As The Strategic Partner

As water security becomes one of the world’s defining challenges, effective regulation has emerged as a critical enabler of resilient and sustainable water systems.

EPA Convenes Roundtable Focused On Strengthening The Water Sector Workforce

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a roundtable on water workforce to discuss how to help recruit and retain individuals into meaningful careers in water and to identify opportunities where EPA can help reduce barriers and improve interstate coordination.

NOAA And Partners Find Smaller-Than-Anticipated Hypoxic Zone In Gulf of America

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of America hypoxic zone is approximately 1,332 square miles, making it the 2nd smallest zone on record in 40 years of measurement. Hypoxic areas, also called “dead zones,” are areas with little to no oxygen in the water, which can negatively impact fish, shellfish, corals and aquatic plants by making critical habitat unavailable to bottom species.