DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION RESOURCES

• Clean Water In Searcy, Arkansas

  Discover Searcy Water Utilities' solution to naturally corrosive water that began to cause problems for certain mixers. 

• Understanding The Safety Of Using Plastic Pipes In The U.S. Service Line Replacement Project

  The U.S. Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan will help fund the service line replacement in states, tribes, and territories across the U.S. The service line replacement materials chosen for this project include copper, polyethylene (PE), crosslinked polyethylene (PEX), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Even though the pipes and fittings made of these materials are required to comply with NSF standards to ensure the materials will not contribute harmful levels of contaminants to the drinking water, some wonder about the safety of the materials chosen for use.

• New-Generation AI Overcomes Barriers To Proactive Leak Detection Adoption

  An estimated 90% of leakage never shows above ground,¹ but adoptable technologies are challenging our accepted wisdom on economic levels of leakage (ELL).

• How IoT Sensors Reduce Water Waste

  To stretch water resources as scarcity intensifies, utilities and industry should lean on the latest sensing technology, enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT).

• Hitting A Target Of 8.8 On The pH Scale

  Denver Water teams leveled up to raise pH, fight lead getting into drinking water.

• Tennessee Town Checks For Water Loss In More Than 8,000 Feet Of Pipe

  Learn how Electro Scan helped a rural Tennessee town check for water loss and to find the sources of its non-revenue water (NRW). 

• Leveraging AMI For The Low Voltage Landscape

  In this white paper, explore ways that utilities are prioritizing grid management use cases and challenges that utilities face in capturing the full value of AMI data. 

• Using Water To Fight Lead In Drinking Water

  How Denver Water engineered a permanent solution to a legacy problem.

• Fighting Lead In Drinking Water At The Source

  Denver Water raised the pH level of the water it delivers, protecting at-risk customers across the Denver metro area.

• Energy-Saving In Water Systems: The Key To Cutting Costs And Achieving Net Zero

  Many of us are lucky enough to be able to turn on a tap and have clean water start flowing. Behind this, and all sorts of other domestic, business, and industrial applications that enable our modern world, utilities must move and process incredible volumes of water. Moving this much water is extremely energy-intensive. Experts estimate that around 4% of total global energy production goes toward water and wastewater processing. That’s approximately equivalent to the total energy use of Australia.