WATER INNOVATIONS CURRENT ISSUE
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![0925-FTE-Image]( "Securing Smart Water")
The digital transformation of utilities is necessary and inevitable but also innately vulnerable to bad actors. It’s time to discuss prioritizing cybersecurity.
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![0925-120Water]( "Converging Challenges, Unified Solutions: How Three Overlapping Trends Are Shaping Public Water")
With the right help, coping with workforce upheaval, the digital transition, and asset management can be an opportunity.
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![0925-HRGreen]( "A Comprehensive Guide To Phosphate Feed System Design For Drinking Water Applications")
Phosphate dosing systems are critical for corrosion control, and increasingly important under the mandate of Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.
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![0925-Envirocleen]( "Harnessing The Power Of Oxidation-Reduction Potential For Smarter Wastewater Management")
“Potential” is in the name. Here’s what wastewater managers should know about both the benefits and challenges of ORP as an agent of process control.
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![0925-Aveva]( "Smarter Pumps, Lower Emissions: The Digital Reinvention Of San Jose Water")
Pumps are power-hungry and thus expensive to run, but San Jose Water shows how data-driven technologies and strategies can bring the cost down for utilities.
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![0925-Clean-Flo]( "Common Misconceptions Are Keeping Lakes \"Sick\"")
Long-held misconceptions about lake management fuel the intensity and recurrence of harmful algal blooms.
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![0925-KISTERS]( "Interoperability Unlocked: How Connected Systems Will Power Water's Future")
The full potential of smart water infrastructure is within reach — if our digital systems work together and share critical data.
WASTEWATER
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Designer Microbes: Can Synthetic Biology Supercharge Wastewater Treatment?7/3/2025
Exploring the potential of bioengineering as a pathway to pollution remediation.
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CERCLA And PFAS: What's The Liability For Water And Wastewater Utilities?5/2/2025Federal rules aim to target those liable but may miss the mark. Utilities can redirect the effort — and costs — to those truly responsible for PFAS contamination.
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8 Trends In Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: Shaping A Sustainable Future1/7/2025Centralized wastewater treatment is sometimes not an option — and sometimes simply not the best choice, considering the expanding capabilities of decentralized systems.
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Optimization Strategies To Streamline Community Wastewater Utility Operations7/12/2024The availability of robust, stable treatment systems with simple treatment processes and O&M is key to serving growing community wastewater treatment demand.
UTILITY MANAGEMENT
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Converging Challenges, Unified Solutions: How Three Overlapping Trends Are Shaping Public Water9/5/2025
With the right help, coping with workforce upheaval, the digital transition, and asset management can be an opportunity.
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Interoperability Unlocked: How Connected Systems Will Power Water's Future9/5/2025
The full potential of smart water infrastructure is within reach — if our digital systems work together and share critical data.
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Balancing Cost Transparency And Contractor Qualifications In Collaborative Delivery7/3/2025
While contractor qualifications guide early-phase selection in collaborative delivery, cost considerations take priority during guaranteed maximum price development. Navigating this shift requires strategic procurement approaches to uphold project value, strengthen contractor engagement, and reduce risk.
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Smarter Pumps, Lower Emissions: The Digital Reinvention Of San Jose Water9/5/2025
Pumps are power-hungry and thus expensive to run, but San Jose Water shows how data-driven technologies and strategies can bring the cost down for utilities.
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Building Tomorrow's Water Infrastructure: Insights From The Pacific Northwest's Largest Water Conveyance Program7/3/2025
As water utilities across the country grapple with aging infrastructure, population growth, and increasing climate uncertainties, a major infrastructure initiative in the Pacific Northwest demonstrates effective approaches to meet these challenges.
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Building Back Better?5/2/2025
Every four years, America gets a fresh reminder of where we stand as a nation, for better or worse. What have we reaped this time around?
SOURCE WATER
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Common Misconceptions Are Keeping Lakes "Sick"9/5/2025
Long-held misconceptions about lake management fuel the intensity and recurrence of harmful algal blooms.
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How Water Utilities Can Support The Electric Grid While Reducing Costs5/2/2025Orange County Water District is combining operational flexibility with environmental stewardship by participating in demand response, earning millions in payments while maintaining their commitment to delivering clean, reliable water.
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New Arsenal For Algae Outbreaks3/6/2025How communities are protecting drinking water reservoirs without relying on chemicals.
DRINKING WATER
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A Comprehensive Guide To Phosphate Feed System Design For Drinking Water Applications9/5/2025
Phosphate dosing systems are critical for corrosion control, and increasingly important under the mandate of Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.
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PFAS Policy In 2025: Why It's Time To Go Beyond Remediation7/3/2025The most common techniques for disposing of PFAS may no longer be good enough.
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Chromium In Drinking Water: New Regulations In California And Engineering Challenges5/2/2025Among other contaminant concerns, drinking water managers in the Golden State are being held to tighter standards on chromium.
FUNDING AND REVENUE
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How To Set Realistic Targets To Reduce Non-Revenue Water5/2/2025Data-gathering is key to goal-setting, and is achievable in 5 steps.
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Modern Solutions For Aging Water Systems: AMI And Beyond1/7/2025
Lessons from two communities on the benefits of advanced metering infrastructure.
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How To Evaluate The Metrological Quality Of A Water Meter9/6/2024By calculating a meter's accuracy, water providers can save money over the life of the product — and purchase the right product in the first place.
MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL
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Harnessing The Power Of Oxidation-Reduction Potential For Smarter Wastewater Management9/5/2025
“Potential” is in the name. Here’s what wastewater managers should know about both the benefits and challenges of ORP as an agent of process control.
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From Theory To Precision: ORP Monitoring As The New Standard In Water Treatment7/3/2025On numerous levels, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) outperforms the presently predominant metric for evaluating disinfection performance.
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The Role Of AI In Reducing Water Contamination Risks5/2/2025Insights gained from artificial intelligence (AI) herald a high-water mark for public protection.
REUSE
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How Santa Monica Became A Sustainable Water Leader7/3/2025Lessons in urban water management through water conservation, capture, and reuse.
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How Water Reuse Projects Are Addressing Water Scarcity In The West — And Beyond3/6/2025As water scarcity becomes a stark reality around the globe, more municipalities, water utilities, and industrial enterprises are exploring water reuse projects and adopting regulations to support them. Fundamentally, water reuse can help drought-proof regions and diversify water supply portfolios with recycled water.
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How Capturing Rain Can Contribute To Environmental Safety1/7/2025There are many ways to capture stormwater — whether as a homeowner, business, or municipality — and even more benefits.
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Pioneering Recycling Program Quenches California's Thirst For Agricultural Water10/31/2024With its innovative Harvest Water program, the Sacramento Area Sewer District supports Central Valley growers, thereby supporting the nation.
FROM THE EDITOR
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Securing Smart Water9/5/2025
The digital transformation of utilities is necessary and inevitable but also innately vulnerable to bad actors. It’s time to discuss prioritizing cybersecurity.
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A New Power Paradigm For Wastewater Utilities?7/3/2025
Renewable energy is great for the environment. Are power purchase agreements great for wastewater treatment operations?
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Building Back Better?5/2/2025
Every four years, America gets a fresh reminder of where we stand as a nation, for better or worse. What have we reaped this time around?
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Cybersecurity For The Win: How Water Utilities Can Embrace Digital Technology3/6/2025
Water and wastewater system operators are known to be a careful lot. Tightly regulated by the U.S. EPA and state agencies — and committed to public health — they cannot afford mistakes. This often results in "tried-and-true" methodologies winning out over innovative solutions, but the incredible upside offered by digital technologies has encouraged a wave of cyber adoption. Almost cruelly, it comes with cyber threats.
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2025 Water Forecast: Transition, Changes, And Trends1/7/2025Hmmm … what’s new for 2025? That's asked with a hint of knowing sarcasm, as the incoming presidential administration promises to disrupt the status quo. The change in direction for environmental policy, including impacts on regulations as well as traditional and human infrastructure, has yet to fully reveal itself.