WATER INNOVATIONS CURRENT ISSUE
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![Water-Ring-GettyImages-468881421]( "All For One And One For All — For Water's Sake")
Societal well-being is hugely dependent on a clean and available water supply, which is becoming increasingly dependent on community engagement and education.
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![Black and Veatch-1]( "Surveying The U.S. Water Sector's Embrace Of Technology And Sustainability")
Ten years since first arriving on the scene, Black & Veatch’s latest annual survey of the water sector reveals a changing set of circumstances, challenges, and potential solutions.
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![American Water]( "Utilities And Water Efficiency: Taking A Leadership Role")
Water is an essential resource, and utility customers’ lives count on a reliable flow of it coming out of their tap. In order to protect natural resources, a utility must be responsible and manage water wisely, while still operating at a level that supports all the needs of customers. The first step is talking about water efficiency.
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![Semtech]( "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).
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![aeSolutions]( "Systems-Based Hazards Analysis Integrates Human Factors")
“STAMP” out occupational hazards using the Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes approach.
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![Black and Veatch-2]( "When Density Is Desirable")
Infrastructure intensification through densification and granulation can help utilities meet nutrient management goals with minimal investment through retrofit.
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![FIDO]( "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).
WASTEWATER
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Anglian Water Pilots Transformative AI Technology9/20/2022
Transformation of Anglian Water’s treatment and recycling processes is being made possible by trials of artificial intelligence (AI) driven software developed by Norwegian technology company InfoTiles.
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When Density Is Desirable9/9/2022
Infrastructure intensification through densification and granulation can help utilities meet nutrient management goals with minimal investment through retrofit.
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Using Biotechnology To Restore Productivity Of Anaerobic Digesters7/15/2022
When the production line of anaerobic digestion is slowed, efficiency is lost, and the reverse is true when holdups are cleared.
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Best Practices For Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System Upgrades And Replacements3/10/2022
Onsite wastewater treatment solutions are practical and popular, but changing regulations and conditions may require an update to operations.
UTILITY MANAGEMENT
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Essential Asset For Water Investment Planning Launches9/20/2022
The latest version of Probit’s AIM - asset investment manager – software is already helping water companies in England & Wales save time and cost in planning works to optimise geographical synergies.
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Surveying The U.S. Water Sector's Embrace Of Technology And Sustainability9/9/2022
Ten years since first arriving on the scene, Black & Veatch’s latest annual survey of the water sector reveals a changing set of circumstances, challenges, and potential solutions.
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Systems-Based Hazards Analysis Integrates Human Factors9/9/2022
“STAMP” out occupational hazards using the Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes approach.
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Governor Cooper Highlights $13.2M Investment To Create Water Distribution System In Ivanhoe9/27/2022
Today, Governor Roy Cooper highlighted the $13.2M water infrastructure grant that Sampson County is receiving to provide water system connections for the community of Ivanhoe.
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New-Generation AI Overcomes Barriers To Proactive Leak Detection Adoption9/9/2022
An estimated 90% of leakage never shows above ground,¹ but adoptable technologies are challenging our accepted wisdom on economic levels of leakage (ELL).
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Water Utilities vs. Climate Change: A Plan For Securing Our Future7/15/2022
The U.N.’s Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely considered to be the world’s foremost authority on what may be humankind’s most existential threat, and this year The Working Group II of the IPCC released its Sixth Assessment Report on the state of the crisis. It reviewed not only the impacts of climate change throughout ecosystems and communities, but also the “capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt.”
SOURCE WATER
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Mitigating Water Risk In A Passive Investment Strategy7/15/2022
Investors who consider water risk and how companies manage it can do well for themselves while promoting environmentally responsible business operations.
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How Prevalent And Dangerous Is Pesticide Contamination?5/5/2022
Add pesticides to the list of contaminants that are prevalent in U.S. drinking water and can cause severe health impacts, including cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
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Environmental Racism In America: How It’s Affecting Vulnerable Communities3/10/2022
The history of decisions that have led to environmental pollution, with impact on some more than others, calls for corrective measures to atone for the injustice.
DRINKING WATER
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Utilities And Water Efficiency: Taking A Leadership Role9/9/2022
Water is an essential resource, and utility customers’ lives count on a reliable flow of it coming out of their tap. In order to protect natural resources, a utility must be responsible and manage water wisely, while still operating at a level that supports all the needs of customers. The first step is talking about water efficiency.
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The Top 5 Reasons To Consider An Active Water Tank Mixer7/15/2022
Active tank mixing increases tank longevity and improves water quality.
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Taking The "Forever" Out Of PFAS: The Future Of PFAS Remediation5/5/2022
As PFAS treatment technologies continue to emerge, CDM Smith reviews some considerations for the existing options — and introduces a new one.
REVENUE METERING
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Private Investment Trends In Water And Wastewater Utilities1/12/2022
Initial advice for utilities considering privatization, public-private partnerships, and consolidation
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Balancing The Costs Of Water For Utilities And Customers9/7/2021
The cost of municipal water management, including infrastructure renewal, relies on revenue from ratepayers, but affordability of services is a prime concern as well. A recent report from Black & Veatch looks at large cities and recent trends regarding this delicate balance.
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Why Invest Time And Resources In Reducing Non-Revenue Water?5/3/2021
As the incentive to minimize non-revenue water and decrease OPEX becomes ever more imperative among U.S. utilities, lessons can be learned from pioneering Danish utilities that had to do a similar maneuver 20 years ago and today have one of the lowest water-loss rates in the world.
MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL
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How IoT Sensors Reduce Water Waste9/9/2022
To stretch water resources as scarcity intensifies, utilities and industry should lean on the latest sensing technology, enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT).
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IoT Cellular Connectivity For Optimizing Water Utilities Management7/15/2022
Digital transformation allows utilities to go from data drought (and actual drought) to a deluge of efficiency, but security is paramount.
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Cybersecurity: A Marathon, Not A Sprint5/5/2022
To become more resilient against increasing cyber threats, water and wastewater utilities should employ a multibarrier approach.
REUSE
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What Role Can Decentralized Water Reuse Play in Tackling Water Scarcity?7/15/2022
Onsite and localized reuse expand the practice overall, which will be essential for long-term security.
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Industrial Wastewater Reuse: From Vision To Reality1/12/2022
With the need for fresh water becoming ever more critical, an innovative treatment solution provides promise for cost-effective sustainability.
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5 Factors That Will Drive Widespread Adoption Of Water Reuse11/6/2021
The technology is ready, but is the world ready? The seismic shift toward water reuse will occur only as driving circumstances reach their tipping point.
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Solving Water Scarcity With Reuse — The Tale Of Tucson11/1/2021
Two water leaders from Tucson, AZ, reveal how big cities can thrive in the desert, even amid historic drought.
ACE INNOVATION
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Calling On Utilities To Combat Legionella5/5/2022
The risk level linked to delivered drinking water from municipal utilities is very small, even if some high-profile examples of failure (see Flint, MI) have degraded public confidence to a degree. Our treatment professionals usually hit their targets, so the onus then shifts to the research and guidance that determines the safe level of various constituents through U.S. EPA protocols. But there is one contaminant that rulemaking hasn’t quite caught up to and which is downright deadly — Legionella pneumophila.
WEFTEC INNOVATION
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All For One And One For All — For Water's Sake9/9/2022
Societal well-being is hugely dependent on a clean and available water supply, which is becoming increasingly dependent on community engagement and education.
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Predicting Future Pandemics Through Wastewater12/7/2021
The Water Online editorial staff sat down recently for a brief chat with Endress+Hauser CEO Matthias Altendorf, and Flow Product Manager Adam Booth, to discuss the challenges currently facing the water industry, as well as solutions that Endress+Hauser provide.