UTILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
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Wastewater refers to any liquid waste or sewage from homes, hospitals, factories, and any other building that uses water in its facilities. From flushing the toilet to the vast amount of wastewater that flows out of industrial plants, we all contribute to it. Unless sewage is adequately treated, it can harm public health and the environment.
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Rather than viewing wastewater as a problem to be managed, we need to view it as a solution to some of our biggest environmental and humanitarian challenges.
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A general estimate by environmental agencies is that we waste 136 litres or 30 gallons per day per person, particularly in developed and urban economies
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Climate change is going just as badly for cities as we have been warned it would. Extreme weather is increasingly common and severe globally. Australian cities have endured a number of recent disastrous events. It’ll get worse, too. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fact sheet outlining impacts on human settlements is a very sobering read.
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Float tanks were recently added to NSF/ANSI/CAN 50: Equipment and Chemicals for Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, and Other Recreational Water Facilities, to create standardized criteria for these devices, including sanitary requirements. This update offers manufacturers a way to credibly state their product has been tested to industry criteria to help with sanitation claims. Third-party certification of float tanks to NSF/ANSI/CAN 50 demonstrates that a float tank meets these requirements. In turn, manufacturers of these systems should be knowledgeable of what some of the main components of the standard update encompass including the components and types of float tanks added.
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I am a hydrologist who sometimes works in remote areas, so interpreting weather data and forecast uncertainty is always part of my planning. As someone who once nearly drowned while crossing a flooded river where I shouldn’t have, I am also acutely conscious of the extreme human vulnerability stemming from not knowing exactly where and when a flood will strike.
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Environmental, social, and governance business standards and principles, often referred to as ESG, are becoming both more commonplace and controversial. But what does “ESG” really mean?
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As next-generation technology and personnel arrive on the scene, what does the role of the utility worker look like?
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It’s been more than two years since Aqua Pennsylvania began using an eye-opening technology, the AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitor (RPM), to identify pressure transients and reduce main breaks and non-revenue water.
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In Walla Walla, Washington, the Sensus Smart Utility Network set the foundation for lasting improvement.