UTILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

• How To Mitigate The Environmental Impact Of Wastewater

  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.

• Wastewater Is The Missing Link In Water And Climate Discussions

  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.

• Water Security In Africa Starts With Educating Our Youth

  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

• These Places Are Pioneering Solutions To Heatwaves And Floods

  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.

• The New Addition To NSF/ANSI/CAN 50: Float Tanks

  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.

• Flood Forecasts In Real-Time With Block-By-Block Data Could Save Lives — A New Machine Learning Method Makes It Possible

  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.

• What Does ESG Mean? Two Business Scholars Explain What Environmental, Social, And Governance Standards And Principles Are

  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?

• The Smart Water Workforce Of The Future

  As next-generation technology and personnel arrive on the scene, what does the role of the utility worker look like?

• Two Years And Counting: The AFC SEMPER RPM Offers Aqua Insight Into Pressure Transients

  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.

• Walla Walla, Washington, Extends Water Loss Control Efforts With Xylem

  In Walla Walla, Washington, the Sensus Smart Utility Network set the foundation for lasting improvement.