UTILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

• Metering as a Service Improves Jackson, MS, Water Infrastructure

  The city of Jackson faced a water crisis that went beyond the tap. What began as an ambitious plan to modernize its water metering infrastructure in 2014 became a logistical and financial nightmare, costing the city millions in lost revenue and declining public trust. Metering as a Service (MaaS) offered the city an alternative option.

• Beyond Scope And Schedule: Why Water Utilities Need Transformational Consulting Partners

  Conventional consulting engagements are often structured around responding to discrete problems: a technical fix, a compliance solution, or a tech upgrade within a narrow project scope. While this approach can resolve immediate needs, it reinforces siloed thinking and can perpetuate incrementalism. Transformation demands a shift to systems thinking.

• The Final Mile: The U.S. Simply Must Rush To Finish Its Critical Lead-Pipe Cleanup

  There has been an abundance of funding available to address the estimated 9.2 million lead service lines currently deliver drinking water to homes, businesses, schools, and unsuspecting citizens throughout the United States. So it is disheartening to realize that millions of lead water lines are still delivering water to citizens.

• Rural North Texas Community Cuts Non-Revenue Water By 42% With Pipeline Leak Detection Technology

  Discover how a city solved its non-revenue water challenge by rapidly pinpointing three hard-to-find leaks in 13 miles of aging pipeline using a free-swimming acoustic tool.

• Governments Need To Prepare For More Frequent Large Floods

  While many scientific and technical reports show that floods are becoming larger and more common, reports underestimate how their frequency is changing. Flood sizes get the spotlight, but governments and experts need to also consider their frequency to address implications overlooked by traditional management methods.

• Why Digital Solutions Still Struggle To Gain Traction At Utilities

  Utilities need greater efficiency, lower costs, and more visibility. So, one would think the uptake for digital solutions would be smoother and faster. But it’s not. Why?

• Key West Resort Utilities Maximizes Reuse And Nutrient Recovery

  Water scarcity poses unique challenges to KW Resort Utilities Corp. (KWRU), the utility firm that provides wastewater management, wastewater recovery, and wastewater treatment in the region. KWRU began operation in the late 1960s and has worked hard over the decades to keep up with wastewater needs as population and tourism have boomed, spurred by land reclamation and development. 

• AI, Data Centers, And Water

  Amid the AI-fueled gold rush, more leaders are beginning to pay attention to the short- and long-term natural resource concerns, especially around all the water needed to keep data centers running.
• Is This The End Of Affordable Water?

  Water pricing often fails to reflect scarcity, quality, or long-term risk, forcing companies to act internally. But this action is not being done in a vacuum. The ripple effect of internal water pricing is bound to impact water utilities, and ultimately, ratepayers and consumers.
• PFAS Settlements: Debunking The Myths And Revealing What's Really At Stake For Water Utilities

  Misinformation and confusion could prevent some utilities from benefitting from the aqueous film-forming foam multidistrict litigation (AFFF MDL) settlements. Here are five common myths about the AFFF MDL PFAS settlements and how public water systems can make the most of this unprecedented funding opportunity.