WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

• A Water Utility's AI Stop Command Must Reach Every Pending Task

  At WEFTEC 2026, Charlotte Water director Angela Charles described a familiar problem: employees worry about AI while utility leaders try to find useful applications. In his October 9 Water Online report, Kevin Westerling explained how Charlotte Water responded with an employee-involved AI framework. The next test of that framework should be operational.

• What The Backfill Hides: Why Hold Points Are An Owner's Only Real Window Into A Buried Sewer

  Field experience, a comparison of German and U.S. testing practice, and two public records show why the moment of verification matters.

• Rethinking Digital Transformation: Connecting Data, People, And Tools For Better Decisions

  Digital transformation is reshaping the water sector. Utilities have access to more data than ever before, from work orders to inspection data and real-time monitoring information. The reality is that more data and technology alone do not improve asset management outcomes.

• Florida City Rehabilitates More Than 1,600 Manholes

  Decades of microbial induced corrosion, repairs that failed to halt deterioration, and heavy traffic shaped a large manhole rehabilitation program, including how methods differed for the most severe structures.

• Safer Chemical Metering: Simple Steps That Protect People And Pumps

  Automated leak detection, preventive maintenance, safer fittings, and clear labeling help protect personnel and equipment from chemical metering hazards.

• Why Flow And Pressure Are Not Enough For Your Aeration Blower Spec

  Effective aeration blower specifications account for environmental conditions, technology selection, electrical requirements, and controls—not just airflow and pressure.

• The Best Test Is The Test You Run

  What plant operators really want from field measurement tools, and why so many good methods end up on the shelf.

• How Integrated Aeration Unlocks Wastewater Treatment Efficiencies

  An integrated approach to aeration can reduce energy and capital costs by matching blower output, diffuser design, and automated controls to wastewater treatment demands.

• The $1.5 Million Sewer Repair — And The Water-Quality Evidence Missing Upstream

  A documented series of corrosive industrial discharges reveals why the costliest monitoring failure can be an unexplained, repeated process condition — not an absent alarm.
• Predicting Pump Ragging Before The Overflow: What Lift-Station Sensing Gets Right

  Rags and wipes don’t seize a pump overnight they load it gradually, and the sensors already in the station can see it coming days ahead. The stations that avoid overflows aren’t the ones with the most instruments; they’re the ones that read the right signals together.