The imminent retirement of a large number of water and wastewater professionals will leave a gaping hole to fill as years of experience and historical knowledge go with them. Attracting new talent to the industry is critical.
Mike Dimitriou, president of WRT, details what he sees as both the personal and professional value to membership in the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association.
The UAE is leading the world in advancing rain enhancement science, demonstrating its vision and commitment to helping those in need in arid regions and beyond gain access to water.
Maintaining water quality requires constant monitoring and testing to ensure accurate measurements are being taken. Traditionally this has involved time-consuming calibration and maintenance. A shire council in New South Wales,...
Traditionally, the planning and water management sectors have tended to collaborate solely within their own communities, but it is important to bridge this disconnect not just within a given community but also across communities.
With Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), utilities can gain a deeper understanding of their information while also managing, sharing and securing their data more easily than ever.
People hate surprises, at least on their utility bills. And some customers want to know if all of their conservation efforts are paying off, in real time.
Standard polywrap creates a barrier between the surface of the pipe and corrosive soil. VB3™ Enhanced Polyethylene takes this a few steps further by actually fighting corrosion.
Photometric/colorimetric analyzers can be used to monitor ammonium and orthophosphate. Keys to a successful installation are proper application and maintenance of the instrument.
Early in 2014, Badger Meter offered a solution that would provide EJ Water with the water management system and the leading edge technology they were looking for.
For South Tahoe, security, specifically safeguarding facility assets, is a top priority. However, remembering complex passwords and expecting administrators to track multiple passwords across resources presented challenges.
Long Branch, N.J., decided to retrofit its current drainage system with Proco ProFlex™ Style 730 and Proco ProFlex™ Style 790 duckbill check valves, which would allow the city to achieve its objectives without needing to modify much of...
Water quality testing requirements are diverse and complex. The kind of instrumentation needed to meet the needs of this exacting array of uses must be reliable, accurate, simple to use, and also must be very flexible.
The ICS Utility power cutter addresses operator safety with its revolutionary grinding technology which virtually eliminates rotational kickback and improves operator positioning when cutting pipe.
When Eielson Air Force Base, located in the interior of Alaska, found high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in its drinking water, it needed a solution that was effective, cost-efficient, and...
A comprehensive plan to reduce THM formation starts with the effective removal and monitoring of total organic carbon in the water treatment plant, which requires an accurate means to verify TOC levels in both the raw water and finished...
Blue-White’s ProSeries-M® MD-3 pumps maintained an accurate and continuous flow, providing smooth chemical dosing and eliminating the need for a pulsation dampener at the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps.
With the emergence of safety concerns over water quality in public water supplies, municipalities are making strides to better conform to preexisting and amended safety regulations.
A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today looks at how the rest of Europe affects the Arctic environment and how changes in the region impact Europe in return.
The rise in the number of people living in cities - predicted to reach 80 % by 2020 - coupled with climate change is straining Europe's water supplies. An EU-funded project has demonstrated innovative technologies and approaches to...
THe Drinking Water Inspectorate Is bringing a prosecution against United Utilities for a cryptosporidium outbreak at its Franklaw Water Treatment Works near Preston in 2015 which left around 300,000 householders without tap water for...
Ofwat Chief Executive Cathryn Ross has said that the bigger challenges to greater collaboration in the water sector are about mindset and getting over the ‘water company knows best’ or ‘not invented here’ culture.