The Data Core: How Utilities Can Optimize Operations by Concentrating Data
By Gary Wong Water and wastewater utilities have often been viewed as lagging other sectors when it comes to maximizing…
Integrating Asset Management and the Community Rating System
By Tak Makino Asset Management Infrastructure asset management is gaining widespread acceptance as a best management practice. Simply put, infrastructure asset…
How Will Water Affordability be Defined for the Next 20 Years?
The EPA has a chance to listen and implement water industry leaders’ recommendations on affordability using new data, methods, metrics…
Gaining Visibility with AMI: Texas Utility Tackles Smart Metering Project
By Zeb Wright Like many municipalities and utilities around the county, Faulkey Gully Municipal Utility District (MUD) knew they had an…
Closing the Funding Gap: Finance Considerations for Today & Tomorrow
By Ian Lancaster & Katie Cason The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic volatility cast a blanket of uncertainty over many industries, causing…
The Key to Thwarting Non-Revenue Water? Understanding It
By Jeff McCracken Non-revenue water loss is among the biggest challenges facing the water industry and the world. Nearly one-third of…
Non-Revenue Water: An Opportunity for Water Utilities, Now More than Ever
By Travis Smith It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the water industry. Revenue shortfalls from a…
Power of the P3: Buffalo, Veolia Partnership Results in System Efficiency
By Keith Oldewurtel In the United States, water and wastewater utilities are managing many challenges, with the EPA estimating that…
Flow Test Conducted on First U.S. Cement-Mortar Lined Iron Pipe…At 97 Years Old
By L. Gregg Horn A recent hydraulic flow test on a 97-year-old distribution main demonstrated the longevity of cement-mortar lined…
Resetting the Mission for WIFIA
By John Ryan The WIFIA Loan Program recently announced that it has reset the interest rates on two undrawn loan…