Impending growth and multiple key market developments were among high notes providing positive benchmarks for the Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) at the trade association?s semi-annual meeting held Oct. 24-27.

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) Board of Trustees announced that Jeff Eger has been named the new Executive Director of federation, a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 members representing water quality professionals around the world.

Wachs Water Services announced that it has formed a new division that will offer assessment services for pipeline systems.

Milwaukee is inextricably linked to water. The city lies on the shore of Lake Michigan and near the confluence of the Menomonee, Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers. In fact, the name itself is a Native American term often translated as ?gathering place by the water.?

Sustainable infrastructure provides the quantity and quality of water necessary to meet present needs without affecting the needs of future generations. More than ever, the water needs for future generations are in peril.

The intense economic realities of the ?new normal? of today?s business environment are driving both private- and public-sector entities to make significant changes to their organizations and to enhance their focus on efficiently meeting their current and future challenges.

Pipe is often overlooked but nonetheless is a critical component of any water and sewer system. In fact, underground transmission and distribution systems comprise a majority of the replacement costs facing drinking water utilities today.