Volume 26, Issue 5

A crucial challenge of drinking water management is ensuring the quality of drinking water.

Utilities across the U.S. face tough decisions when it comes to shoring up aging infrastructure that may be troubled with leaks, operational inefficiencies, and systemic decay...

The Town of Saugerties, NY, recently completed installation of a 16-inch isolation valve on an 1880s vintage, out-of-round cast iron pipe.

Water hammer events can result in service issues for utilities, as the sudden increase in pressure can contribute to pipe fatigue, eventually causing pipe failure.

With many older water and wastewater pipelines now surrounded by adjacent utilities or located beneath ever busier roadways, sliplining offers a low-dig replacement solution that...

With tighter regulations and economic issues on the rise, water districts are under increasing pressure to find ways to better manage their SCADA system assets.

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was originally passed by Congress to protect public health by regulating the nation's public drinking water supply.

The number one cause of pump downtime is failure of the shaft seal, and wastewater applications with varied solids content provide a special challenge.

ITT Alcon has released its 2010 Solenoid Valves and Accessories Catalog.

Kruger, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, combines ACTIFLO® High Rate Clarification, Xtream™ Ultrafiltration, Kruger Ceramic Membrane (KCM) Microfiltration and ...

HF scientific recently received EPA approval for its new ProCal line of primary turbidity standards.

Remote monitoringNow available with two and four year service plan options, the SJE-Rhombus I-Link® Lift Station Notifier offers monitoring thru a web based gateway that collects...

Pepperl+Fuchs CorrTran® MV Corrosion Detection Transmitters can provide multivariable outputs, including general and local corrosion rates and conductivity, from a single transmitter...

New security regulations governing the use of toxic and hazardous chemicals are in the future for water and wastewater treatment plants.

In 2002, voters approved the sales of water revenue bonds funding repair and improvements to the Hetch Hetchy water system that supplies 2.4 million customers in San Francisco...

More than 12,000 water professionals are expected to attend the American Water Works Association's annual conference and exhibition, planned for June 20-24 in Chicago, IL.

EPA will require new measures to control stormwater pollution in the Charles River watershed in Massachusetts.

On any given rainy day in South Florida, it's guaranteed that it is raining data inside the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) operation control center.

The City of Auburn, IN, discovered that consistent agitation was needed in a sludge storage tank to insure proper sludge feed to the plant's belt press.

The disposal of biosolids continues to be a challenge for municipalities.