Volume 29, Issue 5

The City of Lima, OH, was faced with a failing 78-inch diameter clay tile-lined sewer ranging in depth from 25 to 31 feet. Several remediation options were reviewed to restore...

To ensure water is fit for human consumption, use of materials that may leach hazardous substances into these systems must be avoided. To meet this objective requires a wide range...

Faced with a ruptured pipe and aging and inoperative valves, the City of Wyoming, MI, turned to Advanced Valve Technologies to supply an insertion valve to shut off the broken...

In the U.S., water quality trading continues to gain interest as a viable market-based alternative to control water pollution. Though water quality trading is not a new concept...

Water suppliers around the world are using Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to integrate the sample collection and analysis process, helping to maximize the efficiency...

Collection of ACE Exhibitor Products products and services.

A new peristaltic metering pump designed for use in smaller municipal water and wastewater treatment systems will be on display at ACE13. The pump includes many of the features...

As utilities move to more frequent meter reads using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems, the collected information becomes much more than simply billing data; it becomes...

Across North America, utilities are discovering the benefits of going beyond basic meter reading and billing with Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure...

Ice buildup in above-ground potable water storage tanks was a major problem for Rochester Public Utilities. Searching for a solution, the Minnesota utility turned to use of submersible...

The City of Bloomfield, NM, was given 18 months to bring its drinking water treatment plant into compliance with the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule. A team from...

Municipalities often turn to insertion valves to meet the maintenance, repair and capital improvement challenges they face. One such product is the Team InsertValveTM, a fully...

Water quality monitoring panels continuously monitor five water quality parameters selected by the Philadelphia Water Department. The panels are factory assembled and delivered...

Pipe tapping teams from across the country will converge on Denver for ACE13. The pipe-tapping competition has become one of the most popular and entertaining attractions at the...

The municipal water industry is faced with a huge variety of challenges in this time of tight budgets, aging infrastructure, a graying workforce and increasingly tough regulations...

Centrifugal pumps should be operated at or near their best efficiency point. However, not all pump applications are static in nature and instead require the pump to operate over...

Collection of new products of special interest to the municipal water and wastewater markets.

Recent reports examine the health of the streams and rivers across the country, plus report on the progress for the National Water Census.