For a new water main system northwest of San Antonio, Texas, one horizontal directional drilling (HDD) string of 36-inch-diameter HDPE pipe alone ended up being 1,000 feet long...
The real public health risks we face today in drinking water just do not conform to the standard ways we have regulated. As we celebrate and reflect on the 40th anniversary of...
With over 1,300 linear feet of various-sized steel pipe needing to be lined, Trinity River Authority’s Central Regional Wastewater System, an influent pump station in Dallas, ...
Selecting construction materials is an important component to the success of any pump application, and their initial cost is normally the first consideration. Other factors to...
Recent incidents involving the Ebola virus have triggered concerns about worker safety at U.S. wastewater plants. As such, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Water clusters, or technology incubators as they are often called, are attracting a lot of attention in our industry — and for good reason. These regional networks of entrepreneurs...
In order to handle the increased capacity of 205 MGD, several segments of the City-Parish Department of Public Works’ South WWTP in Baton Rouge, La., required significant overhaul...
When complete, the $283-million Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant improvement project in San Bruno, Calif., will increase the utility’s treatment capacity from 10 to 20 MGD to...
In looking to streamline its water and wastewater operations, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power implemented the commercial, off-the-shelf Trimble® eRespond® Incident...
Cloud-based software services are being implemented globally by users in virtually all types of organizations and are bringing about rapid and diverse changes to how a water utility...
A company fleet looking to reduce its environmental impact while not cutting its bottom line or compromising customer satisfaction can utilize compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG...
Some significant energy savings can already be found in the type of water pipes serving our communities. Since most of the pipe that distributes water to neighborhoods is standardized...
Field worker mobile technology offers an immediate, relatively low-cost, mature technology that can deliver fundamental change to water management. It offers an evolution to current...
The Confluence Water Technology Center in the Great Cincinnati area is a state-of-the-art, non-profit organization composed of various forward-thinking entities. These include...
What will 2015 hold for the water market? Things are looking brighter than they have in the past, but many financial concerns still remain. Standard & Poor’s believes that WIFIA...