Volume 23, Issue 12

Water Market Strong for Engineering, Consulting Firms

Dec. 1, 2007

Business is good for engineers working in the municipal water industry. Given the huge demand for engineering services driven by aging infrastructure...

Infrastructure Funding

The “Gravi-Force” Is With You: Using Gravity to Optimize Costs

Dec. 1, 2007

The City of Lincoln, NE, is growing, and its infrastructure systems are not keeping pace in critical community areas.

Infrastructure Funding

Utility Executives Meeting Infrastructure Challenge

Dec. 1, 2007

Water utilities across the country are challenged by the huge task of repairing and replacing aging infrastructure...

Infrastructure Funding

Strong Market Likely to Continue for Equipment Manufacturers

Dec. 1, 2007

Current economic conditions and macro trends for the industry appear to indicate a healthy municipal water market in the United States, which is good news for manufacturers of...

Potable Water Quality

WRDA: Much Ado about Nothing

Dec. 1, 2007

When Congress overrode President Bush’s veto of the Water Resources Development Act, I didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.

Infrastructure Funding

Contractors Upbeat about Booming Water Market

Dec. 1, 2007

U.S. drinking water and wastewater construction contractors are unguardedly optimistic about their business prospects in the forseeable future.

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Infrastructure Funding

AMWA Seeks Revisions to Sewage Overflow Act

Dec. 1, 2007

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) has urged Congress to revise legislation to require publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) to ...

Infrastructure Funding

Southern California Fires Have Wide Ranging Impact

Dec. 1, 2007

The recent wildfires in my home county of Orange in California remind me of the frailty of our environment, our infrastructure and of our life on this planet.

Energy Management

Operating Pumps Close to Best Efficiency Flow Rates Extends Life

Dec. 1, 2007

Another way that the Best-of-Class users reduce the Life Cycle Costs of their pump installations is by selecting pumps and designing pump systems that will force the pumps to ...

Wastewater Treatment

Product Showcase

Dec. 1, 2007

ScaleBlaster is an electronic de-scaling system designed to eliminate formation of lime scale deposits in water pipes...

Wastewater Treatment

New Products

Dec. 1, 2007

GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Co., has enhanced its Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR) solutions for water and wastewater treatment applications.