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  • Volume 35, Issue 10, October 2019

    • Volume 35, Issue 10, October 2019

    Nick Hines is a certified water technician and the nation’s first NRWA Apprenticeship Program graduate.
    Asset Management

    The face of water’s future

    Angela Godwin
    Oct. 18, 2019
    Nick Hines is a certified water technician and the nation’s first NRWA Apprenticeship Program graduate.
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    Asset Management

    Risk and Resilience

    Angela Godwin
    Oct. 18, 2019
    America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) requires water systems serving over 3,300 people to take steps to improve the overall sustainability of their systems.
    New intelligent loop calibration diagnostic tools like the Fluke-710 can generate the 4–20 mA signals that will move a forward-acting valve from open to closed and back.
    Treatment

    Assessing the Health of Air-Operated Control Valves

    Oct. 18, 2019
    Keeping critical assets in a functioning state is easy with new tools.
    An automated metering system that provides instantaneous data to a utility’s SCADA system affords the opportunity for better management of the distribution function as a whole.
    Smart Water Utility

    Understanding ‘Smart’

    John Downey
    Oct. 18, 2019
    Smart metering offers the utility views of its service territory, inventory, instantaneous and seasonal demand, and assets requiring attention, all from a new angle.
    Wastewater comes in many forms, including rainwater from storms, which can carry chemicals and other substances that could cause harm if used untreated.
    Asset Management

    Out with the Old, In with the New

    Bill Kounellas
    Oct. 18, 2019
    City of Tacoma replaces legacy wastewater treatment plant control systems.
    Engineers Without Borders is working in Rwanda to install water distribution systems in underdeveloped communities.
    Potable Water Quality

    Flowing Along

    Kristine M. Carber
    Oct. 18, 2019
    For the last two summers, Christian Brodbeck has spent two weeks in Rwanda where he and six students from Alabama’s Auburn University get up at dawn to install water distribution...

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    Wastewater

    Improving Aeration Efficiency

    Tom McCurdy
    Oct. 18, 2019
    After years in development, the ASME PTC-13 has been introduced. The tool can measure performance in a wastewater treatment plant, regardless of blower technology.
    The Low Lake Level Pumping Station at Lake Mead will help guarantee water supply to Las Vegas. Photos by Daniel Shumny.
    Distribution

    Las Vegas Isn’t Gambling with Water Supply

    Thomas Renner
    Oct. 18, 2019
    The Southern Nevada Water Authority is overseeing a $650 million project at Lake Mead to help guarantee water supply to Las Vegas. The Low Lake Level Pumping Station will have...