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    • Volume 37, Issue 7, July 2021

    Scheduled to be complete in 2025, the East County Advanced Water Purification Program (East County AWP) will create a new, local, sustainable, and drought-proof potable water supply using state-of-the-art technology to purify the area’s recycled water.
    Kyle Swanson
    July 14, 2021
    The East County Advanced Water Purification Facility is key to water reliability and resiliency for East San Diego County’s water future. Thanks to a $388M WIFIA loan and partnerships...
    Photos courtesy OSIsoft.
    Utility data, when used correctly, can drive actionable intelligence and make the industry more resilient.
    July 14, 2021
    A Q&A with Gary Wong, Principal, Global Water Industry, OSIsoft on how utilities can use data to realize sustainability and resiliency.
    Photo courtesy Xylem.
    SonTek's Palm-Sized ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).
    July 14, 2021
    SonTek's Palm-Sized Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
    Photo courtesy Klir.
    Small water utilities across America are struggling with an impossible proposition, but innovation can help these utilities survive.
    David Lynch
    July 14, 2021
    To pull a rabbit out of a hat, water utilities need to innovate. Klir’s David Lynch provides three principles to follow to tackle the challenges ahead.
    Photos courtesy Badger Meter.
    The City of Monroe, La., was hit with back-to-back winter storms in February 2021, putting pressure on the community’s water distribution system.
    Morrice Blackwell
    July 14, 2021
    When the City of Monroe, La. Was hit with back-to-back winter storms in February 2021, a smart water system was key to getting the city’s distribution back online.
    Photo courtesy ICS Blount.
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    July 14, 2021
    Study commissioned by ICS Diamond Tools, a division of Blount International, illuminates risk of circular cutoff saws and suggests alternatives for safer cutting.

    More content from Volume 37, Issue 7, July 2021

    Photo by Santiago Betanco
    Two 1,250-gallon (5,000L) water storage tanks installed at an elevation of over 1,000 ft. (300 m). The tanks are fully chlorinated and emptied and refilled on a daily basis.
    Madison Berry
    July 14, 2021
    In 2014, the Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-Mines) began a seven-year-long journey to provide clean water access to a small rural community...
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    Jon Forrest
    July 14, 2021
    The recent North Carolina Rural Water conference was the first state show allowed in over a year, and by prior standards it would have been considered poorly attended. Currently...
    Photos courtesy Greater Cincinnati Water Works.
    The Western Hills Pump Station houses five, two stage, 1937 De Laval Double Suction pumps.
    Justin Barkey
    July 14, 2021
    When Greater Cincinnati Water Works needed to restore their ‘30s-era pump assets, they faced numerous challenges. Completing the work in-house allowed the utility to save money...