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  • Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2022

    • Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2022

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    Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in November 2021. The legislation includes some of the largest investments in water infrastructure in decades.
    Infrastructure Funding

    A Year for Water Infrastructure

    Daniel Gaddy
    Jan. 12, 2022
    The influx of federal dollars from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will fund much-needed projects in the water sector.
    Photo courtesy Clark Regional Wastewater District.
    Utilities must find ways to balance the challenges of increased demand, new regulations, and aging infrastructure with tight budgets.
    Smart Water Utility

    No-Code Platforms for Digitization

    Sean King
    Jan. 12, 2022
    Utilities must find ways to balance the challenges of increased demand, new regulations, and aging infrastructure with tight budgets. Digital technology can drive efficiency and...
    Photos courtesy Global Water Resources Inc.
    Long-term strategic planning has helped Arizona lower its water usage, even as the state’s population increased over the last 30 years.
    Asset Management

    Colorado River Cutbacks

    Ron Fleming
    Jan. 12, 2022
    As the Colorado River enters a Tier 1 Shortage, the American Southwest must enhance the sustainability of its water use.
    Photo courtesy Severn Trent.
    Water companies have seen a significant increase in hydraulic sewer flooding in the last five years. Models of population growth and climate change predict that this problem will increase in the future.
    Wastewater

    AI Water Breakthrough

    Mark Watson
    Jan. 12, 2022
    Severn Trent will soon be implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate waste catchments in the UK.
    Photos courtesy PSG Dover.
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    Treatment

    Peristaltic Pumps for Wastewater Handling

    Jan. 12, 2022
    Peristaltic (Hose) Pumps from Abaque™, a product brand of PSG®, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., a Dover company, transfer difficult-to-handle chemicals and fluids.
    Photos courtesy ABB.
    The Hobbs, NM, WWTF features nine aeration basins in three treatment trains.
    Treatment

    Addressing the Challenge of Zoogleal Film Buildup

    Peter Zacharias
    Jan. 12, 2022
    The City of Hobbs, NM, upgrades the dissolved oxygen probes in its aeration basins — significantly reducing upkeep expenses.

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    Water Utility Management

    My New Year’s Resolutions

    Vanessa M. Leiby
    Jan. 12, 2022
    With another year come and gone, WWEMA’s executive director shares some New Year’s resolutions for the water industry.