Online Exclusives New Report Shows Significant Opportunity for Private Investment in Municipal Infrastructure Bluefield Research’s report values the U.S.’s water and wastewater systems at more than $728 billion November 15, 2017
Online Exclusives Drone Technology Being Tailored for Sewer Inspection A consortium of companies working through the European Coordination Hub for Open Robotics Development is preparing a prototype for field testing in 2018 in Barcelona October 26, 2017
Online Exclusives Utilities Find Ways to Ward Off FOG In light of the latest discovery of a massive fatberg in a Baltimore sewer, here are some of the ways utilities have found success defeating FOG October 24, 2017
Online Exclusives The Many Ways to Pinpoint Distribution System Leaks From leak detection and locating to correlating and logging, here’s a breakdown of the tools that can help your utility’s water loss management efforts October 19, 2017
Online Exclusives Mentoring Is Mandatory: Developing the Next Generation of Water Professionals The Opening General Session of WEFTEC focused on using mentorship to develop a new crop of industry leaders October 05, 2017
Online Exclusives Utility Expands Public Education Reach with Water Works Museum Since opening in 2014 following a renovation, Louisville Water’s original pumping station turned teaching tool has had more than 90,000 visitors October 02, 2017
Online Exclusives Utility Crews Come to One Another’s Aid in the Wake of a Disaster When utilities need help in an emergency, systems like the Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network are in place to provide assistance. Here’s how workers from two utilities responded when colleagues on Texas’ Gulf Coast needed help after Hurricane Harvey. September 28, 2017
Online Exclusives How Not to do Public Outreach Louisville Water provides tips on what works and what doesn’t work when trying to communicate information to the public September 27, 2017
Online Exclusives Utility Uses Multi-Faceted Public Outreach Approach for Large Pipeline Project Louisville Water Co. relies on much more than press releases and website postings to effectively communicate project details to residents September 25, 2017
Online Exclusives British Utility Discovers 130-Ton FOG Blockage The ‘fatberg’ clocks in at around 10 times the size of a massive blockage Thames Water found in 2013 September 20, 2017
Online Exclusives Advance Preparation Helps Utilities Weather Hurricane Irma Utilities on both Florida coasts felt the effects of the storm, but many have recovered quickly September 14, 2017
Online Exclusives Hurricane Harvey Provides a Valuable Learning Experience Here’s how one Houston area utility dealt with the storm when it hit, and what is happening now in the aftermath September 12, 2017
Online Exclusives Developing a Consistent Collections System Maintenance Program These seven basics of a good sewer maintenance program may seem like common sense, but that doesn’t negate their importance. Is your utility taking all of these steps? August 29, 2017
Online Exclusives News Briefs: Excessive Number of Water Main Breaks Unveils Further Problems In this week’s news briefs, due to a rash of water main breaks, a city in Kansas discovers 13 miles of pipeline that had been improperly installed in the 1990s, and a large sewer project in Omaha, Nebraska, can resume after a 14-month hiatus now that a stuck tunnel-boring machine has finally been freed August 24, 2017