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Entries Tagged Planning
Editorial
Creative Management Plan Ensures District’s Water for the Future
For more than 100 years, communities in the arid, sun-drenched Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles have drawn their drinking water...
Editorial
All Under One Roof
When the Public Services Department in Florence, Kentucky, claims to provide full service to residents, it is not overstating its role in...
Videos
Residential Growth Creates Challenges for Water Utility
The Rainbow Municipal Water District in Fallbrook, California, serves one of the largest agricultural areas in the state. Yet the utility is...
Editorial
Trying Times: Municipal Water District Comes Back from the Brink
California’s Rainbow Municipal Water
District is a vibrant utility serving residential and agricultural customers an hour’s drive north of San Diego. It’s...
Editorial
Sensibility is Part of Texas Water Utility’s Lasting Legacy
El Paso (Texas) Water’s winning formula for water sufficiency goes something like this: Blend one part leadership and one part education. Add...
Editorial
Embrace the Challenges of the Day
Time is a perception. I have a T-shirt that says that. I didn’t buy it. I always thought it was kind of...
Online Exclusives
Florida System’s Upgrades Put to the Test
No matter how much you plan for the worst-case scenario, Mother Nature can still have its way.The Florida Keys felt the brunt...
Online Exclusives
Advance Preparation Helps Utilities Weather Hurricane Irma
As Hurricane Irma made its way through the Caribbean last week, setting storm records on its way to the United States, water...
Online Exclusives
Contractor Breaks Down Large-Scale Water and Sewer Project Into Daily Checklist
When Kruczek Construction took on Rhinelander, Wisconsin's Downtown Streetscape Project last year, the work itself wasn’t unusual for the general contractor. Kruczek...
Editorial
... Time Marches On
Time can move painfully slow in specific instances, and the more you focus on the specifics, the more likely you’ll be to...
Blogs
Condition Assessment is More Than Just Inspecting Pipe
Someone asked me 15 years ago what I did for a living, and I proudly answered, "I inspect pipe." I could barely contain my enthusiasm. Here...
Online Exclusives
Partnership Improves Coordination for Texas Water Supply Projects
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas Water Development Board recently...
Online Exclusives
North Texas Water Suppliers Honored for Cooperation, Planning
The Integrated Pipeline Project, a 150-mile-long water transmission system being built by two North Texas water suppliers, recently received the Institute for Sustainable...


















