AVT and Rangeline Work Together to Maintain Water Supply to 7th Largest City in the US
Control point added at San Antonio Water System (Chicago: February 27, 2023) – AVT’s EZ Valve has been used to create a control point at the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) main pump station after a header was found to be leaking and required repair. The header needed to be isolated to ensure the station could continue pumping and supplying a large area of the city, which is the 7th largest in the US. AVT’s distributor and installer Rangeline Group has an ongoing relationship with SAW...
Advanced Water Technology Will Help City of Toronto Implement Its Wet Weather Flow Master Plan
Xylem’s highly efficient pumps will create additional capacity to help manage Combined Sewage Overflows and capture, transport and treat increased amounts of wastewater Washington, DC – The Toronto, Ontario metropolitan area has seen rapid population growth over the last several decades and has also developed a Wet Weather Flow Master Plan that aims to virtually eliminate Combined Sewage Overflows (CSO) from the sewage collection system. To support this expansion, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), a leadi...
120Water™ Recognized as Inaugural Partner at First Lead Pipe Removal Summit at White House
Solutions provider expands footprint as more than 2000 utilities nationwide leverage software to manage LCRR compliance ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – 120Water, the leading solutions provider for lead reduction and drinking water programs, is honored to be an inaugural partner in the new Biden-Harris Get the Lead Out Partnership. Working with the federal government and a coalition of states, Tribes, local communities, water utilities, labor unions, and nongovernmental organizations, 120Water will ad...
ACWA Power Adds Record Desalination Capacity for 2022
2.4 million cm3 of water capacity per day added across 4 mega reverse osmosis plants in the Middle East Added water capacity serving 5.5 million more people in the GCC Riyadh, KSA: ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, added 2.4 million cm3/day of water desalination capacity across four reverse osmosis megaprojects in 2022, the largest in a calendar year in the company’s hi...
Study: How to apply lessons from Colorado’s costliest wildfire to drinking water systems
Issue and key research finding Wildfire damage to drinking water systems can significantly delay a community’s economic recovery. The costliest disaster in Colorado’s history, the Marshall Fire of 2021, resulted in more than $2 billion in losses. Six drinking water systems were directly in the fire’s path. While communities and governments nationwide have been facing the impact of these disasters on drinking water systems, no national synthesis of scientific and policy needs has been conduc...
MentorAPM selected to provide CMMS for Alexandria Renew Enterprises
Software provider partners with CDM Smith, Inc. on complete implementation PHOENIX – Leading edge asset management software solutions provider MentorAPM has been selected to provide and implement a complete Computerized Maintenance Management Solution (CMMS) for Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew), Alexandria, Virginia’s wastewater treatment provider. Continuing on its 70-year-old mission to protect public health and the environment, AlexRenew will utilize the MentorAPM Work & Asset...
Research project underway to prepare water utilities for wildfire events
Photo by Joanne Francis on Unsplash Findings to help drinking water utilities increase treatment resilience to wildfires PORTLAND, Ore., January 17, 2023 — A multi-disciplinary team of utilities, academia, and consultants have convened to develop a study and publish guidance to improve water treatment resilience against the impacts of forest fires. Critical to water security, forested watersheds provide 75 percent of the world’s accessible freshwater (...
New Report From US Water Alliance and Stantec Offers Innovative Model for Water Pricing Equity
Pilot program develops alternative affordability practices for utilities Today, the US Water Alliance and Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design, released A Promising Water Pricing Model for Equity and Financial Resilience. This report presents an innovative model for pricing and billing water that is an opportunity to achieve greater equity by reducing water bills for most low-income households while preserving revenue and improving financial resilience for water utilities. ...
Healixa to produce device to create potable water from atmosphere
New York, NY – As many parts of the world continue to struggle with drought, Healixa is about to begin manufacturing a new device that will help provide potable water to people who live in areas with no or limited access to drinkable water. Healixa is set to produce the four-square-foot product called The Global AquaDuct. One Global AquaDuct unit can provide 200 liters (53 gallons) of water a day out of the atmosphere using a solar panel as the energy source. The device freezes water vapor, t...
Cleaning Contaminated Water With Flax Shives
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan used the Canadian Light Source to examine why flax shives are an effective adsorbent for clearing pharmaceutical pollutants from water. SASKATOON – Using the Canadian Light Source (CLS), a team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has found that a common agriculture byproduct can treat waste water contaminated by antibiotics and other pharmaceutical chemicals. Dr. Catherine Niu, a chemical engineering professor in USask’...
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Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
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