New Jersey American Water Clamps Down on Pipe Breaks

In late October, the Water Loss Control Project Manager for New Jersey American Water (NJAW), Ron Oppenheimer, received a notification alert that their EchoShore®-DX...

Solar Telescope Project Team Sees High Performance and Fast Delivery

Faithfully rising each morning for uncountable generations, our familiar sun remains a master at hiding the significant secrets of its fundamental physics. Its behavior...

Biogas benefits at the farm with tough new mixers

A farm in the northwest of Kent has significantly enhanced its biogas operation by upgrading the mixing system for its two 1.1-million-gallon anaerobic digesters. Oncoland...

Pump Stations That Will Not Fail

The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, wastewater treatment system serves 23,000 customers and requires the maintenance of more than 600 miles of gravity sewers...

The Right Tool for the Job

A goal of piping system design is for the system to maintain continued operation over its life cycle with minimal maintenance. Degradation or failure...

Managing Utility Operations in One Platform

The town of Franklin, Massachusetts, has an approximate population of 35,000 residents and a full-service Department of Public Works to manage everything from water...

Measuring the True Performance of Pumps in Operation

A recent large-scale testing program was conducted across Ontario in which the actual performance and efficiency of water pumps was assessed and compared against...

Stop Pump Station Call Outs

It’s 2:00 AM and a telephone rings in Eckville, Alberta. Rick McKinnon checks the display on his cell phone and groans. It’s another high...

Positive Displacement Pumps Keep LPG Flowing

Petroleum refiners have historically used flares to burn off waste gases to meet product specifications. This practice is increasingly at odds with environmental regulations...

Finding an Eco-friendly Natural Gas Equivalent

In winter 2019, the German biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower has started building a biomethane plant near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom....