Managing an On-site Legionella Event
By Paul Sharpe, U.S. Water
Building owners are often faced with a decision to test the building potable and utility water for Legionella bacteria. The...
Tips For Selecting the Correct Pump For Your Installation
For the professional installer, multiple factors need to be considered before choosing a pump, such as pump type, pump size, total dynamic head, and...
Keys to Minimally Invasive Sewage Renovation
As is the case with any type of infrastructure, sewers require regular maintenance. But the often narrow pipes below the ground are difficult to...
Removing Struvite from Wastewater Systems
Named after Henrich Christian Gottfried Von Struve, who discovered the magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals in medieval sewer systems in Hamburg in 1845, struvite is...
Tuning the Accuracy of Lift Station Flow Rates: Part 1
To tune means to adjust for optimal or improved performance. Musical tuning entails adjusting an instrument to achieve a perfect pitch. Depending on the...
When Do Most Water Main Breaks Occur?
On March 11, 2014, in the LinkedIn blog “American Water Works Association,” Riley Vittitoe, the general manager for the water utility of Topeka, Kansas,...
Big Blower Savings for the United Kingdom’s Water and Wastewater Company
Following a highly detailed study with its proven FreeFlowi4.0 (FFi4) pump monitoring equipment, optimization experts Riventa have identified annual savings of $303,000 for nine...
The Path to Water Innovation: Part 2 of 2
Innovation in the U.S. water industry is incremental and fragmented. In the second half of this policy brief, Ajami, Thompson, and Victor propose increasing...
Don’t Just Settle With Poor Water Pressure
Households all over the world deal with water pressure fluctuations on a daily basis. Depending on the amount of water being used within the...
A Material of the Future
Today composite materials are used in wind energy, marine, construction, aerospace, military and defense, automotive, pipes, access covers, tanks and many more applications. Composites...









