Riverside Forging Ahead on Water Quality

By John Yap, Aquatic Informatics Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) has been providing water and electricity to the city of Riverside, California, since 1895. As an...

Keeping Cooling Towers Clean and Healthy

Developing a water management plan is essential for successful cooling tower operation, both in terms of overall cooling process efficiency, and in keeping system...

Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Monitors Boiler Feed Water, Lowers Maintenance Costs

Boiler feed water is thermally and chemically degassed to achieve oxygen-free water, a state which must be maintained throughout the steam cycle. The Electro-Chemical...

Removing pharmaceuticals from water supplies

The current EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is more than thirty years old, and it has made dramatic improvements to the water quality in...

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,...

A Clear Advantage: Smart Materials for the Construction of Water Filters

Clean water for everyone. Two innovative companies from Saxony-Anhalt have dedicated themselves to this aim: Carbonit Filtertechnik GmbH from the Dambeck district of Salzwedel...

Achieving Water Authority Compliance with Automated Wastewater Treatment

By Gaye Jacobs Automated wastewater treatment systems help manufacturers remain in compliance with EPA and local standards, while significantly reducing the cost of treatment, labor,...

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...

Innovations in Domestic Water Well Products Simplify Installation, Maintenance: Part 2...

Last month, we introduced a solution for contractors looking for an option other than installing a traditional control box and pressure switch, running wires...

Expanding the Benefits of Reverse Osmosis

The nexus between water use and energy consumption has never been more critical to both our sustainability and our economy. In myriad ways around...