Water Archive
Mayors push benefits of cities' tap water
By: Annie Gentile
Once hailed as a healthy and convenient beverage alternative, bottled water recently has been met with a tidal wave of criticism from municipal leaders...
California water district adopts water banking strategy
The Yucaipa Valley, Calif., Water District (YVWD) will begin "water banking," which involves purchasing additional water to store underground in reserve against times of drought. However, the plan will come at a cost to users and developers...
WERF Seeks Proposals on Pathogen Risk Assessment
The Alexandria, Va.-based Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is accepting proposals for research projects on improving risk assessment of pathogens in recreational waters....
Report offers formula for clean streams
Researchers have developed a method for evaluating how land use and stormwater management strategies will affect urban streams. The eight-step process...
New book keeps the well from running dry
A growing number of local officials are taking a broader view of their water supplies and considering the long-term effects of their decisions. Total...
Do we ever learn?
By: By Bill Wolpin bill.wolpin@penton.com
More than 100,000 people have moved into Atlanta each year since 2000. So, none of us who live here should be surprised that our main source of water...
Saying hello to progress
Smith County, Texas, has grown quickly over the last few years, but the county's communications infrastructure has not kept pace. As a result, residents...
Power play
By: By Lynn Peisner
By definition, managing wastewater facilities is an environmentally sensitive job, but climate-change awareness and rising prices for electricity and natural gas are pushing plants to produce and use renewable energy. Energy accounts for 30 percent of the operating and maintenance costs of most wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and demand for electricity at the facilities is expected to grow 20...
Redistributing resources
Project: Recycled water Jurisdiction: Redwood City, Calif. Agency: Redwood City/South Bayside System Authority Vendor: San Francisco-based Kennedy/Jenks...
Programs keep the well from running dry
By: Ed Brock
In the past 30 years, water consumption in the United States has tripled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by 2013, 36 states...
The next drug problem
By: By Patricia Frank
Hidden among the well-known problems faced by water professionals aging infrastructure, dwindling supply is another emerging issue: rising amounts of...
House subcommittee approves water infrastructure improvement funding
The House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment has approved a bill that could provide $20 billion to states in need of improvements to their water and sewer systems. Reauthorizing the Clean Water State Revolving Fund...
County opens water education center
Gwinnett County, Ga., has opened a new facility to teach residents about the importance of water management. The $16.6 million Gwinnett Environmental...
Fluid investments
By: By Dale Buss
More than 70 percent of San Francisco's sewers were built before or during the Great Depression and now need repair. Rising Pacific tides, possibly from...
Dotted Line
Carroll County, Md., has contracted with Wakefield, Mass.-based Metcalf & Eddy to design and build an expansion of the county's Freedom District Water...
Water security guidelines released
Standard voluntary guidelines for protecting water systems across the country are now available for trial use. Developed by the Reston, Va.-based American...
Water security guidelines now available
Standard voluntary guidelines for protecting water systems across the country are now available for trial use. Developed by the Reston, Va.-based American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Denver-based American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Alexandria, Va.-based Water Environment Federation ...
New guide to small-scale wetlands design
The Alexandria, Va.-based Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has published a new book, Small-Scale Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems: Feasibility,...
A refreshing water source
By: Dave Kaunisto Rebecca Mullenix
This summer, the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (ECCV) located south of Denver, opened the taps on a new water source for its...
Laying the groundwork
This spring, Phoenix finished long-term repairs to a stormwater channel in the city's northeast business district that frequently needed restoration to...
And the winner is
The Kent County, Del., Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant has received an Achievement Award from the Washington-based National Association of Counties...
Staying inside the lines
Racine, Wis., more than doubled its peak wastewater treatment capacity last fall without expanding the boundaries of its treatment plant site. By changing...
Unlikely urban areas face water shortages
By: Lori Burkhammer
America is growing fast and using a lot of water, creating shortages in unlikely cities. Water has traditionally been at more of a premium in the West,...
What is a wetland?
By: By Meredith Preston
State and local governments were hoping a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision would clarify when public projects on or near wetlands require permits from...
Tying together water data
The Onondaga County, N.Y., Water Authority (OCWA) recently combined its financial, billing and asset management software into one Web-based system to...
