Water Monitoring Magazines & Journals
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Who Pays for PFAS Contamination?
Many parts of the U.S. have recently seen increased testing and regulation of groundwater contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or similar chemicals. For example, several northeastern states, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, have recently enacted regulations limiting PFOA or PFAS ...
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Translating Wastewater Surveillance Data
Faced with the need for non-invasive and scalable tools to supplement individual clinical testing and contact tracing efforts, public health officials and wastewater experts have begun turning to wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), which is also known as wastewater surveillance. This practice can monitor substances of concern in communities by detecting and quantifying their concentrations in ...
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Operational Edge
As companies in the process industries pursue their digital transformation journeys, the collective role of process analyzers and field instruments such as pressure transmitters, flowmeters, and the common pH and conductivity analyzers can vary widely. Thousands of them could be deployed in a manufacturing facility. Although they have not moved physically, these instruments have found themselves ...
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Sharp (Trouble) shooting
Automatic control valves often are viewed as simple pieces of equipment. They open, close, or modulate to control water pressure, flow, level, or pumps. Automatic control valves are found all over the world for use in irrigation, fire protection, aviation, building trades, and waterworks distribution systems to name a few. They are installed in unseen or inconspicuous locations underground, on ...
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Enabling sustainable reuse with real-time optimization
Digital optimization solutions are improving water treatment facility performance in real-time, supporting industries and municipalities in reducing their environmental footprint and carbon emissions and enhancing operational cost ...
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Maryland partners with Opti and Walmart on smart pond trials
With next generation technology appearing in more and more parts of water resource recovery facilities, a new partnership in Maryland is considering an interesting question: Can implementing technology directly in retention ponds and other control features lead to more effective stormwater ...
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Making a strong business case for green infrastructure
A comprehensive analysis of the proposed Mirabeau Water Garden project in New Orleans, Louisiana, US found significant financial, social, and environmental benefits thatprovide a strong business case for investing in the flood reduction project. ...
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Keeping pace with mother nature
Florida's Lake Worth Drainage District in the US maximized its capacity to manage stormwater flows by deploying the SmartCover Systems flow monitoring devices and platform. ...
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Deep tunnels: Never maintenance-free
Although tunnels have been used for decades, more utilities are exploring how deep tunnel systems can be integrated with existing wastewater infrastructure given recent technological advances in inspection and monitoring. The authors share lessons learned by several major utilities regarding maintenance in their deep tunnel programs. ...
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Monitoring and analysis of microplastics in water
New analysis methods and practices are under development to standardize the collection, sample preparation, and analysis of microplastics in water and wastewater. ...
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Key water utility trends for 2020
Smart water metering and water resiliency, as well as low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies are top trends that will shape the water utility industry in 2020. ...
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Adapting to sea level rise
Research conducted at three water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) in Japan reveal the types of flooding caused by sea level rise and practical measures to protect coastal infrastructure. Authors Anh Cao and Takashi Mino of the University of Tokyo and Miguel Esteban of Waseda University in Japan explain. ...
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Zero Brine promises new recovery opportunities for mining
Coal mining operations generate enormous volumes of highly saline wastewater with magnesium and other minerals, which is often discharged untreated into nearby water bodies, resulting in the contamination of valuable water supply. A pilot plant project conducted by the Silesian University of Technology (SUT) at the Bolesław Śmiały coal mine Laziska Górne, Poland, ...
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Pilot tests demonstrate impressive results for BioViper at brewery
Wastewater management is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of food and beverage manufacturing – especially when it comes to environmental impact. A new wastewater treatment system, Baswood BioViper, is designed to treat high-strength wastewater streams using lower energy consumption and 75-percent less space than traditional wastewater management systems. BioViper ...
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Reflections on almost 30 years in the water sector
Since joining WEF in 1991, when it was known as the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF), I have observed firsthand significant changes in mindset and approach in the water sector – including new insights on resource recovery, the role of water in community wellbeing, and the need to engage as well as inform. ...
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Low-level pumping station keeps water flowing
American Rivers – a nonprofit group whose mission is to protect wild rivers and restore damaged rivers – issued a dire report about the lower Colorado River in 2017. The conservation group claimed the lower Colorado River as one of the most-endangered rivers in the United States ...
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Promising future for SUDs
In the UK, the water sector’s Design and Construction Guidance is setting new standards for SuDS and clarifying what is expected of developers if their drainage systems are to be adopted by water and sewerage companies. Mandated by the Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT), the guidance was developed by Water UK, an organization that represents all major water and wastewater ...
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Coastal water challenges and strategies
Seawater intrusion is a naturally occurring process that takes place when groundwater replenishment is interrupted, depleting the natural barrier that keeps saltwater from moving inland. It is inevitable to some degree in coastal aquifers, but external factors have begun to increasingly affect groundwater resource ...
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No power, no problem
Melbourne, the state capital city of Victoria, has a growing population of 4.9 million people and is Australia’s second largest city. With a large urban footprint, the city is faced with the challenges of demand for infrastructure services while dealing with the depletion of the water supplies due to consistently high summer temperatures and drought conditions. These pressures forced ...
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