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“Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s all right ...”
—The Beatles
The dawn of the renewable energy revolution is here. In addition to wind turbine and...
Earlier this year, on a business trip to Japan, I stayed in a nice hotel in the Akasaka section of Tokyo. As in many hotels these days, there were...
According to CNN, an average of 700 water main breaks occur nationwide every day. Often the result of aging and decaying systems, these breaks never...
The city of Merrill, Wis., is located in Lincoln County and has a population of approximately 10,000 residents. Nicknamed the City of Parks, Merrill...
The city of Cape Girardeau, located approximately 100 miles south of St. Louis with a population of about 38,000 and treating more than 7 million gal...
The Salinas Valley of California, southeast of San Francisco, is referred to as the “salad bowl of the world” due to its abundance of crops such as...
Diaphragm-operated automatic control valves (ACVs) require reasonably clean water to function effectively and reliably. Having a strainer upstream of...
In 2003, the city of Lonsdale, Minn., began the process of upgrading its lagoon-based wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) into a new mechanical...
The city of Hamilton, Ohio, decided to pursue an active leak detection program as part of an effort to reduce water loss. It also would serve to help...
The desire for an idyllic environmental space had been expressed by the people of Meadows Place, Texas, for years. This formed the basis of turning a...
The costliest factor confronting water agencies, authorities, districts and resource boards is the high energy usage required to run plants to filter...
Wastewater treatment facilities are prodigious users of electricity. With heavy equipment including pumps, digesters and aerators needed to maintain...
The American Water Works Assn. (AWWA) is heading Rocky Mountain high to host its 2013 Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE13) at the Colorado...
In these challenging economic times, public-private partnerships (also known as “P3s”) are an effective tool to help meet public needs and maintain a...
A while back, I met a very pleasant lady on a flight from the U.S. to Europe. She was in her late 70s and had set out to tour Italy and France via...
Celebrate the coming spring with a renewed commitment to water innovation by igniting new ideas for old challenges and keeping in mind this classic...
Of all our precious resources in the world, none is as critical to the survival of mankind as water. Consider for a moment what it would mean if we...
The Howard County Bureau of Utilities in Maryland recently completed a $92-million Addition No. 7 project at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation...
Southern California’s groundwater supply is unpredictable. Because most of the supply to the groundwater basin comes from natural resources, the...
Southern California faces two key challenges concerning its storm water and water quality management. One is reducing the amount of rainfall that...
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