Big Data, Sludge and Privatisation: Outlook for Water Until 2022
The deployment of smart systems, big-data technologies, and decentralised solutions for water treatment is expected to grow in the next five years as ageing infrastructure, leakage management, and intelligent sewer networks rise up the utility agenda. At the same time, markets are opening up to private sector investment, according to an updated market insight report for the water industry, bringing great opportunities for players to gain access to new markets. The global water treatment and...
North Miami Beach Selects CH2M to Deliver a Best-In-Class Regional Water/Wastewater Utility
DENVER - CH2M and the City of North Miami Beach, Florida, have entered a 15-year partnership to deliver a best-in-class water/wastewater utility for residents and regional customers of the City. The City's regional utility, NMB Water, serves over 180,000 customers in northern Miami-Dade County, including North Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, Golden Beach, and portions of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. NMB Water recently completed a new Water/Wastewater Strategic M...
CH2M, Park City Municipal Corporation Strengthening Water Treatment for Leading Utility
SALT LAKE CITY- Park City Municipal Corporation recently selected CH2M to design a new water treatment facility set to create lasting improvements in the Utah mountain community ranked 4th in U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Small Towns to Visit in the USA. The new 3Kings Water Treatment Facility will aim to increase water security and sustainable utility of existing tunnel sources. The new facility is set to replace Park City's existing Spiro drinking water treatment plant. Before...
Lystek Wins Wastewater Technology & Company of the Year Awards for its Market Leading Solutions in Biosolids Management
Toronto, ON – On June 22, the 6th Annual Water’s Next Award ceremonies were held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, in Toronto. As part of the proceedings, Cambridge-based Lystek International was presented with two, national Water’s Next Awards – the first in the Project/Technology – Wastewater category and the second for overall Company of the Year. The awards were presented to the company in recognition of their market-leading technical solutions, customer satisfaction and numerous achievements i...
Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Earns Envision Silver Award from Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility in California is the recent recipient of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Silver award. The Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system verifies the sustainability of infrastructure projects across the full range of environmental, social, and economic impacts. The City of Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project is the culmination of years of collaboration between the city, Stantec Consulting, state...
SJE-Rhombus Named 2017 ESOP Company of the Year
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - SJE-Rhombus®, a leading manufacturer of pump control solutions for the water and wastewater industry, has been named the 2017 ESOP Company of the Year. The award was presented by the ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association to SJE-Rhombus employee owners at the annual ESOP Association Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 10th. "Receiving recognition as the national employee-owned company of the year is an honor," said Dave Thomas, CEO and President of SJE-Rhom...
CH2M, Evergreen State College Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Visualize a Future for Water Infrastructure
PORTLAND, Ore.- Visualize a future where water infrastructure doesn't play a vital role in the daily lives of global citizens. Might seem hard to picture – yet, around the world water infrastructure is aging, and at risk for breakdowns. With dams averaging 50-years-old, most wastewater systems operating well over their expected lifespan and leaky pipes responsible for the loss of six billion gallons of treated drinking water every day, water infrastructure in the United States is at a critic...
Sustainable Solutions Corporation Releases Comparative Analysis and Environmental Review of Underground Piping
ROYERSFORD, Pa., April 19, 2017 - Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC) has released the Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Water and Sewer Pipe and Comparative Sustainability Analysis of Pipe Materials, the first comprehensive environmental review of underground piping systems in North America. Based on a 100-year life cycle assessment methodology, the review includes a study of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe conducted according to life cycle assessment (LCA) standards ISO 14040 series. The life cyc...
Woolpert Selected to Design Sewer Rehabilitation Project
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 10, 2017) — HRSD, a wastewater treatment utility that serves 18 cities and counties in southeastern Virginia, has selected Woolpert—a national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm—to provide study, design and administration services for a project to rehabilitate about one mile of sanitary sewer infrastructure in Newport News, Va. This project area includes 4,800 linear feet of gravity sewer pipeline and associated manholes along Jefferson Avenue from West Mer...
New White Paper from Envirosight Discusses How Emerging “Smart Sewer Crawlers” Incorporate CANbus Technology.
RANDOLPH, NJ—March 14, 2017— Envirosight has released a new white paper detailing the advantages a new breed of "smart crawlers" bring to sewer inspection. These crawlers, using digital technologies like CANbus to extend their capabilities, deliver greater intelligence and functionality, consume fewer resources, and support advanced automation and data collection features. CANbus is an embedded control architecture where components communicate directly with each other over a single pair of condu...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
