ENGEO to Design World's First GHAD to Prevent Flooding and Levee Failure
The City of Isleton, California chooses ENGEO to lead the Delta Region GHAD SAN RAMON, CA – ENGEO announces that it has been engaged to design and shepherd the first Geologic Hazard Abatement District (GHAD) focused on flood prevention. The GHAD will assist in protecting the City of Isleton against flood hazards and provide resilient flood damage relief. Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts (GHADs) are state agencies formed by local communities to provide prevention, rapid response and fund...
AMI Infrastructure: From Water Meters to Business Intelligence
AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) systems transform water meters into IoT sensors that transmit useful information to digitally revolutionize processes, according to Carlos Tejedor (Idrica) The search for water efficiency, both in utilities and among citizens, will drive investment in AMI in the coming years. The aim is to increase metering for better management March 1, 2022. For some years now, water utilities have been investing in the digital transformation of micro-metering,...
Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) Collaborates with The Water Council (TWC) to Advance Water Stewardship in the Automotive Supply Chain
The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) is announcing a new collaboration with The Water Council (TWC) to support the organization in the development of a water stewardship program for the automotive supply chain. SP provides a forum for global automotive manufacturers and their suppliers to work together toward a shared vision of an automotive industry with positive environmental impact. Through SP, industry leaders are coming together to share best practices and advance action on k...
ABB launches innovative digital solution to reduce energy use and optimize operations in wastewater plants
ABB Ability™ Smart Solution for Wastewater is the first in a family of digital solutions designed to optimize operations and reduce energy consumption in the water sector New wastewater technology enables continuous monitoring, coupled with automation, to achieve energy savings of up to 25 percent during aeration and pumping and up to 10 percent reduction in chemical usage Platform agnostic software designed as an additional layer to work with any automation package ABB launches ABB...
Bawat And Partners Awarded A USD 600,000 Grant
Bawat and partners Awarded a USD 600,000 Grant to introduce Land-based Ballast Reception and Treatment Facilities in The Great Lakes Region In December 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute awarded Bawat a $600,000 USD grant to set up a land-based ballast water reception and treatment facility in partnership with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and AMI Engineering for a test period of one year in the Great Lakes region. CEO Marcus Hummer said: “That...
STAR Water Becomes 1st BREW Company to Go Public
The Water Council’s Accelerator, Pilot Program Helped Company Develop Milwaukee, WI, Feb. 10, 2022 – STAR Water Group, an Australian maker of biofiltration technology and bioretention systems and a 2017 alumnus of The Water Council’s BREW accelerator, will soon launch an initial public offering on the Sydney Stock Exchange. STAR (Stormwater Treatment and Reuse) is the first BREW company to go public. The Water Council’s $50,000 investment in the startup, part of the accelerator model,...
120Water Announces Newark, NJ, as the First Recipient of Annual Excellence Award
Newark aggressively replaced 24,000 lead service lines in three years to receive the award ZIONSVILLE, Ind. and NEWARK, N.J.- 120Water, the leading solutions provider for lead program compliance and water quality data management, announced Newark, NJ, as the recipient of their first annual Excellence Award for the completion of its lead service line (LSL) replacement program. Newark partnered with 120Water and engineering firm CDM Smith to locate, replace and remediate nearly 24,000 public and...
Wirepas & EnviroSmarts partner to bring early water detection to the commercial tenant and hospitality space
Properties see huge reduction in deductibles, ROI over 72% in year one Wirepas, a company on a mission to democratize IoT connectivity and EnviroSmarts, leaders in early water detection, have successfully solved for one of the largest issues plaguing the commercial tenant and hospitality space, water damage. Whether flooding is caused by a system failure or human error, tenant and hospitality spaces suffer catastrophic losses because of emergency repairs, displaced guests and unavailable sp...
The Water Council Launches WAVE to Accelerate Water Stewardship
Milwaukee, WI – The Water Council today announces a new program to improve, report and recognize good corporate water stewardship. WAVE – Water Stewardship Verified – provides a proven onramp for companies to develop thoughtful strategies, set meaningful goals and take impactful action on water across the enterprise, concluding with independent verification that the company has built a credible foundation of knowledge on which to base its water stewardship work. The Water Council, an internat...
Reclamation Approves $20.5 Million to Build Drought Resiliency in Five States
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Reclamation is making its initial 2022 selection of 13 projects for $20.5 million in grants to build long-term drought resiliency. These projects will leverage more than $66.7 million in non-federal funding to complete projects in five states. “Climate change presents growing challenges to our communities across the West and the natural systems that we all depend on,” said Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo. “The Department of the Interior will...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
