Pentair Expands Residential Water Treatment Offerings With Pentair Water Solutions
Enhanced digital experience encompasses full transition of Pelican Water LONDON, United Kingdom – Pentair, a leading provider of water treatment and sustainable solutions, is proud to introduce a new, updated Pentair Water Solutions experience, exclusively on Pentair.com. With this updated website and the support of a network of professional installers, Pentair Water Solutions is well-positioned to provide leading water treatment solutions and services directly to consumers through a va...
EPA Announces $42 Million WIFIA Loan to Reduce Flooding in Underserved Communities in Milwaukee
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $42 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. This investment will help fund the Waterway Flood Management and Restoration Project and will expand stormwater management capacity and reduce flood risk in historically underserved communities. In the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, EPA closed 29 WIFIA loans that are investing over $5 billion i...
The Six Water Technology Trends for 2022, According to Idrica
These trends are set to bring innovative use cases to transform the industry and ensure the sustainable management of water and its availability. Climate change and water scarcity are challenges that must be tackled urgently. The future depends on digital transformation as a way to extract value from data and turn information into business intelligence. AMI infrastructure, digital twins, intelligent asset management, Geographical Information Systems, 5G and Artificial Intelligence are the...
Interior Department Announces Infrastructure Investments for Desalination, Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will further support water reliability in Western communities WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced three funding opportunities available to help Western communities create or expand clean, new water sources. The selected projects, which include desalination, and water reclamation and reuse projects, will be funded through investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, when enacted, fiscal year 2022 appropriations. These fund...
The Water Council, SCS Global Services Partner on Water Stewardship
Milwaukee, WI – As businesses across the world confront increasing water challenges and growing calls for tangible accomplishments on sustainability, The Water Council has partnered with SCS Global Services to meet this challenge by improving corporate water stewardship outcomes and reporting. This new partnership will include development and rollout of programs to help companies move beyond traditional water management to credible and verified water stewardship that addresses enterprise-wide c...
Vital Infrastructure Remains Operational While a Fire Hydrant is Repaired
Fire and Police station maintains water supply (Chicago ) – The installation of an Advanced Valve Technologies EZ Valve ensured a fire and police station maintained their water supply during vital repair works to a fire hydrant. Hydratec Services, a trusted long-term partner of AVT, was called on to assist with the repair of a leaking fire hydrant in an East Texas location. Typically fire hydrants are supplied by a ‘T’ line. This is a small section of water line that is fed by the...
DuPont and Water.org Partner to Increase Global Access to Safe Water
Collaborating on Sustainable Water Solutions for People Living in Poverty WILMINGTON, Del., December 20, 2021, DuPont (NYSE:DD) and Water.org have partnered to increase global access to safe water, with a focus on communities most vulnerable to the consequences of water scarcity. The partnership combines DuPont’s technical leadership in water filtration and purification solutions with Water.org’s expertise in pioneering market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. Th...
ASCE Statement on EPA Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan
The following is a statement by Tom Smith, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): WASHINGTON, DC. – The American Society of Civil Engineers applauds the Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency to help communities across the country remove lead pipes out of their drinking water systems. Access to clean and safe drinking water is critical to public health and economic prosperity, and ASCE’s 2021 Report Card for...
Skanska builds and installs piping and machinery for wastewater plant in Tampere, Finland, for EUR 45M, about SEK 460M
Image credit Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant - Skanska Skanska has signed a contract with Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant to carry out piping and machinery project for a wastewater treatment plant in Tampere, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 45M, about SEK 460M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2021. The project consists of building and installing piping and machinery for the new wastewater treatment pl...
Evolution of Narrow Band IoT in Remote Water Consumption Readings
Carlos Tejedor (Idrica): we must get ready. In the short term, everything will have sensors in the water industry. The NB standard will coexist with 5G to support billions of sensors. The Spanish city of Gandia was the first municipality to have tens of thousands of meters working with NB technology, in a project led by Idrica, Vodafone and the Gandia city council. This was the first Smart Water City with Narrow Band (NB) applied to remote metering. The project led the city to become...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
