GLWA Increasing System Resiliency with Improvements to 14 Mile Transmission Main
Pipe renewal extends the pipe segment’s service life by as much as 50 years GLWA and its member partners collaborated on plan to ensure continued protection of public health and safety Construction to be completed by mid-January with no anticipated impact on water quality DETROIT— The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) announced today it is continuing to build resiliency into its regional system by proactively renewing segments within a 1.5-mile stretch of water transmission mai...
The Bureau of Reclamation Uses Crowdsourcing to Identify Innovative “Snowpack Estimation” Solutions, Offering $500k Prize Purse
Washington, D.C. -- December 7, 2021 -- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced its crowdsourcing competition, the "Snowcast Showdown", which is being implemented by DrivenData, Ensemble, and HeroX. The Challenge seeks innovative methods of estimating snow water equivalent (SWE), tasking competitors to provide spatially-distributed estimates of SWE over the western US during the 2022 winter season. Participants are competing for a prize purse of $500,000. SWE refers to the amount of li...
Burrowing Critters Increase Risk of Levee Failure
WASHINGTON—Researchers have developed a new method to estimate the risk of levee failure and flooding from burrowing animals like badgers and porcupines. Levees are human-made embankments usually made from dirt that alter river flow to provide protection to nearby communities. When burrowing animals dig into earthen levees to make their homes, they can weaken the infrastructure to the point of collapse and localized flooding — but most flood risk models don’t take that into account. Now, a...
City of Westminster and Project 7 Water Authority (Ridgway) among 39 EPA invites to apply for water infrastructure loans
Projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs DENVER — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 39 new projects are being invited to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans, including projects in Westminster, Colorado and Ridgway, Colorado; and 4 projects are being added to a waitlist. The agency anticipates that, as funds become available, $6.7 billion in WIFIA loans will h...
Digital transformation, key to ensuring access to drinking water in Colombia
In Colombia, where losses from non-revenue water are a major issue, digital transformation of the entire cycle of this precious resource is essential, according to Idrica. Colombia is a water-rich country with a sound policy and strong public leadership. One of its main objectives is to ensure reliable access to water resources for the entire population, yet this can only be achieved by tackling new challenges such as climate change, pollution and water losses in the distribution network...
Idrica Develops World's First 5G-NR Device Specifically for the Water Industry
The device is part of a 5G-NR technology project for real-time remote reading of drinking water consumption. This pilot scheme is being carried out in Valencia, within the framework of Spain’s National 5G Plan. November, 16 2021. Idrica has developed the first 5G-NR device specifically for the water industry. This groundbreaking piece of equipment, based exclusively on 5G-NR (New Radio) technology, will provide solutions to challenges which had been out of reach up until now, mainly in M...
EPA and DOI Announce Recommitment to Federal Partnership in Support of Urban Waters
LENEXA, KAN. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, 13 other federal agencies, and non-governmental partners commemorated a decade of accomplishments under the Urban Waters Federal Partnership while pledging their recommitment to this partnership. Twenty partnership locations across the country are advancing economic, public health, environmental, and social benefits by enhancing community connections to water. “With the 10th anniversary of t...
Wastewater survey tracks COVID-19 Delta variant in Reno/Sparks
Post-doctoral researcher Lin Li in the College of Engineering, processing samples in the lab, is part of the group conducting environmental surveillance of wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Truckee Meadows. University of Nevada, Reno, Sparks and Washoe County continue research, surveillance RENO/SPARKS, Nevada – The highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has been successfully identified and tracked in Truckee Meadows wastewater since June 2021, establishing the monitoring...
SCS Global Services Joins The Water Council as First Water Champion Member
MILWAUKEE - The Water Council, a nonprofit membership organization driving freshwater innovation and advancing water stewardship, today announces its new Water Champion membership program with SCS Global Services (SCS) as its first member. Traditionally, members of The Water Council come from the water technology sector. The Water Champion program was created for companies outside the sector that want to show their support for The Water Council’s mission to solve global water challenges throu...
Groundwater Flow to Colorado River May Decline by a Third over Next 30 Years
Looking upstream on the San Miguel River in Colorado in fall 2020 when baseflow (groundwater flowing to streams) is the primary contributor to streamflow. (Credit: Olivia Miller, USGS. Public domain.) A new study projects that a hot and dry future climate may lead to a 29% decline in Upper Colorado River Basin “baseflow” at the basin outlet by the 2050s, affecting both people and ecosystems. Baseflow is the movement of groundwater into streams and, on average, accounts fo...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
