New ASCE Manual of Practice 145 Provides Guidance on Liner Design for Gravity Pipes
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Design of Close-Fit Liners for the Rehabilitation of Gravity Pipes, MOP 145, provides a comprehensive source of information on the design of flexible, close-fit linings for the renewal or rehabilitation of pipes designed for gravity flow such as sanitary sewers, culverts, and storm sewers. The Manual of Practice begins with topics on pipe-soil structure interaction, condition assessment and inspection methods, and lining options, but the main focus is on the thi...
Idrica, Orange, Huawei Tests Connection of Millions of Devices Via 5G to Remotely Read Water Consumption In Real Time
The pilot project is being conducted in conjunction with Orange, Huawei and other water industry partners in Valencia (Spain). September 22, 2021. Idrica is participating in the Spanish National 5G Plan, implemented by the public-sector company Red.es, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). In the framework of this plan, fifteen pilot projects are being deployed in Valencia to apply the new...
Data Science Helps Raleigh Water Avoid Digging Up The Streets
Xylem & Esri Partner to Analyze Risk on 88,000 Pipe Segments And Reduce Planning Time by 75% RYE BROOK, NY, (September 22, 2021) – Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), has helped the City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department (Raleigh Water) get a clearer picture of its 2,340 miles of pipes, some of which are more than 100 years old. Accurately predicting which parts of the pipe network might fail helps Raleigh Water pin-point maintenance, avoid unnecessary digs and reduce wat...
Construction starts on Stantec-designed project to boost water quality of Los Angeles River and Arroyo Seco
Project will divert dry-weather water flows away from storm drains Los Angeles, CA - NYSE, TSX:STN As part of a comprehensive effort to improve the water quality in the Los Angeles River and Arroyo Seco, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works will soon break ground on the $13 million Low Flow Diversion (LFD) Project. The project, led by global design firm Stantec’s Pasadena office, in collaboration with Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering (BOE) a...
Smart Sewer Technology Satisfies EPA Consent Decree, Saves City $400 Million
DoJ, EPA Have Endorsed South Bend’s Updated Long Term Plan Requiring 60% Less Infrastructure Investment Delivers Better Environmental Outcomes, Exceeding Original Overflow And Pollution Control Requirements RYE BROOK, NY, (September 15, 2021) – Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), is delivering the advanced “smart sewer” system enabling the City of South Bend, Indiana, to exceed the requirements of a wastewater consent decree for 60% less capital investment (CapEx) than orig...
Plan to Strengthen the Portland Metro Levee System Approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Portland, Ore. – After three years of work, the Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has approved recommendations to make the 27-mile levee system along the Columbia River in the Portland metro area more resilient and reliable for the next fifty years and beyond. The recommendations are the result of a federally funded flood risk reduction feasibility study conducted by the Portland District of the Corps. This study was designated in 2018 thanks to the support of Oregon’s C...
Podcast: Technology Adoption of Water Utilities
Hydraulic modeling is not new to the water industry; however, recent industry influences have resulted in utilities expanding use of modeling software: COVID has changed the game for many industries and their workforce, and this has had an impact on water utilities and the experts who serve them. Water utilities are able to use software to operate smarter, in terms of both saving operational time and expense as well as preparing for anomalies and emergencies. The “brain drain...
City Water Supply Safeguarded Thanks to Insertion Valve Installation
AVT and Lincoln Winwater water working in partnership (Houston ) – The installation of an Advanced Valve Technologies EZ Valve has helped secure the water supply to the City of Papillion, a city of 20,000 residents, in Nebraska. The city is fed its water supply from two large towers. These towers are fed by a pump station with the original pipeline infrastructure dictating that both towers needed to be filled simultaneously. With this configuration, when City engineers need to carr...
City of South Bend’s enhanced Long Term Control Plan wins approval
Modified strategy, completed by Stantec, will save city more than $400 million in effort to reduce combined sewer overflows that contribute to river pollution SOUTH BEND, IN - NYSE, TSX: STN The City of South Bend, Indiana has reached an agreement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on its updated Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long Term Control Plan (LTCP)...
Lack of Water Linked to 10 Percent of the Rise in Global Migration
In Middle East and North Africa, the Region with the Highest Levels of Forced Displacement, Water Resilience is Key to Long-Term Growth WASHINGTON— As climate change accelerates a global water crisis, rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a new World Bank report released today. The report anticipates that the world’s cities, which receive migrants and are now home to 55% of the global population, will face a rising number of “da...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
