Water Utility

As of 2020, Vietnam had the highest levels of rural water coverage among any country of comparable economic level, with coverage equivalent to countries with two to three times its per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP). …

This article focuses on providing an entry-level understanding of what and how acoustics (recorded sounds) can be used for machine learning to identify defects, improve efficiency and reduce cost. More and more businesses are relying on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) for identifying defects and predicting failure points. This…

Between 2019 and 2021, the Eswatini Water Services Corporation (EWSC) established an Energy Management Committee, installed process and energy meters, and procured equipment to reduce electricity demand at its three main water pumping stations. The changes and ongoing investments will result in energy savings of up to 20 percent with…

We were one of the founding members of the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) in 2008, and since then climate change preparedness has continued to grow in importance. Today, WUCA includes a total of 12 water utilities from across the United States that serve more than 50 million people. In its continued pursuit to share knowledge between water utilities and advance resilient water practices, the WUCA recently released the Leading Practices in Climate Adaptation report that outlines a variety of actions for water utilities that make climate adaptation easier to plan, implement, and maintain. The report highlights several successful examples of climate adaptation implementation projects that we've implemented, including the:

City of Playford begin the journey to predictive maintenance using machine learning The Challenge “While we have mature monitoring capability through our SCADA system — it cannot predict pump wear. …

Small-scale utilities bring clean water to local communities in the Philippines — It’s 8 p.m. in Barangay Mabuhay, a vibrant community on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, but resident Jovelyn Ruta isn’t getting ready for bed. Instead, she bustles around the kitchen, filling pots and pans with water. When she finishes collecting water, she moves outside to pour the water into…

As England and Wales’ water regulators push ever more ambitious performance targets in the wake of high-profile failures, what does the most recent regulation shift mean for utilities and technology providers in one of Europe’s most consolidated water markets? If you only have one minute… Despite reporting consistent downward trends…

The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that America’s water/wastewater infrastructure needs $1.3 trillion dollars of investment over the next 25 years. The vast majority of the money needed for this investment is not likely to come as grants from the federal government — in fact federal grant monies for…

A “Condo” or “Condominium”, as the term is most commonly used in North America, is an individually-owned unit in a multi-unit structure. Think of an apartment-like building with the units owned individually and the common areas owned jointly by the unit-owners. In a condo, the common areas are managed by…