Public Works: Water & Sewer News

2 composite manhole covers pass AASHTO load tests

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:38:09 EST

Testing performed at England’s Lancaster University confirms that Fibrelite Corp.’s 30- and 36-inch manhole covers carry the same loads as heavier iron and aluminium covers without damage.

We're heading to Denver on Sunday for the American Water Works Association's annual convention

Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:41:31 EST

We’ll be your eyes and ears at the pipe-tapping and meter-assembling contests, People’s Choice taste test, and “Mile High Tap to Tap” (where we hope to pick up a “No Water, No Beer” T-shirt).

EPA survey shows $384 Billion needed for drinking water infrastructure by 2030

Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:24:30 EST

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released results of a survey showing that $384 billion in improvements are needed for the nation’s drinking water infrastructure through 2030 for systems to continue providing safe drinking water to 297 million Americans.

Smart solution for potable water lines to be globally marketed by Swiss technology leader and Dow

Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:09:21 EST

Fast and easy pipe renewal to enable cost-efficient infrastructure modernization.

Town of Chapel Hill Selects MBP for Retro-Commissioning Services

Tue, 28 May 2013 11:50:25 EST

MBP is pleased to announce that the Town of Chapel Hill (Town) has selected MBP to provide retro-commissioning services on two community use facilities.

Disinfection byproducts rule drives demand for activated carbon

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:17:33 EST

U.S. demand for virgin and reactivated activated carbon is expected to increase 11% annually to 1.3 billion pounds worth $1.35 billion in 2017.

Rancho California Water District to install their 46th hypochlorite generator

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:12 EST

The Rancho California Water District (RCWD) has gradually been replacing all of their gas chlorine disinfection with MicrOclor on-site hypochlorite generators manufactured by Process Solutions, Inc. (PSI).

Water district to install 46th hypochlorite generator

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:56:31 EST

By the end of the summer, the Rancho California Water District’s Elm Street Pump Station will be operating the agency’s first vertical-cell sodium hypochlorite generator for reclaimed water. The principal application will be irrigation for a sports park and golf courses.

Disinfection byproducts rule drives demand for activated carbon

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:05:26 EST

U.S. demand for virgin and reactivated activated carbon is expected to increase 11% annually to 1.3 billion pounds worth $1.35 billion in 2017.

Earth Day celebrates U.S. Water Prize winners

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:19:05 EST

In an Earth Day ceremony at National Geographic Headquarters, in Washington D.C., the U.S. Water Alliance presented its U.S. Water Prize to three winners.

EPA attacks major source of invasive aquatic species

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:39:06 EST

For more than two decades, two federal agencies and Congress have tried to write a single coherent standard for regulating how, when, and where international shipping companies discharge ballast water, one of the main ways that non-native fish, plants, and other organisms (think zebra mussel) get into the U.S. Now EPA’s addressing the problem with a five-year permit requirement.

States OK biopesticide for zebra mussel infestation

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:44:35 EST

Zebra mussels have invaded intake pipes throughout the Northeast.

Consumers jump on NYC water, sewer pipeline protection

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:06:58 EST

Since January, almost 60,000 homeowners have signed up for the American Water Resources-delivered insurance program at $3.99/month (water) and $7.99/month (sewer).

Earthquake-resistance water pipes

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:44:46 EST

Researchers have found that medium- and high-density polyethylene pipelines (MDPE and HDPE) survive even when the earth liquefies and shifts.

65 dams removed from service in 2012

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:35:37 EST

Communities in 19 states restored 400 miles of streams nationwide.

Ban on land application of biosolids overturned

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:46:18 EST

California court tells county it can’t keep Los Angeles from recycling on its own property.

Five obstacles to innovation by water utilities

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:11:04 EST

Culprits include lowest-cost vs. lowest-cost-of-ownership bid requirements.

Get USGS data on your mobile phone

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:29:17 EST

Conditions at more than 16,000 streamgages and other sites available via text or email.

Des Moines Water Works announces water service line coverage offered through HomeServe

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 03:24:03 EST

Des Moines Water Works is pleased to announce a low-cost water service line coverage program now available through HomeServe USA (HomeServe).

L.A. tests ‘quake-resistant’ pipe from Japan

Wed, 6 Mar 2013 02:07:23 EST

Kubota Corp.’s ductile iron pipe has survived 40 years of seismic activity.