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California's Water Supply Strategy

ASCE’s 2021 Report Card Marks the US Infrastructure Progress

Ageing Water Storage Infrastructure: An Emerging Global Risk

Home Industry Giants to Expand Smart Water Technology to More Homes

How Distributed Water Infrastructure Can Boost Resilience in the Face of COVID-19 and Other Shocks

Center to preserve historical water structures established in Pasargadae

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $462m across rural America.

Scientists find over 500 dams are planned in Protected Areas

Fracta Helping Drinking Water Utilities Address Water Main Replacement Challenge

New Jersey Is Getting Its Lead Out

LoRa and LoRaWAN: How the Technology Helps Smart Cities

Japan’s Water Utilities Threatened by a Declining Population

O2 tests the 5G water with augmented reality maintenance and mapping

Variable Frequency Drives 101 Basics

Toronto launches $3B project to improve water quality in Lake Ontario and city's waterways

$3.2 billion, 50-year plan to raise New Orleans-area levees Army Corps says

Pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers

DrizzleX

How removing milldams impacts water quality

“radically affordable” piped water to rural dwellers

Autopsy Reveals Fatberg’s Dirty Secrets

The First Purpose-built Asset Performance Management Solution for Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Strategic Plan Seed Grant supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research

Orange County to Expand its Award-winning Groundwater Replenishment System

Cutting-Edge Water Conservation Technology to be Piloted in Phoenix

80% Cut in Antibiotics Entering Thames Needed to Avoid Surge in Superbugs

Poor Water Quality Linked to Sugar Drink Consumption

New Evidence Highlights Growing Urban Water Crisis

USDA Invests in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 24 States

Sewage Project Designed to Renaturalize the Area and Serve 2.2 Million People (Video Case Study)

How Bacteria Swim Against the Flow (Research)

There Might Be a New Method to Test Seismic Vulnerability of Water Pipeline Systems

Dutch Storm ​Water ​Management May ​Help Mitigate ​Hurricane ​Damage ​

SA Water Launched a Campaign to Remind People of What Not to Flush

Why Do You Need to Make Sure that Your Sewage Treatment Process is Always Compliant? (Video)

Canada Infrastructure Bank Announces up to $20 Million Investment Commitment in Mapleton WWT Project

Startup Compabts Opioid Crisis by Monitoring Wastewater to Identify At-risk Neighborhoods

Water Management System of Augsburg Gets World Heritage Status by UNESCO

New Role for Earthworms as Sewage Cleaners

Modelling Intermittent Water Supplies to Improve Public Health

USDA Invests in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 20 States

Surprising Things Found at Idaho Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant (Video Tour)

Digital Metering Technology to Boost Water Efficiency in Rochester

Sidewalk tiles to capture and reuse water runoff

Remote disconnect and water leakage are hot topics

Hunter Water Trials IoT to Detect Leaks

GPS Tracking Reveals How Litter Travels through Suburban Waterways around Melbourne

WaterSense Program Receives News Funding; Other EPA Programs Get Support

Science, Technology and Water Management in Sydney, Australia (Video)

Australia’s Largest Smart City Network Opens for Business on the Gold Coast

Antibiotics in Wastewater: Chemist Investigates a Disturbing Trend in Sewage Treatment

Adelaide uses smart network to detect over 50% of water pipe breaks | ZDNet

Treatment underway in Newark to attack high lead levels in drinking water

Hunter Water to implement proven energy solution | Utility Magazine

DENSO uses new laying method in water for pipeline protection

War on Fatbergs: The UK Flushing Campaign Inspires New York City

How Melbourne Water Implements Sewer Relining Technology

Melbourne Water Takes Sewerage Management to the Community

Fast Food Giant to Combat Fatbergs with Biofuel

Smart Water ​Meters to be ​Rolled Out to ​300,000 ​Properties in ​Singapore by ​2023

Largest Water Filtration System in Europe Installed in Norwich

Chemists to Make Lead Pipes Safe (Video)

Video: Water Pump Repairs Help Combat Costly Replacements

Record €150 Million EU-funded Malta Water Project Approved

Water Supply Scheme Provides Around 50 Million Litres of Treated Drinking Water Daily (Video)

Medicine and Personal Care Products May Lead to New Pollutants in Waterways

Scientists Look For Antibiotic-Resistant Germs In Raw Sewage

5 Water ​Services Among ​Top 25 ​Utilities Tech ​Solutions ​Providers

Kamstrup Awarded for Ultrasonic Flow Smart Water Meter

These ​​​​​​​Eco-friendly ​Water Pumps ​Help End ​Users Achieve Water ​Independence ​

Connecting Renewable Energy Assets on a Growing Scale in California

APWA's 2018 Public Works Projects of the Year (Video)

Water Usage Analysis Shows Leaks Go Undetected for 45 Days, on Average

Metal Innovation Offers a Unique, Cost-effective Option for Plumbing and Manufacturing Industries

Innovative Free-floating Device to Inspect Water Infrastructure in Missouri

Integrated Water Supply System in Baden-Württemberg (Video)

Sewer Robot Checks for Concrete Corrosion, Saves Time and Costs

Water Utility Reduces Main Breaks by 21 Percent (Case Study)

New Smart Maintenance Business Launched in the U.K.

NACWA Proposes Solutions to Close the Infrastructure Gap

Pioneering Technology to Speed Up Leak Detection and Improve Water Supplies in Sunderland

How Lead Enters Water Supply: Are Our Homes at Risk? (Video)

Australian Companies Start Trial to Conserve Water and Lower Costs with IoT Sensor Technology

This Smart City Solution Improves Health and Performance in Indoor Public Spaces

Sensus to Deliver Its Pioneering Smart Water Project for Efficient Water Supply in Pune, India

Non-invasive Ultrasonic Flow Measurement for Buried Pipe (Video)

Inspector ANYmal: Four-legged Robot Investigates Sewer Network in Zurich (Video)

One Solution to Surface Water Management in Urban Areas (Video)

New Jersey American Water Fixes Leaks Thanks to Innovative Detection Technology (Video)

New ​Smart City ​Pilot From IBM and Bell ​to Improve ​Infrastructure, ​Monitor Water ​and ​Flooding

SA Water Trials ​Clean Scalable Energy Storage to ​Meet its ZNE Goal for 2020 (Video)

150-Year-Old Water Utility Boosts Operational Efficiency with Water Network Management Software

Arizona Students are Investigating Sewage System to Solve the Problem of Opiods in Wastewater

OFID Supports Cuba’s Water Infrastructure via US$25 Million Loan

Innovative IoT-based Smart Water Meters to be Installed in Oman

Project CAMELLIA: Solving the Problem of Severe Water Scarcity in London as Population Grows

How One Engineer Transformed Five Shipping Containers Into a Water Treatment Plant

Study Shows Creating 'Metro' Sewage Plant is Doable

Yendi, Ghana ​to Get $30 M​illion ​Water Supply ​Project

South East Water, Australia: Sensor Technology to Manage Sewer Network

Electromagnetic Coils in Flow Rate Measurements

First ​Entirely ​Trenchless ​Solution for ​Establishing ​Water House ​Connections

Denver Water Construction Project to Generate $405.1 Million in Profit

Water New South Wales Facing Unprecedented Drought Management Challenges

Fatbergs That Hit Posh Towns Blamed on Luxury Loo Paper and Wipes

A $3 Billion Problem: Miami-Dade’s Septic Tanks are Already Failing Due to Sea Rise

Monster Fatberg Found Blocking the Sewer System in Devon: Here's What You Need To Know About It

Arcadis and ​Kiewit to Jointly ​Support Sustainable Water Project ​on the US West Coast

Scottish Water to Start Multi Million Project for 6,000 Customers in Shetland Area

Micro Robots to Fix Underground Pipes and Help Cut Roadworks

Pipes under Portland Produce Power while Delivering Water to Homes and Businesses

Northern Cyprus Water Supply Project (Video)

Morocco: ONEE and KFW Signed €70 Million Agreement on Drinking Water

$37.5 Million Water Bottling Plant To Be Built In Al Ain, UAE

The Management of Water Supplies in England During the 2018 Heatwave and Preparations for 2019

EPA Awards California $187 Million for Drinking Water and Wastewater Projects

Microtube with Built-In Pump: Rapid Controlled Transport of Water Droplets by Sunlight-powered Pump

Northumbrian Water Company To Charge Forward with "Second Life" Energy Storage Deal

New Tools for Water Utility Cyber Security in KYBER-VESI Project

Itron to Improve Water Efficiency and Reduce Leakage in the City of Waco

UNESCO Launches Guide to Climate-resilient Water Infrastructure Development

Super Sewer Machine Starts Work as First-of-Its-Kind Tunnelling Apprenticeship in UK

Sydney Water ​CIO Named Australia’s CIO ​of the Year

DEWA Awards a Multi-Million Contract for Water Pipeline Project in Dubai

UCLA and LADWP to Fund Water and Energy Research Benefiting Customers

Diagnostic Tool Helps Engineers with Designing Better Global Infrastructure Solutions

Robots in Sewers will Save Society Millions

A Smart Approach to Water Loss

San Jose Water Wins NARUC Water Industry Innovation Award

Software for Integral Modeling of Drinking Water Supply Systems

United ​Utilities Signs ​Agreement with ​Emgain to Use ​AI in Water ​Service Network ​

Anglian Water's New ​Step Towards ​its Goal to be ​a Carbon ​Neutral ​Business by ​2050

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Data-driven ​Water Pipe ​Failure ​Prediction

Complexities ​Around ​Installing ​Barrier Pipe ​Within ​Contaminated ​Land

From Traditional to Cloud-based Water Utility: Detroit Water & Sewerage Saves $1M (+VIDEO)

University-utility Partnership Demonstrates the Value of Smart Water Technologies

Real-Time Energy Management Solution for Urban Water Distribution

Protection of ​Infrastructure ​from Rotten ​Pipes and Water ​Damage

Smart Fire Hydrants Can Detect Water Leaks in the System

​Could Water Utilities Transform the Way the Electric Sector Did?

How Water and ​Sewage Happened ​in New York: ​The Built City -​ New York ​City's ​Infrastructure

​Anglian Water ​Lays Out £​6.5bn ​Investment – ​And What It ​Will Mean For ​Bills

UK Water ​Companies ​Criticised as ​Amount Lost ​from Leaks ​Rises for ​Second Year

EPA Receives Record Number of Letters of Interest for WIFIA Water Infrastructure Loans

Using Aerial ​Imagery to ​Manage Urban ​Water ​Infrastructure ​

3-D Data ​Modeling Tool ​for Sustainable ​Food/Energy/​Water Nexus in Urban ​Infrastructure​

Smart ​Water ​Management ​System Debuts ​In Belgium

Lawrence ​Utilities Helps ​Citizens Keep ​an Eye on Water ​(VIDEO - Full ​Software ​Presentation) ​

California Awards $3 Billion in Water-Storage Projects

Council Approves $132M Plan for Flint Water System Upgrades

AI-equipped ​Robots Protect ​Piers, ​Pipelines, ​Bridges and ​Dams

​​​​​​​$1.2B Water ​Tunnel Project ​Announced for ​NYC

Performance-based Software VUEWorks Releases FacilityVUE App

Blockchain Technology to Manage Energy Consumption at Wisconsin Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Introduction to Resilience in the Water Sector

Innovations in Water Storage

Georgia Utility Addresses Non-Revenue Water with Sensus iPERL Meters - Case Study

AquaML - Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Water Usage

Aquarius Spectrum, TaKaDu announce partnership | Water Finance & Management

Industrial-​grade Drones in ​the Construction ​Sector ​

Water Firm United Utilities Uses AI to Tap into Flexible Energy at its Sites

What Are 'Hydraulic Transients' (a.k.a. 'Water Hammer')?

New Cloud Software Brings Fair Water Charges and More Revenue for Suppliers

Hawaii ​Finalized ​Massive, $375M ​Sewer Project - ​Three-mile Long ​Gravity Sewer ​Tunnel

Fixing a Massive NYC Plumbing Leak, 55 Stories Underground

Trimble Helps ​Utilities ​Reduce Water ​Loss With Smart ​Water Solution

Incredible ​Engineering ​Helped Denver ​Water Prepare ​for the ​City's ​Population Boom

Hortonworks IoT Solution Helps American Water Improve Operational Efficiency

Cement Producers Urge Congress to Reauthorize Legislation to Improve the US Water Infrastructure

Visualizing Water Infrastructure with Sankey Maps

Dogs to Drones: How Engineers Plug Britain's Leaky Pipes

How Do Water Towers Work? (VIDEO)

Advanced Mobile Technology to Manage Underground Utilities

24/7 ​Real-time ​Remote ​Monitoring of ​Water and Other ​Infrastructure ​Assets

Michigan Close to Finalizing Stricter Lead Rules for Water

Canada Cities Use Computer Models to Plan Water Infrastructure

In-depth Review of Environmental Protections for a Common Storm Water Culvert Repair Practice

Increased Use of BIM in Water Industry

The Systems That Control Water and Power Plants Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Hackers, Study Finds

Southern Water Trials SmartBall Leak Detection Technology

DC Water Utility Goes Underground to Divert Raw Sewage

West Virginia American Water Launches 2018 Infrastructure Upgrade Map

CAPEX Forecast for U.S. Water Infrastructure Improvements: $683B by 2027

First Mission ​Critical Site ​in the United ​States to Use ​Reclaimed Water

Multiphysics Analysis Advances Water Main Leak Detection

Researchers Develop Model to Show How Bacteria Grow in Plumbing Systems

DC Water Delivers a Cleaner Anacostia River by Opening First Leg of Massive Tunnel System

China is ​Building a Rain-​making Network ​Three Times the ​Size of Spain ​

Fix a Leak Week - Program to Raise Awareness About Small Leaks

Contest for ​New Ways to ​Detect Leaks in ​Buried ​Pipelines ​

Fostering Innovation Within Water Utilities

Break Rates for Almost Half of U.S. Water Mains Up More Than 40% in 6 Years

Is Bigger Better? Driving Factors of Publicly Owned Treatment Works Performance

Infrastructure Project to Protect a River from Stormwater Pollution for the Next Century

Virginia Tech Leads Efforts to Develop National Water Pipeline Database

Trimble ​Partners to add ​leak detection ​and monitoring ​to its Smart ​Water Portfolio

Ancient Engineering That Kept One of the Driest Cities Wet

Water Utility in Europe Hit by Cryptocurrency Malware Mining Attack

Storm-hardened Communication Network from Sensus Helps Utilities Weather Winter Blast

Xylem Announces Acquisition of EmNet, LLC

In the Pipeline: A Solution to a 130-Year Old Problem

Uponor Launches CIBSE-approved Water Hygiene CPD

Metals in Taps and Water Pipes Can Dissolve into Drinking Water

Armenia Needs $2.5 Billion for Modernization of Sewage and Sanitation Systems

The UAE Has ​Built the ​World’s ​Largest ​Desalinated ​Water ​Reserve - Under a Desert

100,000 IoT Sensors Monitor a 1,400-Kilometer Water Diversion Canal in China

Conservation Labs Unveils H2know - Affordable Smart Water Meter and App for Preventing Leaks

New Approach Can Save up to 95% of Energy Used for Pipelines

Hubbell Incorporated to Acquire Aclara Technologies LLC for $1.1 Billion

Rehabilitation ​of Municipal ​Water Supply ​and Wastewater ​Infrastructure -​ Case Study

Augmented Reality Aids a New Jersey Water Utility

Urban Sewers Evolve Similarly to River Networks

Xylem to Acquire Pure Technologies

How One Community Saved More Than $20 Million By Finding Leaks With Data

The Future of U.S. Transportation and Water Infrastructure Funding and Finance

Sensus FlexNet Communication Network Prepares Utilities for the Unexpected

Texas Cities Partner in $225M Water Pipeline Project

“​PipeFish” ​Robot Patrols ​City Pipes to ​Detect ​Underground ​Water Leaks ​

Utilities Management System to 'See Underground' Wins Madrid Challenge 2017

UK Water Firms Admit Using Divining Rods to Find Leaks and Pipes

Singapore's $6.5b-worth Deep Underground Tunnels to Transport Used Water

Managing ​Utility ​Networks with ​Data Driven ​Solutions

Robotic Crawler Delivers High-resoultion Data for Bar-wrap Pipe Inspection

EU Backs Romania with €17 Milion to Improve Access to Drinking Water

‘Smart’ Paper Can Conduct Electricity, Detect Water

Integrating Green Infrastructure into Stormwater Management Planning

China Plans World's Longest Tunnel To Divert Brahmaputra Water

Toward a green, but robust, economy

A Chinese Model for Foreign Aid

China’s Green Planning for the World Starts with Infrastructure

2017 ​PipeDiver ​Inspection by ​Pure Technologies

California's Gigantic Water Infrastructure Project OK'd

Flow-Liner Offers Safe Solution for Potable Water Pipes

Water ​Infrastructure ​Mega Project ​

EPA Giving Guam $8.7M for Water, Wastewater Improvements

Epoxy ​Pipe Coatings ​Test to Make ​Lead Lines ​Safer

Veolia Opens New Sustainable Chilled Water Plant in Baltimore

Financing ​California'​s $16 Billion ​Water Tunnels

€66.5 Million for Water Projects in Romania

Low-cost ​Water Level ​Gauges to ​Monitor for ​Flooding in Japan

Snowy Hydro 2.​0 to Get ​Funding Boost ​

WaterBridge Resources Acquires EnWater Solutions

Yorkshire Water to Invest over £300m in Water Infrastructure

Restoring ​the Everglades ​– with ​Penetron ​Technology

3D Mapping of Chicago's Underground Maze of Utility Lines

Reducing Line ​Breaks with IoT

Safe Drinking Water ​to Lao ​Villagers along ​China-Laos Railway

Return ​to Aquifer ​Storage and ​Recovery

Advanced Drainage Systems Acquires Surface Drain Maker Duraslot

Materials ​Emitted by CIPP ​May Pose Health ​Risks

Pipes With ​Holes Confirmed ​as Cause of ​Flint Water ​Crisis ​

​Independent ​Certification ​of Sewer ​Water ​Tightness

Grundfos Improves Water Pressure Technology

US Water Utilities to Invest $8.3 Billion in Smart Water Infrastructure

New Package of High Density Polyethylene for Water Pipelines

ILC Dover Develops Flood Protection Technology

Partnership to Rehabilitate Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

The Secret to Roman Water-based Structures’ Strength

Biggest Water Transfer Project Ever Benefits 100m in China

Study Examines Safety and Costs of NA's Drinking Water Pipes

Rerouting Water to Quench a Desert Megacity's Thirst

Aclara Provides Next-Generation Advanced Metering Infrastructure Network

DC Water Launches Open Data Portal

NZ Faces Over $100 ​billion ​Water ​Infrastructure ​Deficit

The Causes and Effects of Water Hammer

WVAW Launches Infrastructure Upgrade Project Map

Severn Trent Profit Rises After Infrastructure Investments

New Report Visualizes a Future for Water Infrastructure

US Invests $1bn in Water Infrastructure Projects

Philadelphia’s High-tech, Natural Plumbing of 1812

Are Plastic Pipes Really Better?

Gov. Cuomo ​Signed the ​NY's ​Clean Water ​Infrastructure ​Act

Universities Team Up For Next-generation Water Infrastructure

Engineers ​Make World’​s Largest Gate ​Valve for Water ​Project

Using ​Seawater for ​Climate Control ​in Large ​Buildings

Water Infrastructure Investments Result In Economic Growth

Middlesex Water Launches $160 Million Infrastructure Effort

EPA Awards $100 Million for Flint Water Infrastructure

The Solution to California’s Ancient Water Pipes

​NYWEA Highlights ​Importance of ​Water Quality ​Infrastructure

Robot to Detect Infrastructure Problems Before They Happen

America’s Infrastructure Crisis Gets Real

DC Water ​Begins High-​Tech Meter ​Upgrade ​Project

China To ​Pump Water ​From Russian ​Lake and Across ​Mongolia

Big Data and IoT Key to Fixing Crumbling Water Infrastructure

$1.2 Billion ​Dublin Pipeline ​Debate

Major Water Infrastructure Projects Across Australia

Japan’s Municipalities to Keep Data on Aging Water Mains

Water Research Foundation's Report on Infrastructure Funding

New Technology for Testing Water Main Pipes

Latest Law in California to Prevent Pipe Leak Water Losses

New Water Leak Detection Technology

Innovation Site for Smart Water Technology by Echologics

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