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Case Study: Unique Diversion: August 26, 2008By George Slovensky, Alan Stroppini; Multi-use structure provides a permanent water supply from the American River; Dam construction in the mid 1960s and seismic, environmental, and cost-sharing concerns in the 1970s created serious problems for the Placer County Water Agency in northern California.

Zahn-Wellen Is a Test You Should Know: August 11, 2008By Shawn Blenis, Ray Noletto; Pre-testing aqueous wastewater streams to determine biodegradability doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg, much less drag on for months.
Curbing Pollution through Outreach: July 15, 2008By Tiffany Jonick; Behavior change tool inspires community action; Municipalities often tackle stormwater pollution using technology, a system of inspections and enforcement, and routine catch basin upkeep. These methods can abate stormwater pollution, but they do not address the root of the problem: people and businesses, oftentimes unknowingly, engage in polluting behaviors.
The Wetland-Landfill Connection: June 26, 2008By Mark O. Liner, P.E.; Constructed system can provide 'natural' leachate treatment; Wetlands are complex reactors that facilitate numerous chemical and biological reactions, and these reactions can be exploited to remove pollutants. Today, engineers are able to design wetland systems that can clean up landfill leachate onsite.
The Future Is Water Collaboration: June 17, 2008By George Ellenwood; Detroit, Mich., meets the suburbs in the middle; Detroit is known as the Motor City, but water may be its most vital resource. Detroit’s decision in the 1950s to build large water mains in the suburbs and connect them to its water plants pumped the economic and population growth of southeastern Michigan.
AWWA ACE08 Featured Exhibitors: June 3, 2008
ACE08 Preview Package: June 2, 2008By L. K. Williams; CDC Director, Cuomo Headline World's Water Event; Water professionals will converge on drought-stricken Atlanta for the American Water Works Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 8-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Case Study: Colorado Springs: May 13, 2008; Sliplining HDPE Solves High Traffic Dilemma; Officials in Colorado Springs, Colo., had two pressured water mains leaking clean, treated drinking water. One main was a 540-foot section running underneath Fountain Creek and the other was a 500-foot section running under Interstate 25 and two railroad tracks.
Case Study: Poughkeepsie: May 13, 2008; UV Disinfection Stands the Test of Time; It is now three years since Poughkeepsies' Water Treatment Facility in New York installed six Aquionics' ultraviolet disinfection systems for drinking water treatment.
Case Study: Camas, Wash.: May 12, 2008; Like many expanding suburbs, Camas, Wash., faced the problem of how to update an aging infrastructure—in particular, its sewage collection system—to meet the needs of the city’s growing population.
A Watery Resting Place: May 9, 2008By Debbie Bolles; Florida coastal reef supports the living and the dead; On the ocean floor, three miles off the coast of Miami, an underwater city teems with aquatic life and exposes "ruins" from a lost age. A bronze plaque beside a starfish sculpture gives away the fact that while beautiful, this reef is actually artificial.
Water Looms as “The Next Oil”: May 1, 2008By Sarah Slaughter; The pain caused by high oil prices is nothing like what looms as water, an even more basic and essential natural commodity, faces dwindling supplies and growing demand.
Case Study: Orbal: April 24, 2008; Plant on Chesapeake Bay Significantly Reduces TN, TP; In the early 1990s, Siemens Water Technologies provided the facility with a three-channel Orbal® biological nutrient removal process. In 2004, the plant added a SmartBNR™ control system, a mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) recycle pump, and a fourth Orbal channel.
12 Steps to Successful Wetlands Mitigation Banking: April 18, 2008By Mark Laska, Ph.D.; New regulations gave a big boost to the mitigation banking industry recently, meaning good news for the emerging business and its investors. The latest ruling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers declared mitigation banking to be the preferred alternative for any wetlands mitigation project nationwide.
Grappling with Groundwater: April 18, 2008By Jim Chaffee; Do you know where your water supply comes from? Does your local government authority send it to your house from a nearby reservoir? Perhaps your district is served by wells? If it is, you are in good company. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data indicates that more than 90 percent of the 158,000 public water systems use groundwater.