Deluge of Challenges Impact Water Infrasturture Systmes: The Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) estimates that the U.S. needs to spend nearly $300 billion over the next 20 years to build and repair wastewater treatment plants, sewer pipes and drinking-water treatment facilities.

Bypass Keeps Wastewater System Pumping - When the City of Allentown, PA, replaced a 36-in. plug valve at their 50-mgd wastewater treatment plant, a bypass kept the plant in service throughout the upgrade process.

North America’s Largest DBO Water Project Uses Latest Technology - The pumps at the Stony Brook Lift Station used to clog so often that crews for the Suffolk County, NY Department of Public Works (SCDPW) anticipated an event as part of their weekly routine.

Water Utilities To Get Help Communicating Their Needs - Reusing treated wastewater as a source of residential irrigation sounds like a great idea, but is it economically viable?

Nashville Benefits From Sewer Rehab - Orleans, IN-based Reynolds Inc., a licensee of Inliner Technologies, recently reached the halfway point for the nation’s first performance-based sewer rehabilitation contract.

Water Woes Wane in San Juan Capistrano - It took 15 years, 14 permits, and a complicated bonding process, but soon, a $28-million groundwater reclamation project will allow the City of San Juan Capistrano, CA, to achieve independence from distant water sources and allay the risk of water supply shortages.

Trenchless Technology Restores Aging Systems - Insituform Technologies Inc., of Chesterfield, MO, is involved in a variety of sewer rehabilitation projects in the Phoenix valley that require large-scale bypass pumping operations.

Advantages of Post-Tensioning in Water Tanks - For decades, storage tanks have been the primary resource to store municipal water and wastewater.

Houston Begins New Era in Regional Water Supply - Located on the north side of the city on Lake Houston, the nearly $150-million Northeast Water Purification System (NEWPS) is one of the largest design/build/operate (DBO) projects in the country.

MFG Water Treatment Products Co. - Engineers [of] fiberglass parts for use in water and wastewater. . .

Recharging Groundwater - West Cummings Park, an office complex in Woburn, MA, is recharging its groundwater, thanks to a FEMA funding program.

Managing Underground Assets - A new generation of data collection and management software, Granite XP, was recently introduced to provide expanded capabilities for mapping and asset management systems used by municipalities and private contractors.

Nitrogen Removal Innovation - Municipalities face the high costs of supplemental chemicals, such as carbon, when implementing nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment.

Columbus, OH, Analyzes Potential Water System Threats - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has teamed with MWH Americas Inc.

Newark Upgrades Underground - The City of Newark, NJ, has invested millions of dollars in its infrastructure over the past year.

Pumps Provide Sustained High Efficiency and Reduced Power Consumption - The N-Pump line of submersible pumps by ITT Flygt deliver sustained high efficiency while greatly reducing energy consumption.

UV Replaces Chlorine in SC Treatment Plant - The Pelham Wastewater Treatment Plant, located between Spartanburg and Greenville, SC, serves over 600,000 residents throughout portions of both counties.

Upgrades Renew 35-Year-Old Water Treatment Plant - California’s East Bay Municipal Utility District is upsizing and upgrading their 35-year-old Walnut Creek Treatment Plant.