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Big Data, IoT Poised to Address Water Infrastructure Gap 

Barcelona, Spain – Cutting-edge, smart water solutions are gaining traction with municipal water utilities, which see data and analytics as critical tools for overcoming the age-old issue o...

Can a PPP Address Pittsburgh’s Water Woes? 

A boil water advisory issued on January 21, 2017 and affecting over 100,000 residents was the latest in a string of service interruptions for Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.

World Water Tech Conference: Facing Reality, One Drop at a Time 

Bluefield Research attended this year’s London gathering of the World Water Techconference series with guarded optimism. The incoming US administration promises a boost in infrastructure spen...

Current Issues with the Clean Water Act 

Mark Ryan, a former top US EPA attorney now in private practice, joins The Water Values Podcast and provides an insider’s view on the Clean Water Act and several important developments affecting th...

CAPEX or OPEX? Lines Blur for Water Utility Spend 

Municipal water utilities are looking for new financing approaches as they face the familiar challenges of massive capital improvement costs, rising operational expenditure, and razor-thin operating m...

Economics of Beer, Wine Drive New Water Service Model 

Utilities are marking breweries & wineries as significant industrial users and increasing discharge rates. Water and wastewater already represent 30% of craft brewers’ costs.

Mining Turns Corner as Escondida Commissioned 

In June 2017, BHP Billiton will fully commission the largest desalination plant in the Americas – a 216,000 m3/d reverse osmosis project located in Antofagasta, Chile

Plumbing, Pipes, and Plastics: Working Towards Safer Drinking Water 

Dr. Andy Whelton joins The Water Values Podcast and discusses how utilities use plastics for pipe repair, rehabilitation and replacement. Andy also dives into some new research with funding from a coa...

Where Do We Go from Flint?  

The impact of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis continues to reverberate throughout the US water industry after nearly two years. Concerns over drinking water quality, specifically contamination fr...

Peru Reinvigorates Water and Sanitation Policy 

On 20 January 2017 Peru’s government announced a budget of US$1.24 billion for water and sanitation projects to be built in 2017, a 70% increase over 2016 spending.