AWWA’s Water Industry Report Confirms that Replacing Aging Infrastructure is Paramount. Smart decision-making about what to replace first requires breakthrough visibility. A key part of the American Water Works Association’s annual survey is the list of “Top Ten Issues Facing the Water Sector.” Most of the concerns on the list are fluid and move up […]
What Municipal Managers Are Telling Aquify about their Systems and Challenges
The team at Aquify spends a lot of time talking to municipal managers (from around the country) about their systems and challenges. Because municipal managers and staff are under ethical restrictions about promotional material, we’ve left off direct attribution. But their insights are candid and illuminating, so we thought we’d share. The Biggest Challenges “A […]
Learn How Aquify Technology can Help Conserve Water
At Aquify, we understand the challenges our cities face when it comes to conserving water and reducing the amount wasted due to leaking and broken water mains. We also realize that explaining water technologies can be tough and it’s quite difficult getting people to understand the importance of dealing with this problem, especially when those […]
Three Ways Water Utilities Can Start Playing Moneyball
2021 is the 10th anniversary of one of my favorite movies: Moneyball. If you haven’t seen it, rent it tonight. It’s a fast-paced, rollercoaster of a film starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Best of all, it provides an important lesson about breaking out of old paradigms of thinking. Moneyball tells the story of how […]
Four Lessons Water Can Learn from Power
I’ve been fortunate to have spent significant time in my career working in “utility” industries such as cable tv/broadband, electric and water. Most gratifying is how foundational each of these services are to our society as the baseline to our quality of life. Many of us are old enough to remember what life was like […]
Our Water Infrastructure Must Do Better than a “C-Minus“ Rating
As a young student, I would have loved a report card that came out only once every four years. But if I had one, I would have hoped for something better than a C-minus. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issued its quadrennial Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, using an A-to-F school report card format. […]
The Emerging and Expanding State of Digital Transformation of U.S. Water Utilities
On this World Water Day, anyone interested in the future of U.S. water utilities should run (not walk) – to get a copy of the report The Digital Capabilities of US Water Utilities SmartMarket Brief by Dodge Data & Analytics and Bentley. It takes a detailed look at the readiness of municipal water systems to fully engage […]
Why Leading Utilities are Investing in Remote Monitoring Water Systems to Reduce Water Loss
Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, managing water loss has continued to be a high priority for many utilities as they work to comply with state regulatory pressures to lower and account for non-revenue water and meet sustainability goals. The Village of Skokie, Illinois, who recently announced a strategic investment in an innovative, cost-efficient responsive analytics […]
Bluefield Research Expects Water Industry to Benefit from New Business Models in 2021
Following a year of unprecedented changes and challenges for water utilities, Bluefield Research recently released a forecast in WaterWorld outlining what we can expect to see in the water industry in 2021. Among the top trends they are watching across municipal water includes new business models that are expanding the customer base for digital water […]