Category: 2022

A 2016 report by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) estimated that 15-22 million people in the United States are served by about 5.5-7.1 million water service lines — the pipes that deliver water from the municipal main or transmission line into individual homes — that are made of or contain lead. The group projected that replacing just…

The need for wastewater workers is not a new problem. An article called “Water, but No Workers” appeared in the summer 2019 issue of txH2O that discussed the role educational institutions in Texas were filling by providing more water-related education to support those in the workforce and produce graduates ready to fill the growing need…

Big data is used as the proverbial raw material that water researchers and water managers use to derive models, look for trends and train artificial intelligence (AI). It is necessary for making predictive tools about water. In short, big data is the grease that makes digital farming, adaptive resource management and smart water systems run.…

Centralized systems: wastewater treatment plants Centralized systems or wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the most common type of wastewater treatment. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), there are more than 16,000 WWTPs in the country. On average, these facilities operate at 81% of their designed capacity. They treat about 62.5 billion gallons of wastewater…

“As the population grows, and as climate change becomes really concerning, how can we accommodate these growing droughts?” he asked. To meet that challenge, researchers are looking for freshwater in unexpected places. Stormwater Scanlon explained the first place to find freshwater is by looking at the “too much” part of the water crisis: capturing water…