Urban growth is filling in the buffers around utility corridors. Upstream land conversion is raising treatment costs. Legacy site liabilities are repricing under tighter regulatory timelines. Land-related risk is already inside most water utility budgets — it just hasn't been labeled that way. This post maps the risk categories and the operational protocol response.
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) has selected Aqualia as a finalist at the prestigious Global Water Awards 2026, widely known across the water industry as the "Oscars of Water." The Spanish...
Global Water Intelligence (GWI) has selected Aqualia as a finalist at the prestigious Global Water Awards 2026, widely known across the water industry as the "Oscars of Water." The Spanish...
Image: Prime Creative Media Coliban Water’s Bendigo Water Treatment Plant has been named Victoria’s best tasting tap water for 2026. The winner was announced at the IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water competition during...
Image: Prime Creative Media Coliban Water’s Bendigo Water Treatment Plant has been named Victoria’s best tasting tap water for 2026. The winner was announced at the IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water competition during...
Newfoundland’s 2026 Operator of the Year Awards were announced on March 25 at the annual Water and Wastewater Workshop held in Gander, Nfld. Provincial minister of environment, conservation and climate...
Newfoundland’s 2026 Operator of the Year Awards were announced on March 25 at the annual Water and Wastewater Workshop held in Gander, Nfld. Provincial minister of environment, conservation and climate...
A coalition of public water, wastewater and flood control agencies across the Bay Area that includes the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, has deployed an advanced weather radar network...
A coalition of public water, wastewater and flood control agencies across the Bay Area that includes the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, has deployed an advanced weather radar network...
Discover the importance of protecting our natural systems while tackling the increasingly pervasive issue of PFAS. The post Nature as infrastructure: PFAS as an example of why the water sector...
Discover the importance of protecting our natural systems while tackling the increasingly pervasive issue of PFAS. The post Nature as infrastructure: PFAS as an example of why the water sector...
The national law in Portugal does not correctly transpose the obligation set out in the Water Framework Directive to periodically review water control measures to monitor water abstractions and impoundments,...
The national law in Portugal does not correctly transpose the obligation set out in the Water Framework Directive to periodically review water control measures to monitor water abstractions and impoundments,...
Droughts and heatwaves are particularly severe when they occur simultaneously. A new study shows that the frequency of such extreme weather events will increase fivefold by the end of this...
Droughts and heatwaves are particularly severe when they occur simultaneously. A new study shows that the frequency of such extreme weather events will increase fivefold by the end of this...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FBI, CISA, NSA, Department of Energy, and US Cyber Command published a joint advisory, confirming that Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), FBI, CISA, NSA, Department of Energy, and US Cyber Command published a joint advisory, confirming that Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT...
Urban growth is filling in the buffers around utility corridors. Upstream land conversion is raising treatment costs. Legacy site liabilities are repricing under tighter regulatory timelines. Land-related risk is already...
Urban growth is filling in the buffers around utility corridors. Upstream land conversion is raising treatment costs. Legacy site liabilities are repricing under tighter regulatory timelines. Land-related risk is already...
In 97 AD, Sextus Julius Frontinus inherited Rome's nine aqueducts—800 kmof conduit serving over one million people—and found a system crippled notby poor engineering but by poor management. Leaks, theft,...
In 97 AD, Sextus Julius Frontinus inherited Rome's nine aqueducts—800 kmof conduit serving over one million people—and found a system crippled notby poor engineering but by poor management. Leaks, theft,...
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's award-winning documentary follows investigative journalists uncovering how sovereign powers, corporations, and mercenary groups are racing to control the world's food and water supplies. For water operators managing canals,...
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's award-winning documentary follows investigative journalists uncovering how sovereign powers, corporations, and mercenary groups are racing to control the world's food and water supplies. For water operators managing canals,...
Edward Barbier asks the question every water professional should confront: if water is so valuable and increasingly scarce, why is it so consistently mismanaged? His answer — spanning millennia, dozens...
Edward Barbier asks the question every water professional should confront: if water is so valuable and increasingly scarce, why is it so consistently mismanaged? His answer — spanning millennia, dozens...
Global water market data and insights provider Bluefield Research has released an annual report showing that U.S. household water and sewer bills hit a five-year high in 2025, rising 5.1%...
Global water market data and insights provider Bluefield Research has released an annual report showing that U.S. household water and sewer bills hit a five-year high in 2025, rising 5.1%...
The collapse of Arizona's CAP irrigation districts in the early 1990s was not an inevitable consequence of geography, drought, or bad luck. It was the predictable outcome of decisions made...
The collapse of Arizona's CAP irrigation districts in the early 1990s was not an inevitable consequence of geography, drought, or bad luck. It was the predictable outcome of decisions made...
In order to meet the requirements of existing water legislation Member States require an additional annual average investment of €23 billion according to European Commission estimates. Current investment in the...
In order to meet the requirements of existing water legislation Member States require an additional annual average investment of €23 billion according to European Commission estimates. Current investment in the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released for public comment a draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) that includes microplastics and pharmaceuticals for the first time. The draft...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released for public comment a draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) that includes microplastics and pharmaceuticals for the first time. The draft...
The European Commission is investigating how to revise the Water Framework Directive to facilitate mining and industrial activities. Last week, eight trade associations sent a warning letter to the European...
The European Commission is investigating how to revise the Water Framework Directive to facilitate mining and industrial activities. Last week, eight trade associations sent a warning letter to the European...
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new $3.8 billion nature strategy, A Force of Nature: Canada’s Strategy to Protect Nature, with a strong marine and watershed component on March 31....
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new $3.8 billion nature strategy, A Force of Nature: Canada’s Strategy to Protect Nature, with a strong marine and watershed component on March 31....
