The City of Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana, has a proactive water utility that is always looking for innovative ways to optimize water management and better serve their community.

Over approximately five years, Aurora Water observed a notable increase in water main breaks. With limited resources to renew aging infrastructure, the utility’s pipeline replacement program was struggling to keep pace.

One of the key advantages of a variable speed system as opposed to the constant speed systems of old is the ability to adjust pump speed and staging in relation to actual demand or changes in incoming city pressure.

The source of the contaminated water was located approximately 250 meters away from the municipal well, at a former industrial site. Upon learning of the elevated test results, the state issued a “do not drink” order to the 450 residents served by the municipal water supply until the water source could pass quality testing again.

The $500 million 434,000 square-foot, 6-story hospital building houses 262 beds and the adjacent medical office building is housed in a 172,000 square-foot, 6-story structure. In order to provide cooling and energy services to the campus, a 3-story, 31,800 square-foot central utility plant was included in the design.

Walla Walla began their journey toward long-term improvement by transitioning to a smart utility network from Sensus, a Xylem brand. The solution gave the utility better visibility across more than 11,000 water meters. Better yet, it gave Walla Walla a foundation that was scalable down the road.

Petcoke, a byproduct of petroleum refining, consists largely of carbon and ash residuals from crude oil processing. Depending on the source of the crude, the ash in petcoke will contain low to significant concentrations of nickel, vanadium, iron and other metals. Evoqua Water Technologies was contacted by a California business that accumulates, stores and ships petroleum coke to its customers worldwide.

It began as a small nursery providing shade trees and potted nursery products to local customers. Today, Acorn Farms Nursery, Galena, OH is one of the nation’s largest wholesale producers of shade trees and nursery stock, with 800 acres of field stock and another 160 acres of container stock, all located in greenhouses and holding areas that take on the appearance of dense woodlands, where thousands of saplings await delivery to local nurseries.