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{"title":"Data-Driven Crazy","authors":"Kenneth L. Mercer","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2397","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The water industry relies heavily on data to make informed decisions, from water quality parameters for regulatory compliance to metering data supporting payment for water services. Useful information is all around, and if it's not currently being collected, today's technology can probably find a way to generate it. In total this would be overwhelming, but water and wastewater utilities and those that support them can weave together a range of data from a range of acronymic and abbreviated digital systems (e.g., LIMS, WIMS, GIS, and AMI) to guide regular operations and management while identifying areas for improvement. As long as the data are not garbage, models (using primarily historical data) and digital twins (using primarily real-time data) can help with predictive analytics and useful optimization.</p><p>For example, AI (artificial intelligence)-based modeling can predict excessive wear and water leaks, pointing out where inspections are needed, and proactive maintenance may prevent system emergencies. Sensors that collect and transmit real-time data can detect anomalies in pH, oxidation-reduction potential, electroconductivity, and pressure to maintain water quality, fire protection, and overall good service. Advanced distribution system models can explore different scenarios to estimate risks and identify resilience measures. Exploring how a water system responds to planned or unplanned service outages, security challenges, and varying demands can help decision makers understand what is likely to happen under various conditions.</p><p>AWWA is a resource of wide-ranging water industry data, and its Utility Benchmarking Program has been characterizing utilities and their performance to provide objective measures to understand how they compare with their peers, identify areas needing improvement, and set realistic goals. AWWA's Water and Wastewater Rate Survey provides utility rate and financial data along with comprehensive analysis to help utilities understand current norms and trends. To support human resources, AWWA's annual Compensation Survey provides current data on utilities of all sizes and structures to guide water industry pay and benefit structures as well as workforce strategies.</p><p>Whether it's managing paper files in a cabinet, working on a desktop spreadsheet, or using today's most hyper-connected digital twin, information guides the water industry. Moving forward, as new technologies and data-driven approaches demonstrate economic benefits and (perhaps) streamline regulation, more utilities will employ advanced tools to collect and analyze their systems’ data to increase their resilience and redundancy. With these advancements, water professionals will hopefully keep data overload and shifting algorithms from assaulting their sanity. Please consider writing an article for <i>Journal AWWA</i> to share your innovative data-driven approaches for operations or management by contacting me at <span>[email protected]</span>.","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/awwa.2397","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143396910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Standards Official Notice","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2410","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promote Water Industry Careers Through Academic Collaborations","authors":"Hunter Adams,&nbsp;Candice Sharp Fulton,&nbsp;Dave Thomas,&nbsp;Daria Dilparic,&nbsp;Sathya S. Ganegoda,&nbsp;Gary A. Burlingame,&nbsp;Andrea M. Dietrich,&nbsp;Daniel K. Nix,&nbsp;Keisuke Ikehata","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2403","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A gap exists between academia and the water industry; utilities and municipalities can bridge this divide by reaching out to students through conferences, job fairs, and similar events.</p>\u0000 <p>Water utilities and municipalities must form relationships with colleges and universities to educate students about water careers and mentorship opportunities to meet staffing needs.</p>\u0000 <p>AWWA student chapters are an effective way to foster workforce development by engaging with students in technical fields and helping them make connections in the water industry.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"44-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Unified Cyber Response for Water Utilities: The Cyber Fortress Exercise","authors":"Andre Slonopas,&nbsp;Gerald A. Mazur,&nbsp;Jessica A. Coughlin,&nbsp;Mary McElman,&nbsp;Jacob F. Strahan,&nbsp;Shawn G. Talmadge","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2399","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>States should synchronize their cyber incident responses and consequence management plans to execute shared objectives, improve situational awareness, and quickly restore services.</p>\u0000 <p>The Cyber Fortress exercise underscores the need for federal, state, private, and academic sectors to collaborate and strengthen cyber resilience for critical infrastructure, particularly for water utilities.</p>\u0000 <p>Through training and simulations, cyber operators and public–private cyber defenders learn to detect and mitigate sophisticated threats.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"6-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Providing Central Water System Services to an Underserved Community","authors":"Honey Rand","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"62-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143396911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Industry News","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2409","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"67-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Before Investing in Digital Twins, Develop a Data Governance and Management Plan","authors":"Shyamala Raveendran","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"53-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What Can Effective Communications Do for Your Utility?","authors":"Matthew Junker","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"60-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stronger Together: Central Iowa Water Works","authors":"David B. LaFrance","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2411","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;In the January/February &lt;i&gt;Journal AWWA&lt;/i&gt;, I discussed the necessity for future regional water utility solutions. I referred to how the AWWA Water 2050 initiative anticipates regional collaborations as a key to efficient water resource management, financial economies of scale, and collaborative governance. And I promised to share a current case study of a regional solution with you in this edition of the &lt;i&gt;Journal&lt;/i&gt;. I am happy to do just that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Less than a year ago, and after a decade of careful planning, Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) was formally founded (April 11, 2024). This new regional drinking water authority includes 12 local agencies (founders) who now share the governance for water protection and responsibility for ensuring the region's future quantity and quality of water. At the same time, each of the 12 founders have maintained their local identity and independence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I asked the new organization's leaders what drove the creation of CIWW; the response was, in short, to ensure water sustainability for the partnering communities. The focus is on water quality and quantity, now and into the future, with equitable access for each community. This goal is supported by a comprehensive study that maps out CIWW's water future supply and treatment to the year—you guessed it—2050.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CIWW operates as the water wholesaler to each of the 12 founders. For this to happen, the founders agreed to two important transactions. First, all the source water and treatment assets previously owned individually by the founding agencies were transferred to CIWW. Second, with the transfer of assets, CIWW acquired any associated debt. As a result, the supply and treatment assets are now more versatile, and payment of the refinanced debt flows equitably to those who use the assets and to future growth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A common showstopper in the creation of a regional solution is the loss of identity and control for the partnering regional collaborators. That is not the case for CIWW. While CIWW provides the founders with water, they are each responsible for delivering the treated water, through their pipe system, to their customers. They continue to manage communications, billing, customer service, and other water delivery and customer needs. In short, none of the founders have lost their identity or customer relationship, and all of them have now gained ownership in CIWW.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another concern I hear related to regional collaborations is the loss of a utility's workforce. Again, that is not the case for the founders. While CIWW now owns the treatment plants, the communities that originally owned the plants still operate them under 20-year operating agreements. CIWW reimbursed them for their costs associated with operation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the greatest advantages of the stepwise process used to create CIWW was the commitment of local officials. Their commitments included learning about the region's water supply, how it was delivered, its quality, and ris","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/awwa.2411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unlocking Resources for Source Water Protection in the Face of Climate Change","authors":"David White,&nbsp;Kevin Norton","doi":"10.1002/awwa.2402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.2402","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The growing threats from extreme weather and climate-related disasters require collaboration to protect regional water supplies.</p>\u0000 <p>Building on the gains included in the 2018 Farm Bill, US water utilities now have greater opportunities to protect source waters and deliver both climate- and water-related benefits.</p>\u0000 <p>The recent Inflation Reduction Act created historic funding for and many points of access to landscape-changing conservation practices.</p>\u0000 <p>Supported by AWWA, water utilities have a range of tools and resources for working locally to expand conservation efforts and prioritize their implementation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14785,"journal":{"name":"Journal ‐ American Water Works Association","volume":"117 2","pages":"34-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}