{"title":"Business Briefs","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1917","url":null,"abstract":"Items listed here include new contracts, facilities, expansions, treatment techniques, and other announcements of interest to water operators. Send press releases about business‐related activities to opflow@awwa.org.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139636261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William Lipps, Jerry Parr, Hunter Adams, Alyssa Ferri, S. Ash, Mark Southard
{"title":"Operators Need to Know the History of US Water Quality Regulation and Analysis: Part 2","authors":"William Lipps, Jerry Parr, Hunter Adams, Alyssa Ferri, S. Ash, Mark Southard","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1910","url":null,"abstract":"Water treatment plant operators need to understand federal and state laws as well as the standards that apply to water treatment systems. They should also understand how drinking water regulations are administered and why compliance is essential to providing safe drinking water to the public.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139631831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding and Assessing US Galvanized Service Lines","authors":"Tugba Akgun, Jennifer Liggett","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1912","url":null,"abstract":"Given impending regulations, a study of community water systems found challenges in defining, identifying, and funding remediation of the galvanized pipe associated with lead service lines.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139637096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SDWA's 50th Anniversary Marked With Busy Agenda","authors":"Chris Moody","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1908","url":null,"abstract":"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to pursue an ambitious regulatory agenda for drinking water. Several significant final actions this year will require utilities to prepare.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139639097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixing Minimizes the Risks of Water Tank Stratification","authors":"Bethany Thompson","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1894","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal stratification in a water tank threatens its structural integrity and the quality of the water it stores. A mixer can create a stable water environment and prolong a tank's life.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138619399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ductile‐Iron Pipe Endures Wildfire Temperature Test","authors":"L. G. Horn","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1898","url":null,"abstract":"Wildfires on average burn at 1472°F. To determine how a ductile‐iron pipeline would perform in ultra‐high temperatures, a sample pipe assembly was tested.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Is Your Water System Trying to Tell You?","authors":"Abigail F. Cantor","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1897","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial quality control techniques can help operators interpret their water system and water quality data to be alerted to changing conditions and adjust system operations accordingly.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138608556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water Utilities Need Effective Data Management","authors":"Joey A. Mitchell","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1899","url":null,"abstract":"For water utilities to succeed with technology implementation, they should establish effective data management through in‐depth analysis, centralized data, and a disciplined data governance strategy.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138618709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}