May 31, 2023
Not quite. What exactly do you get with a 2 ½ inch hydrant outlet? It depends a lot on where you are and when the hydrants were manufactured. There..
May 26, 2023
Engineering usually involves a good deal of time solving complicated systems of equations. A century ago, engineers spent much of their time..
May 16, 2023
The story of the history of water distribution system analysis (WDSA) is pretty fascinating, at least to me. There have been a large number of..
May 1, 2023
In last week’s blog, Neil Grigg, one of the most respected water resources engineers for several decades, discussed how innovation could solve a lot..
April 24, 2023
The week we have a guest blogger in Dr. Neil Grigg from Colorado State Univ., an internationally known water resources engineer, writing about..
April 14, 2023
I think we all agree that we want pumps to run efficiently. It’s one of the few things in this world that pretty much everyone agrees on. And with..
March 27, 2023
Just as there are classics in literature like Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, there are classic works in water and wastewater...
March 16, 2023
There is no doubt about it, the world is going digital, and the water industry is going along with it. I’m on board with the trend as it is generally..
February 21, 2023
A few months ago, I wrote a comparing a two-hydrant flow test with a flow test that uses only one hydrant. I explained that a single hydrant flow..
February 2, 2023
When I started in the water profession many years ago, there was a clear distinction between the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the..