ARTICLES BY SARA JEROME

• Utility Watchdog Highlights Legal Cost Of Water Pollution

  5/31/2018

  Who should bear the cost burden when a water utility is sued over pollution? A recent saga featuring Carolina Water Service raises this question.

• 30% Of Utility Customers Report Quality Problems

  5/21/2018

  A new report gave water ratepayers a voice on whether their water utility is meeting their needs.

• Programmable Logic Controllers Offer Automation Solution For Water Utilities

  1/22/2018

  Water utilities are on the lookout for ways to increase automation at treatment plants but some experts say they are lagging behind other industries in how they incorporate new solutions.

• Now Public, Utility Still Faces Infrastructure Challenges

  1/18/2018

  The water system in Missoula, MT, had been private for over a century. In June, the city regained ownership of the system and over six months later, it’s interesting to see where the transition stands.

• Utility Cyberattack Targets Bandwidth, Not Water

  4/11/2017

  In a recent cyberattack, water utility hackers were more interested in nabbing free cellular bandwidth than in interrupting water service.

• DC Water Plans To Replace 92,000 Meters

  3/8/2017

  A spate of billing errors helped prompt the water utility in Washington, D.C., to completely overhaul its metering system.

• Chlorine Flow Vulnerable To Hacking, Experiment Shows

  2/15/2017

  A recent experiment by a cybersecurity researcher exposed vulnerabilities in the water system.

• Water Workers Accused Of $500,000 In Theft From New Orleans Utility

  1/11/2017

  Authorities are going after ten former employees of the New Orleans water utility on allegations of theft.

• 'Never Again': Utility Makes Protocol Changes After Contaminating Nature Preserve

  1/10/2017

  A Texas utility is making changes to its protocols after incurring a fine due to allegations that it released 2 million gallons of treated effluent into a nature preserve last year.

• States Wary Of WIFIA Funding For Public Utilities

  11/28/2016

  State officials want more sway over which public water utility projects the U.S. EPA approves for water infrastructure funding.

• Maryland Mega-Utility Among First To Try Zinc Piping Fix

  11/2/2016

  A utility in Maryland appears to be among the first in the nation to use new zinc treatment technology as it upgrades its water infrastructure.

• Waste Plant Worker Averts Chlorine Disaster

  10/18/2016

  Quick thinking by a wastewater treatment worker averted disaster in an Illinois city last week.

• Researchers Claim They Can Ease Infrastructure Costs In Small Towns

  9/6/2016

  For tiny towns with tiny populations, water and wastewater treatment upgrades can leave a dent in the wallets of individual customers.

• In Florida, Violations At 1 In 8 Public Water Systems

  8/30/2016

  Around 12 percent of public water systems in Florida are violating pollution regulations, often in ways which pose a risk to public health, according to a new report by a watchdog group.

• Utilities Key To Filling Gaps In California's Water Data, Report Says

  8/22/2016

  California has a water-data scarcity problem and experts say utilities have a role in fixing that.