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Industry Standards Support a Sustainable Water Future
Standards Update Industry Standards Support a Sustainable Water Future First published: 13 May 2025 No abstract is available for this article.
AWWA Updates Communication and Customer Relations Standard
Communications AWWA Updates Communication and Customer Relations Standard First published: 13 May 2025 No abstract is available for this article.
Alaska Salmon Closure
A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska - a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen - after a conservation group challenged the harvest as a threat to protected fish and the endangered killer whales that eat them. Fishing organizations condemned the decision, saying it threatens the region with economic disaster and would do little or nothing to benefit salmon or orcas.
Setting a New Standard for Delivering Technical Documents
Laura Meteer, water quality analyst for the Regional Municipality of York in Southern Ontario, Canada, sent an urgent message to AWWA's engineering team: “Our new computers don't have CD drives, and even so we can't wait until the next set of standards on CD to get the latest standards. When can we access the new online standards platform?” It's clear that the original ways of sharing standards, which are sent in print or as digital copies on a CD to offices twice a year, don't work for everyone.
AWWA Utility Management Standards Promote Best Practices
Standards Update AWWA Utility Management Standards Promote Best Practices First published: 04 October 2020 No abstract is available for this article.
AWWA Standards for Water Reuse
Water reuse—the process of using water more than once within a community for beneficial purposes—can expand resources for irrigation, industrial processes, and even potable drinking water supply. AWWA understands the need for water reuse and, in addition to including a specific policy statement for using reclaimed water for public water supply purposes, has published two utility management standards on the topic.
Understanding and Using AWWA Standards and Manuals
For water industry professionals, AWWA standards and manuals provide useful information in the form of consensus-approved documents that describe minimum requirements and best practices. These standards and manuals are the collective knowledge of AWWA members who have contributed their expertise to develop guidance and recommendations that are rigorously reviewed to ensure they represent a consensus of the industry.
AWWA Standards Council Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Standards Update AWWA Standards Council Celebrates 100th Anniversary First published: 02 June 2020 No abstract is available for this article.
Which Haloacetic Acid Analysis Method Is Best?
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AWWA Standards Development: Balancing Innovation and Historical Practices
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