Our staff regularly publish articles on current environmental trends and regulatory issues. Here's a small sampling:

• Impacts of Climate Change on Infrastructure and Planning Design
  Journal AWWA, June 2010
  Ed Means, Maryline Laugier, Jennifer Daw and Doug Owen
  Climate change is challenging water utilities to consider and adapt to its potential effects on their systems
  
• Florida Utilities Considering Seawater
  Membranes, Supplement to Waterworld, October 2009
  Christopher Hill, Ed Balchon and Scott Shannon
  Using seawater to help meet growing demands and diminished supplies
  
  
• Uncovered Finished Reservoirs: Reflections, Regulations, and Resolutions
  Journal AWWA, September 2008
  Mark Lenz, Marnie Bell, Bree Carrico
  A variety of cover and treatment options are potentially appropriate for LT2SWTR compliance, and many evaluation criteria  must be considered when selecting an alternative
  
  
• Meeting Customer Expectations in a Fluid Utility Environment
  Journal AWWA, September 2005
  Roger Patrick and Edward G. Means
  Preparing for inevitable change requires water utility decision makers to be aware of industry trends and responsd to customers' changing expectations
   
• Population Growth and Climate Change Will Pose Tough Challenges for Water Utilities
  Journal AWWA, August 2005
  Ed Means, Nicole West, and Roger Patrick
  Total water management can help water providers tackle the uncertainties of growing populations and shifting climates
  
   
• The Regulatory Horizon: Implications for Water Utilities
  Journal AWWA, November 2005
  Edward Means III, Nicole West, and Roger Patrick
  Compliance challenges will continue, but water utilities can take specific steps to manage their future
   
• Scenario Planning: A Tool to Manage Future Water Utility Uncertainty
  Journal AWWA, October 2005
  Edward Means III, Roger Patrick, Lorena Ospina, and Nicole West
  Scenario planning can be a powerful tool for strategic planners
  
  
• Technology for Our Customers: Moving Toward the Future
  American Water Works Association, October 2006
  Jane Smith and Tom Arn
  An investment in information technology is improving Phoenix Water’s
  customer services
  
  
• Ten Primary Trends and Their Implications for Water Utilities
  Journal AWWA, January 2006
  Ed Means, Nicole West, and Roger Patrick
  Information and technology advances are finding their way to nearly every aspect of the industry, bringing greater efficiencies and challenges
   
• Triple Fix
  Civil Engineering, June 2005
  Donald Cohen & Mark Lenz
  New water treatment plant will strengthen NYC's water system, address local flooding, and accelerate groundwater cleanup
  
  
• Water is Life and Infrastructure Makes it Happen
  Underground Infrastructure Management, January/February 2007
  Amy Santos
  Imagine turning on the kitchen faucet  one day and finding the tap dry