• How GHD created a CCTV + GIS solution for Aqua America with Autodesk and Esri tools

    Aqua Pennsylvania provides water and wastewater services to 32 counties across Pennsylvania and operates more than 50 wastewater systems. They face the same challenges many water utility owners across the globe also face: finding ways to efficiently maximize the management of aging infrastructure. In 2023, they turned to GHD to help them create a system…


  • AMP8 opportunities: Biodiversity Net Gain requirements will give SuDS a big boost

    One of the most important things UK water regulator Ofwat wants to see water companies use AMP8 funding to achieve is elevating the importance of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). We wrote about it in our latest white paper ‘AMP8’s unprecedented opportunities’, part of which we’re excerpting here. A change that makes society better is one…


  • InfoWorks ICM: The Training, Tutorials, and Technicals that Autodesk provides

    Getting started with stormwater and hydraulic modeling software may feel like a big task, but it doesn’t have to be an expensive one. We’ve compiled comprehensive training courses to get you and your team up to speed on InfoWorks ICM, and they are all entirely free. With our series of video and written instructional models,…


  • AMP8 opportunities: Solving the UK’s CSO problems with hydraulic modelling

    The recent AMP8 funding cycle is perhaps the best chance for water providers to secure funding for changing the way they monitor and solve for CSOs. We’ve written about it in our new white paper, AMP8’s unprecedented opportunities, a portion of which we’re excerpting here on the One Water Blog. How software can help manage…


  • AMP8 opportunities: Where technology is going and how to get there

    In the last two years, the UK water industry has been under increased scrutiny by Ofwat, the water industry regulator, for ongoing sewage spills in England’s waterways. Ofwat can fine companies up to 10% of their annual sales, and now three water companies have been slapped with a total of £168 million in fines. The…


  • AMP8’s unprecedented opportunities: An important inflection point for the UK water industry

    If you live in the UK, you know all about the water industry’s sewage and finance woes. The past few years has seen a steady stream of bad news and increasingly vocal public outcry. But there is reason to believe that things may be finally turning around. Ofwat, the government regulator in charge of funding,…


  • Cybersecurity for water utilities isn’t a game of (bad) luck. It’s a game of skill.

    How can water utilities best protect themselves from cybersecurity risk? Autodesk Chief Trust Officer Sebastian Goodwin wrote this advice, which we are reprinting from the original, which was published by Smart Water Magazine. The list of challenges for the US water industry keeps getting longer. From the country’s aging infrastructure to the industry’s aging workforce,…


  • Dredging up the past at the University Lakes of Baton Rouge to build a better future

    We’ve been publishing lots of customer stories in the last few years, and we have a steady stream of new ones in the works, but every once in awhile we see a customer story from one of our partners that we want to call out for its good work. This past week, we saw that…


  • CHA Consulting is helping Florida utilities meet ambitious reclaimed water effluent regulations

    New regulations are challenging Florida water utilities to tighten up and ultimately eliminate all non-beneficial surface water discharges. CHA Consulting has been working to help utilities across the sunshine state find the right balance and stay ahead of statewide deadlines for compliance. Many thanks to co-author of this piece Project Engineer Parsa Pezeshk, who shared…


  • Our ask for World Water Day 2024: Today, be a water diplomat

    Every year, the United Nations promotes World Water Day, and this year the theme is Water for Peace. Specifically, the UN is trying to promote the establishment of more transboundary agreements between nations. Much of the world’s fresh water is located in transboundary aquifers, which means it is a shared resource. But those aquifers may…