In collaboration with Aquarius Spectrum (AQS) and Ferguson Waterworks, the City of Albany Water Department took decisive action. Engineers deployed leak sensors across nearly four miles of cast iron pipes using advanced acoustic leak detection sensors and GIS data. 

As I am writing this column, thousands of people from the Florida coast up to the Carolinas are still stranded without power, drinking water or a safe way to access basic resources due to the catastrophic flooding brought on by Hurricane Helene. Many of these mountain towns destroyed by Helene are areas that already lacked resources and access. 

The event arrives as the water sector prepares for the implementation of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions regulation, offering a timely forum for infrastructure professionals to address this critical challenge and explore comprehensive strategies for ensuring resilient and reliable drinking water systems.

PMI advocated for the act's water efficiency, conservation and water reuse funding, as well for significant improvements for water and wastewater systems to be covered by the law.