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What we do at Municipal Water Leader Magazine
Municipal Water Leader is dedicated to the men and woman providing water to consumers and businesses across the United States. Our interviews with municipal water managers and personnel; supplier representatives; and leading local, state, and federal government officials distill the issues of the day and offer real-world perspectives and insight.
Volume 11 Issue 10 Nov/Dec
Imagine a trenchless pipe installation with segments of steel pipe being pushed into a tunnel, one by one. Now imagine that the path of that tunnel actually curves in order to avoid an…
Volume 11 Issue 9 October
In this month’s cover story, Municipal Water Leader Contributing Editor Jeff Kightlinger interviews Dan Denham, a San Diego native with long experience who is the new general manager of the San…
Volume 11 Issue 8 September
While we often feature water professionals from the American West, this month we start out with a top water leader from the East Coast: DC Water’s David Gadis. He tells us about several significant…
Volume 11 Issue 7 July/Aug
The seaside city of Newport is one of Oregon’s top tourist destinations. However, to guarantee that tourism and industry remain strong, the city must solve two…
Volume 11 Issue 6 June
In our cover story this month, we speak with Ane Deister, the executive director of the Urban Water Institute, a membership-based nonprofit that brings together…
Volume 11 Issue 5 May
For the past 20 years, the Tucson area’s Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District has been planning for the future by storing excess Central Arizona Project (CAP)…
Volume 11 Issue 4 April
It’s not too often that you encounter a technology you truly think will change the industry—but one of those moments came recently for me when I learned about SewerAI. By…
Volume 11 Issue 3 March
This year, Mark Krause is retiring after nearly 30 years of service to Desert Water Agency (DWA), 8 of them as its general manager. Steady, unflappable, highly competent, and …
Volume 11 Issue 2 February
The City of Santa Fe has become a water leader through two main paradigm shifts: first, a successful push for water conservation featuring tiered rate structures and efficient…
Volume 11 Issue 1 January
For an underresourced water utility, even drawing up plans to improve its efficiency and operations can seem like an insuperable task. That’s where. Moonshot Missions comes…
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