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Kevin Westerling

@KevinOnWater

Chief Editor, Water Online

 Horsham, PA
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Joined December 2013
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Predicting Pump Ragging Before The Overflow: What Lift-Station Sensing Gets Right wateronline.com/doc/predicti…
Predicting Pump Ragging Before The Overflow: What Lift-Station Sensing Gets Right

Predicting Pump Ragging Before The Overflow: What Lift-Station Sensing Gets Right

Rags and wipes don’t seize a pump overnight they load it gradually, and the sensors already in the station can see it coming days ahead. The stations that avoid overflows aren’t the ones with the...

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Tackling Lake Erie's Algal Blooms Requires Targeted Conservation Strategies wateronline.com/doc/tackling…
Tackling Lake Erie's Algal Blooms Requires Targeted Conservation Strategies

Tackling Lake Erie's Algal Blooms Requires Targeted Conservation Strategies

Algal blooms in Lake Erie remind us how closely food production and clean water are connected. Many of these nutrients come from nearby farms, and the challenge is keeping them out of waterways.

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Turning Dairy Processing Residuals Into Resources For Healthier Soils wateronline.com/doc/turning-…
Turning Dairy Processing Residuals Into Resources For Healthier Soils

Turning Dairy Processing Residuals Into Resources For Healthier Soils

The food system depends on productive soil, yet manufacturing leaves behind organic materials that never reach a retail package. For dairy manufacturers, one of those materials is dissolved air...

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After The Fire: What The 2026 Wildfires And El Niño Could Mean For U.S. Lakes And Reservoirs In 2027 wateronline.com/doc/after-th…
After The Fire: What The 2026 Wildfires And El Niño Could Mean For U.S. Lakes And Reservoirs In 2027

After The Fire: What The 2026 Wildfires And El Niño Could Mean For U.S. Lakes And Reservoirs In 2027

In July, smoke from Canadian wildfires spread across the upper Midwest and Northeast. Now a strengthening El Niño is set to influence the coming winter. Both events matter to lake and reservoir...

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The Water Online Show: Can Powdered Activated Carbon Help Solve PFAS In Wastewater? wateronline.com/doc/the-wate… h/t @CarolloTweets
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The Time To Start LCRI Compliance Is Now wateronline.com/doc/the-time…
The Time To Start LCRI Compliance Is Now

The Time To Start LCRI Compliance Is Now

The clock is ticking on Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) compliance, and waiting until 2027 is not an option. In this Water Online Live event overview, learn from industry experts Lauren...

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The Knowledge Is Retiring: What UI/UX Can Bring To Water Treatment wateronline.com/doc/the-know…
Don't Let Institutional Knowledge Retire With Your Operators. UI/UX Can Help.

Don't Let Institutional Knowledge Retire With Your Operators. UI/UX Can Help.

Better user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design can help water utilities preserve operator knowledge and bring new hires up to speed.

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Safeguarding Reliable Water Service In The Face Of Uncertainty wateronline.com/doc/safeguar…
Safeguarding Reliable Water Service In The Face Of Uncertainty

Safeguarding Reliable Water Service In The Face Of Uncertainty

Potential threats to clean drinking water may be formidable, but we're not defenseless against them. Modern water systems and utilities protect water resources and ensure reliable service in the face...

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AI Is Already Entering The Water Sector. Here Is How We Use It Without Losing Control wateronline.com/doc/ai-is-al… h/t @GigiOnSmartGrid
AI Is Already Entering The Water Sector. Here's How We Use It Without Losing Control.

AI Is Already Entering The Water Sector. Here's How We Use It Without Losing Control.

Moving beyond both GenAI hype and Agentic AI fear toward more informed and responsible adoption.

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North America's Industrial Strainer Challenge: Unpredictable Solids Loading wateronline.com/doc/north-am…
North America's Industrial Strainer Challenge: Unpredictable Solids Loading

North America's Industrial Strainer Challenge: Unpredictable Solids Loading

Managing changing solids loading, unpredictable debris, and increasingly variable water sources can make the selection between conventional basket strainers and automatic scraper strainers increasi...

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A Water-Native Solution For Renewable Natural Gas CO2 Emissions wateronline.com/doc/a-water-…
A Water-Native Solution For Renewable Natural Gas CO2 Emissions

A Water-Native Solution For Renewable Natural Gas CO2 Emissions

Capturing and storing that CO2 can offer RNG-producing wastewater treatment plants an additional resource recovery pathway — and revenue stream — through a new technology that integrates carbon...

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Finding The Project Before The Bid: A Better Workflow For Monitoring Local Water Infrastructure Opportunities wateronline.com/doc/finding-…
Finding The Project Before The Bid: A Better Workflow For Monitoring Local Water Infrastructure...

Finding The Project Before The Bid: A Better Workflow For Monitoring Local Water Infrastructure...

For contractors, estimators, suppliers, and service firms working around public water and wastewater infrastructure, the first time a project becomes visible should not be the day a bid package lands...

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What Utilities Should Know About School Lead Data wateronline.com/doc/what-uti…
What Utilities Should Know About School Lead Data

What Utilities Should Know About School Lead Data

Under the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), community water systems will need to identify covered schools and childcare facilities, conduct outreach, and carry out required sampling. Existing...

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Why OT Cybersecurity In Water Treatment Starts Before Design wateronline.com/doc/why-ot-c…
Why OT Cybersecurity In Water Treatment Starts Before Design

Why OT Cybersecurity In Water Treatment Starts Before Design

Growing connectivity, new regulations, and long-term operational requirements are pushing cybersecurity decisions into the earliest stages of industrial project design.

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The Water Online Show: The Surprising Link Between Water And Profitability wateronline.com/doc/the-wate… feat. @Ecolab

The Water Online Show: The Surprising Link Between Water And Profitability

What if water isnt a utility cost to be managed, but a strategic asset capable of driving productivity, profitability, and long-term business resilience? In this episode of The Water Online Show,...

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Beyond Water-Stress Scores: Assessing Infrastructure Resilience At The Asset Level wateronline.com/doc/beyond-w…
Beyond Water-Stress Scores: Assessing Infrastructure Resilience At The Asset Level

Beyond Water-Stress Scores: Assessing Infrastructure Resilience At The Asset Level

Water-stress screening can identify where an infrastructure asset deserves closer attention. Assessing resilience requires further steps: understanding the asset's water profile, the reliability and...

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Why Water Utilities Need Better Asset History, Not Just More Maintenance Data wateronline.com/doc/why-wate…
Why Water Utilities Need Better Asset History, Not Just More Maintenance Data

Why Water Utilities Need Better Asset History, Not Just More Maintenance Data

For water and wastewater utilities, better asset history is not about collecting more data for its own sake. It's about making existing inspection and maintenance information useful enough to support...

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Managing Growth Under Water Constraints: What Utilities Can Learn From Industrial Water Users wateronline.com/doc/managing…
Managing Growth Under Water Constraints: What Utilities Can Learn From Industrial Water Users

Managing Growth Under Water Constraints: What Utilities Can Learn From Industrial Water Users

As communities and industries compete for finite water supplies, utilities are looking for strategies that support economic growth while reducing pressure on existing resources.

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Is Wastewater-Derived Bioplastic Utility-Ready? wateronline.com/doc/is-waste…
Is Wastewater-Derived Bioplastic Utility-Ready?

Is Wastewater-Derived Bioplastic Utility-Ready?

For years, researchers focused on a basic question: Can mixed microbial cultures use real wastewater or sludge-derived carbon to accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) inside their cells? Recent...

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PFAS Funding Is Flowing — But Does The Water Sector Have Enough People To Deliver It? wateronline.com/doc/pfas-fun…
PFAS Funding Is Flowing — But Does The Water Sector Have Enough People To Deliver It?

PFAS Funding Is Flowing — But Does The Water Sector Have Enough People To Deliver It?

For several years, the PFAS conversation has centered on treatment options, testing, and funding. Those factors still matter, but they are no longer the primary constraint. Most utilities already...

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