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120Water
120water.com
Continuing to develop its network of statewide
and multistate partnerships, 120Water was
selected to manage the data and submittal of
Georgia's lead service line (LSL) inventories.
The state's procurement of 120Water's
software grants all Georgia water systems
individual licenses to access the Public
Water System (PWS) Portal, which serves as
a centralized database to store, format, and
submit LSL data in accordance with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and
Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) and federal and
state reporting requirements.
LCRR requires utilities nationwide to compile
a location-based inventory of service line
materials by October 2024. This mandate
introduces time and resource burdens, as many
water systems - especially small, rural systems
serving populations of 10,000 or less - lack the
infrastructure needed to keep digital records
and submit inventories in the required format.
To help alleviate the encumbrance,
120Water's PWS Portal provides a standardized
tool to validate and manage LSL data before it's
uploaded to the State Dashboard for ongoing
compliance management. Submissions are
automatically validated upon import, at which
point the state will have the opportunity to
review and approve service line inventories
that can be published on the Public
Transparency Dashboard.
120Water is the comprehensive solution
used by water professionals across the country
to manage critical lead and drinking water
programs. Comprised of secure Cloudbased
software services and point-of-use
kits, 120Water's solution provides tailored
workflows for complying with lead and water
quality programs to protect public health.
Working with hundreds of utilities across
41 states, 120Water is in the process of
inventorying over 3 million service lines that
impact more than 10 million individuals.
Its team of water, policy and technology
experts have supported over 8,000 sampling
events, partnering with the National Rural
Water Association (NRWA), water systems
and various government to protect public
health and provide clean drinking water to all
communities.
Grundfos Celebrates 50th Anniversary of US Operations
Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technologies, is
celebrating the 50th anniversary of U.S. operations. The nearly 80-year-old Danish
company began U.S. operations in 1973 and now has 13 offices and manufacturing facilities
and employs nearly 1,700 employees.
In 1944, founder Poul Due Jensen began Grundfos out of his basement in Denmark. The
company quickly expanded across Europe and other countries and in 1973, Einar Cook,
a Danish-American from Fresno, Calif., visited the Grundfos office in Denmark and was
amazed at the quality of the deep well turbine pumps and returned to the U.S. to use them
on his farm. Cook then imported a few pumps to sell in his farm equipment dealership and
the U.S. business was born.
Over the next 40 years, the company opened offices in Allentown, Penn., Kansas City,
Kans., and expanded the California office. In 2006, Grundfos began a transformative time
of growth by acquiring marquee brands like PACO, Peerless and Yeomans. From there,
Grundfos opened its PES facility in Brookshire, Texas, in 2009 and a water technology
center in Fresno in 2011. The following year, Grundfos established the U.S. headquarters in
Chicago and launched the water conservation project in Fresno.
In 2022, Grundfos relocated its U.S. headquarters to a first-of-its-kind, environmentally
sustainable building in Brookshire, Texas. The 45,000-square-foot facility is the first LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified v4 Platinum new construction in
Texas, according to the Green Building Information Gateway. The building uses zero fossil
fuels, harvests, and stores 873,183 gallons of rainwater annually and provides 62% total energy
cost savings compared to a typical commercial building.
" To Grundfos, every drop of water symbolizes a promise for a better future, " said Poul
Due Jensen, CEO of Grundfos and grandson of the founder, " Each day, we're driven by
a commitment to making a positive difference for our customers and communities by
addressing the globe's most critical water and climate concerns with groundbreaking,
energy-efficient solutions. "
Building on 50 years of excellence, Grundfos continues to lead the industry with its
transformative water solutions and innovations in groundwater; wastewater treatment; and
commercial, industrial and residential applications. The company is not only committed to
offering energy-efficient water and digital solutions but will continue to do so in a way that
drives significant impact on some of the world's most critical sustainability challenges. UI
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Grundfos Pump Corporation, (281) 994-2700, grundfos.com/us
BOND
bondbrothers.com
BOND Civil & Utility, a wholly owned subsidiary
of BOND Brothers Inc., created a new division
that expands the company's offerings with additional,
self-perform capabilities. BOND Trenchless
provides a more vertically integrated value
proposition to clients, such as investor-owned
utilities (IOUs), gas transmission companies,
power, and energy developers.
In support, BOND has brought on an experienced
leadership team to guide the Trenchless
division: Bryce Carson, vice president; Colin
Harris, director; and Cole Byington, trenchless
engineer. This new team will work in concert
with BOND's existing leadership by merging the
collective and complementary expertise to enhance
the overall value for clients and staff alike.
BOND Trenchless is focused on delivering
turnkey services inclusive of front-end
engineering designs (FEEDs), complete design
packages, and project execution for horizontal
directional drilling (HDD), jack and bores, and
guided bore technologies.
" This has been a long time coming for BOND
Civil & Utility. We've been deeply involved
in infrastructure upgrade and development
projects for years now, and continuously seek
to minimize the disruption to our neighbors
wherever we work, " said Kane Cuddy, president
of BOND Civil & Utility. UI
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