Water Well Journal

January 2017

Water Well Journal

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conducts compliance inspections at about 1200 facilities each year and provides technical assistance to tank owners. HUD Releases Allocations and Requirements for Disaster Recovery Funds T he Department of Housing & Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Develop- ment allocated $500 million in Commu- nity Development Block Grant disaster recovery funds on November 21, 2016 for the purpose of assisting long-term recovery in Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia. The notice also describes grant application and award processes, prima- rily focusing on housing recovery. The allocation and notice went into effect November 28, 2016. In proposing an allocation of these funds for economic revitalization, a grantee must identify how any remain- ing unmet housing needs will be addressed or how its economic revital- ization activities will contribute to the long-term recovery and restoration of housing in the most impacted and dis- tressed areas, including infrastructure restoration. Typical infrastructure activities in- clude repair, replacement, or relocation of damaged public facilities and im- provements including, but not limited to, water treatment facilities, and sewer and water lines. For infrastructure restoration, a grantee must identify how its infrastructure activities will con- tribute to the long-term recovery and restoration of housing in the most impacted and distressed areas. Water facilities may include wells affected by a disaster or are needed as appropriate in disaster recovery. Two Canadian Companies Form Partnership to Offer Smart Water Monitoring Solutions H eron Instruments Inc., a water mon- itoring technology company based in Dundas, Ontario, announced it signed a partnership agreement with Ambience Data, a Toronto start-up with a focus on developing real-time solutions for big data in smart cities. Together, Heron Instruments and Ambience Data are developing a new line of smart water monitoring products to meet increasing demand for depend- able data and analytics. These solutions will support municipal drinking water and wastewater utilities, industrial part- ners, as well as groundwater and reme- diation professionals. Since 1995, Heron Instruments has maintained a strong reputation for deliv- ering high-quality water level monitor- ing products coupled with responsive customer care. "Our clients need dependable data. With this partnership, Heron is investing in research and development to meet their evolving needs," says Michael Hare, sales manager for Heron Instru- ments. "Partnering with Ambience Data will take Heron's product line to the next stage. Together, we are preparing to offer reliable, cloud-enabled solutions." While Ambience Data is a start-up, the company already has offices in Canada, India, and Ukraine. NEWS continues on page 14 Twitter @WaterWellJournl WWJ January 2017 13 Innovations in Water Monitoring The Data You Need, How You Want It You don't have hours to spend digging through data. You know what you need, and you need it now. HydroVu™ Data Services gives you up-to-date access to your data while simplifying the task of ltering for important results. 3, *&&$01!+!'&)-$!,0,!&*$,!% 3(,*#'$$0'-*(*'",+!&&,*$$'-+$',!'& 3 +0+,-(.!/!&&&$0+!+',+.+0'-,!%&%'&0 &,*,/!, , .$4!&+,*-%&,%!$0&&!,-,$%,*0+0+,%+ '**$,!%#'&$$'0'-*/,*$.$%'&!,'*!&+!,+ *&%'*,in-situ.com/XXK 5,!.2$!$ 2 &!,- 88+

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