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A power outage does more than darken a facility. It can interrupt semiconductor production, compromise sensitive research, threaten continuity in hospitals and disrupt data infrastructure. For over 25 years, Bloom Energy [NYSE: BE] has provided onsite energy solutions that generate electricity directly at customer facilities, strengthening power availability for critical loads while reducing dependence on transmission and distribution infrastructure. Bloom Energy’s Energy Server, a solid oxide fuel cell platform, supplies onsite electricity during normal grid conditions, reducing the amount drawn from the utility. When an outage occurs, its AlwaysON microgrid platform disconnects from the grid and continues powering designated loads, allowing the same system to serve routine demand and resilience needs. A standby generator usually starts working only after the outage begins. Bloom Energy’s system is already running when the grid fails, avoiding cold-start and load-transfer delay. Protected loads can stay powered through longer disruptions, including public safety shutoffs that last more than five days.
For decades, when wastewater treatment plants needed more capacity, the answer was simple: build more infrastructure. Today, rising costs, tighter budgets, and stricter permit requirements have made that approach increasingly difficult. Utilities and industrial facilities are under pressure to do more with the assets they already have. World Water Works has built its business around an alternate approach. Rather than relying on costly infrastructure expansion, it helps utilities and industrial facilities increase capacity, strengthen compliance, and improve efficiency within their existing systems. The company achieves these outcomes through treatment intensification, bioaugmentation, and advanced biological approaches that help maximize the performance of existing treatment assets. “We believe the smartest path forward is helping customers get more value from the infrastructure they already have, rather than continually asking them to build more,” says Chandler Johnson, CTO. That philosophy shapes how World Water Works tackles wastewater treatment with microbial resource partitioning serving as a foundation for many of its solutions. Traditional wastewater treatment systems often treat biological communities as a single population operating under a common set of conditions. World Water Works takes a different view. Different microbial populations perform different functions and thrive under different conditions. Creating environments that support each population improves overall treatment performance.
GALENE Water Treatment has been a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of water treatment systems for nearly three decades, with thousands of systems installed, responding to an evolving drinking water landscape and the continuous identification of unwanted constituents. While hard water and chlorine remain familiar concerns, emerging contaminants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have reshaped homeowners’ expectations of residential water treatment. By keeping engineering, manufacturing and product development under one roof, the privately owned company refines existing technologies, develops new systems and tailors solutions to specific water conditions rather than relying on standardized products supplied through third-party manufacturers. That integrated operating model enables GALENE to translate changing water conditions and customer needs into new products and continuous product improvements. A prime example of GALENE’s adaptability is its response to PFAS. Just a few years ago, these persistent chemicals were seldom discussed in residential water treatment. Today, they are among the top concerns homeowners express when evaluating water treatment options. To address growing concerns over PFAS, GALENE developed the G-Guard system, which combines catalytic carbon sourced from coconut shells, advanced ion-exchange resins, and a salt-free conditioner. According to performance data provided by the resin manufacturer, G-Guard removes up to 99 percent of PFAS contaminants while maintaining a low-maintenance, electricity-free design and addressing both hard water and chlorine and its disinfection byproducts.
Charles Heino, Vice President Operations, EOM Operations
Stephen Harrison, Director of Internal Audit, California Water Service
Scott Cramton, Vice President Electrical Engineering, ProGen Industries
Jason McIlwee, P.E., Deputy Director of Utilities- Administration and Engineering, City of Charlottesville
Kevin Sangudi, Senior Energy Advisor, Pilot Energy
Utility and sewer payments platforms have become increasingly important as cities, municipalities, and service providers modernize billing systems and improve customer service.
Welding is an essential process in industries like construction, automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, energy, heavy equipment and manufacturing.
Engineering the Future of Water Utilities
GALENE Water Treatment has been recognized as the Top Residential Water Treatment Engineering Solutions 2026. Backed by nearly three decades of experience, the company takes an engineering-led approach to water treatment, designing solutions that adapt to changing water conditions rather than relying on a one-sizefits-all model. This commitment to innovation is evident in technologies such as the G-Guard system.
World Water Works earned the title of Top Integrated Water and Wastewater Technologies Solutions 2026. The company is transforming wastewater treatment by helping utilities and industrial facilities expand treatment capacity, improve regulatory compliance and reduce operating costs without the need for major infrastructure expansion. Through advanced biological treatment, process intensification and bioaugmentation technologies, it enables organizations to maximize existing assets while advancing sustainability and operational efficiency.
This edition also features valuable leadership perspectives from across the utility sector. Stephen Harrison, Director of Internal Audit at California Water Service, discusses how internal audit is evolving beyond compliance into a strategic function that strengthens governance, risk management and operational performance through technology and collaboration. Ivon Louis-Letang, Energy Manager at Eversource Energy, examines the transition toward cleaner energy technologies, emphasizing continuous innovation, electrification and practical approaches that help organizations improve energy efficiency while preparing for a lower-carbon future.
These stories reveal that the future of utilities will be dictated by engineering expertise, efficiency and visionary leadership that see innovation with intention. We invite you to explore this edition and discover how today’s organizations are building more resilient, efficient and sustainable utility systems for the years ahead.
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