Most of us are familiar with the concept of “triage” in medical emergencies. During large-scale crises, medical staff can only treat a certain number of patients. To prioritize which patients receive treatment first, they apply the principle of “the greatest...

“Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are valuable technology, and they always save energy in water and wastewater system pumping.” The first part of that statement is true, and the second part is generally true but not always. There are exceptions that...

Engineers and scientists love graphs. With one image, they can convey as much information as many pages of text and do it in a way that can be clearly visualized. Nowadays, with software, we can do so much more with...

For academic researchers, “Impact Factors” is a familiar term – it is designed to measure the impact of your publications. If you are outside of the academic world, you have probably never encountered it, but how much do these metrics...

When precipitation falls on land, in the short term, there are two places it can go: runoff to streams or infiltration into the ground. In the long term, evaporation also matters, but during a precipitation event, it isn’t important. Runoff...

Seminal papers are groundbreaking at the time of publication and remain influential many years later. I recently received word from the ASCE that my paper, “Battle of the Network Models: Epilogue,” published in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and...