American Water Awarded Contract from Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation

American Water

, the nation's largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, today announced it is a partner to an $800,000 award to partially fund a $2 million, 2-year project, along with IOSight, Ltd., from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation. The award is for the research and development of decision support systems to improve the efficiency of treatment plant operations. This research project will develop data analysis tools within a data management and reporting framework at water and wastewater treatment plants to identify operating efficiencies and potential cost savings. The proposed smart water management systems will develop