Water and wastewater utilities rely heavily on contractors and vendors for the maintenance and operation of groundwater systems. In the United States, the entire nation's groundwater systems are owned by municipalities, most of which are in a contract with private entities to manage and service their water and sewage systems. The contracting process starts off with an invitation to bid for groundwater procurement systems and services. Water utilities owned by local government bodies or municipalities are often cash strapped and therefore face the huge challenge of maintaining their underground water systems up to standard. Unless properly maintained, the ageing water and wastewater networks are prone to decay. This leads to other civic and health related issues that need to be addressed, not to mention the prohibiting costs entailed. Infrastructure maintenance of water utility networks is expensive and involves careful spending of tax payer money. Procurement policies for maintenance of groundwater networks are often outdated as the decision makers, i.e. the elected officials or city councils shy away from using innovative technology and materials citing financial constraints and fund management restrictions.

Groundwater system maintenance includes various services such as • Maintenance and monitoring underground water and sewage pipes for leaks and

investigation for the cause for such leaks. • Repairs of underground water networks. • Selecting and deciding on the time for old infrastructure assets to be replaced.

These are jobs involving substantial sums of money. Healthy competition in the bidding for groundwater procurement systems proves beneficial to the municipalities as they can expect a certain level of service at the lowest cost. At present, a sizable number of municipalities and local government bodies entrusted with the work of managing the nation's water and wastewater networks contract it to third parties. The operation and maintenance of water systems is generally contracted out to private parties by posting tenders and bids for the job at hand. H2bid.com is an online portal where invitations for Dams Construction bids are posted by water and wastewater utility companies. Water utilities can post invitation to bid for groundwater procurement systems free of cost.

Interested corporations and vendors serving the water utilities sector bid for the contracts. Free and fair bidding process allows the water utilities to save on costs for infrastructure maintenance while also getting innovative products and materials to be used in the maintenance of their groundwater networks. Since H2bid.com has a global reach, invitation to Desalination Bids for groundwater procurement systems attract service companies from all over the country. Water utilities in turn can benefit from the technological expertise and long experience of vendors and contractors to realize operational savings. Inviting bids for groundwater network maintenance contracts is the best way forward for water and wastewater utility concerns.