Inside the April 2009 Issue

Features

Better Mousetraps: Where the Cookie Crumbled

A cured-in-place-pipe spot-liner system saves the City of Tacoma, Wash., substantial time and inconvenience on a challenging sewer main repair

Water: WATER: Neptune’s Trident

The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia uses a three-pronged approach to renewing, rehabilitating and protecting a growing water distribution system

Technology Test Drive: Solution Selector

Software from NASSCO helps users identify the trenchless technology best suited for specific pipe and work site conditions

Cover Story: STORM: Building Momentum

A coalition in Monroe County, N.Y., advances water quality initiatives and leverages partnerships to tackle stormwater issues

Sewer: SEWER: No Big Dig

A small New England community finds the solution to its inflow and infiltration issues through trenchless technology and a no-dig approach

Special Feature: Ready For Duty

Optimism pervades the exhibit hall as Pumper & Cleaner Expo attendees discover the latest technologies for municipal pipe cleaning, repair and maintenance

Columns

The Human Side: Merit Raises Pay Dividends

A water utility in metropolitan Portland, Ore., finds that a switch to a merit pay system produces high-performance employees

Industry News: Industry News

NASSCO Introduces Sewer Grouting Web Site; Pipe Eye International Adds Mobile Inspection Center; Perma-Liner Receives Keeping America Strong Award; Spartan Tool Names Nesky VP of Sales; Flexible Pipe Tool Acquires Shamrock; CWR Report Reveals Industry’s Economic Impact; REHAU, DBI to Produce Municipal PVC Pipe

NASSCO Corner: Having Faith in Our Recession-Proof Industry

I’ve been in the sewer industry for decades, and I so often wondered when our industry would make headlines.

From the Editor: Fighting the Snake

Today’s one-way approach to public spending and taxation threatens to strangle critical infrastructure rehabilitation and public services generally

Association News: Association News

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