Inside the July 2011 Issue

July 2011 Cover

Features

Special Feature: Turning Toward Trenchless

Horizontal directional drilling gains momentum for sewer and water installation as municipal managers learn the technology and begin to appreciate the advantages

Cover Story: The Battle of New Orleans

Long after Hurricane Katrina, the city struggles to locate leaks that total millions of gallons per day. Sophisticated acoustic monitoring tools are key weapons.

Sewer: Playing in the Big Leagues

A northern tourist community steps up collection system performance with a CMOM program, GIS, and in-house inspection and cleaning

Technology Test Drive: Get In, Get Out

The QuickView pole-mounted inspection camera with Haloptic technology from Envirosight enables fast inspections while yielding high-quality images

Sewer: Bursting the Conventional Wisdom

An Oklahoma city is achieving success and saving big dollars by conducting a multi-year, $90 million sewer rehabilitation program with in-house workers

Better Mousetraps: Above the Fray

A California agency gets a handle on its collection system flows using meters mounted in manholes over the wastewater stream

Columns

Worth Noting: Worth Noting

People/Awards; Learning Opportunities; Calendar

The Human Side: Tough Conversations

Here are four techniques to help you say what needs to be said, with integrity, when it’s hard for you to say it and the other person doesn’t want to hear it

Product Focus: Pipe Bursting/Horizontal Directional Drilling

From the Editor: No Fun At All

This trip down a water slide could have cost a sewer contractor employee his life. The safety lesson is clear: Follow procedures and never take shortcuts.

Product Spotlight: Lightweight Pneumatic Shoring Simplifies Trench Safety

Prospan pneumatic shoring from Prospan Manufacturing Co.

Product News: July Product News

Featured New Products.

Industry News: July Industry News

Grote Names Draper Marketing Manager; Pure Technologies Names McDonald Regional Manager; KROHNE Posts Leak Detection Vodcast; Workers Return at General Wire; RIDGID Promotion Raises $8,000 for PHCC; McElroy Adds International Distributors; Godwin Presents Check to Boys, Girls Clubs; Wachs Opens Canada Office, Adds Managers

NASSCO Corner: Badly Needed-and Already Here

The IPBA division of NASSCO works to promote pipe bursting through education and development of specifications

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