EditorialWater Utility Driven By Innovation Water Utility Driven By Innovation A wide array of best management practices propels the Columbus water utility’s success. Appeared in print as "Going Big On BMPs" By Jim Force May 2015 Water Order Digital Reprints Want a PDF of this article as it appeared in print? Order Here! Filed Under Ohio Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Leopold - a Xylem Brand Tomco2 Systems Disinfection Equipment AWI WesTech Engineering, Inc. Filter Unit Oracle Data Management System Raven Lining Systems Liner Obermeyer Hydro, Inc. Pump Station Sign Me Up! Join your colleagues who already get great content delivered right to their inbox. Sign up Digital! If you don't want to bring your iPad into the bathroom, we can send you a magazine subscription for free! Subscribe to Print! Columbus Department of Public Utilities’ Division of Water crew members (from left) Nick Marsh, Chris Briggs and Matt Bateman set up to repair a broken water service line outside a home on Westwood Road while James Davis looks on from the cab of the excavator. It’s 4:30 p.m. downtown, rush hour just beginning, wind chill minus 30. The last thing a water utility needs now is a major line break. Yet that’s exactly what happened in January 2014 in Columbus, Ohio. A 24-inch water main popped, flooding about 10 city blocks. Water poured... Please login or register to view MSW articles. It's free, fast and easy! Popular Stories September 18, 2024 News About McElroy, SJE, Felling Trailers and More September 17, 2024 What’s Your Treatment Plant Superpower? September 17, 2024 Connect to Customers By Letting Them Tell Their Stories September 16, 2024 We Need to Talk: How Wastewater Utilities Can Lead the Biosolids Conversation September 12, 2024 Examples of Successful Community Involvement in Infrastructure Upgrade Projects September 12, 2024 News Briefs: Person Hospitalized Following Detroit Manhole Explosion Discussion Comments on this site are submitted by users and are not endorsed by nor do they reflect the views or opinions of COLE Publishing, Inc. Comments are moderated before being posted. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments.