April 2009 Table of Contents

Features

• 16Cover Story: STORM: Building Momentum
  A coalition in Monroe County, N.Y., advances water quality initiatives and leverages partnerships to tackle stormwater issues
• 26Water: 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
• 32Special 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
• 38Better 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
• 42Sewer: 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
• 48Technology Test Drive: Solution Selector
  Software from NASSCO helps users identify the trenchless technology best suited for specific pipe and work site conditions

Columns

• 10From 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
• 46Association News: Association News
  This all-in-one resource will point you to the information you need.
• 52The 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
• 54Industry 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
• 56NASSCO 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.