When tasked with creating a program for dealing with its aging stormwater collections system, the Fairfax County (Virginia) Stormwater Infrastructure Branch embarked...
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The Path to Stormwater Improvements
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Ready to Capture the Rain
Several years ago, Kevin Shafer, executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, laid out an ambitious vision for the utility.The 2035...
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Taking Storms in Stride
Knox County, Tennessee, is verdant,
picturesque and a perfect illustration of
the problems that arise when stormwater collects in volume. The result is...
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CIPP with UV: A Professional's Point of View
iMPREG manufactures GRP UV CIPP liners for the no-dig rehabilitation of sewer lines and culverts using a UV light train. The company...
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Stormwater System Under Construction
Stormwater management is critical in Douglas County, Georgia. The area receives approximately 54 inches of rain each year, compared to the national...
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Collections System Operations in the New Normal
We are sailing in uncharted waters. But we also have to continue the job we've been doing well for decades. Resilience is...
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Elements to Successful Rainfall Monitoring – Best Management Practices for the Urban Sewer Environment PART 2
Important engineering decisions are made every day regarding sanitary sewer, combined sewer and storm sewer systems, and they often require the use...
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Elements to Successful Rainfall Monitoring – Best Management Practices for the Urban Sewer Environment PART 1
Important engineering decisions are made every day regarding sanitary sewer, combined sewer and storm sewer systems, and they often require the use...
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Diverse Stormwater Program Keeps Lakeland's Lakes Healthy
Tourists, snowbirds and residents all love the lakes in Lakeland, Florida.
They marvel at the swans, the boating, the water skiing and kayaking,...
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Offering a Sump Pump Amnesty Program Can Open Doors for Inspections
Utilities face myriad, complex challenges when it comes to identifying and eliminating inflow and infiltration issues, and the simplest sounding — but...
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'Big Tex' to Bore 5-Mile Tunnel to Alleviate Dallas Flooding
Dallas, Texas' storm sewers, designed and built in the 1930s, are no match for the dense neighborhoods of a 21st-century city. Despite...
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Tracking Weather Improves Operations
With the rise of data-driven decision-making, weather monitoring is increasingly important for water and wastewater utilities.
The Internet of Things movement is driving...
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Kentucky Stormwater Project Named Engineering Design Feat of the Year
A Kentucky-based sewer collections system improvement project has been heralded by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) during its 2019 National Design-Build Project/Team...
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Case Studies - December 2019
Cloth media filters treat combined sewer overflow
Problem:
The city of Rushville, Indiana, had to comply with a 2007 consent order for combined...
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Product Focus - December 2019
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Advanced Drainage Systems HP Storm
HP Storm from Advanced Drainage Systems is a high-performance polypropylene pipe for gravity-flow storm drainage applications....
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A Natural Fit: Philadelphia's Innovative Approach to Stormwater Management
The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Water Department manages stormwater in a number of innovative ways. Some of those approaches, according to Marc Cammarata, deputy...
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Absorbing the Impact of Stormwater
Philadelphia has a significant combined sewer overflow problem. To solve the problem, the Philadelphia Water Department came up with a solution so...