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Utility locating combines science with art. Among the biggest challenges is locating nonmetallic structures, such as plastic pipes installed without tracer wires...

The next time you get your staff together for a meeting, be careful about who you look at. Without uttering a single...

Remote pipeline inspections call for cameras that have long cable range and reduce the number of setups. The K2 Series portable CCTV...

Geospatial Teams with HEBCO on Naval ProjectGeospatial Mapping Systems Inc. has entered into an agreement with HEBCO Inc. on the U.S. Navy’s...

Municipal and utility managers are well aware of the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act (the Stimulus Bill), which President Obama signed into...

Trying to meet wastewater conveyance and treatment needs without accurate flow monitoring is a little like trying to find your way in...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. ClarkeI am old enough (easily) to remember when home computers were widely...

Cloverleaf Tool Names Rawlings General Manager Kevin Rawlings has been promoted to general manager for Cloverleaf Tool Co. Rawlings has 12 years...

The Stingray open channel flow logger from Greyline Instruments Inc. enables technicians to monitor wastewater velocity and flow without entering manholes.“A sewer...

In a manner of speaking, employees of Austin Water Utility treatment plants used to work in silos. They operated as independent entities,...

Pipe inspection software continues to get more sophisticated. Features that allow the recording of data while a video inspection proceeds have become...

Facing the problems of sewer lines more than 100 years old, and network maps used to service them just as ancient, the...

Every four years, our country’s infrastructure gets graded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). With its Report Card on America’s...

Shaped by gravity and topography, watersheds rarely conform to political boundaries. And yet, counties, cities and villages need to be aware of...

The Village of North Bay is a picture-perfect enclave of homes, manicured yards, and tree-lined streets tucked into the north side of...

As a suburb of Boston, Mass., the Town of Dedham was all too familiar with the pitfalls, disruption and enormous costs of...

A 2 1/2-foot-deep sinkhole, 3 feet square, developed in Tacoma, Wash., when soil eroded under a 115-kV transmission tower after a cookie...