Outsourcing may be the rage in private industry and in muni-cipal services, but in Northern California, the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District has found an advantage in doing just the opposite. After years of hiring contractors to clean and inspect its sewer lines, the district, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, decided in 2007 to bring that work in-house. Today, after investing in inspection equipment and staff, the district inspects not only its own 67.4 miles of lines but also the pipes of the two cities within its border: Fairfield with 243.8 miles, and Suisun (pronounced Suh-SOON) City, with 61.6 miles.
