With billions of dollars in federal stimulus money available to rehabilitate aging sewer systems, municipalities will face issues in trying to keep roads and businesses open during the construction. It’s important to recognize the challenges of working around existing buildings, roads, and other structures. Typically, in rehabilitating sewers, the flow cannot simply be diverted. It must be bypassed — temporarily pumped around the pipe being repaired or replaced. This requires pumps capable of moving trash-laden wastewater. The pumps are deployed up-stream from the faulty pipe, and a temporary pipeline is installed from the pumps to a downstream section of the
