When five inches of rainfall in a two-hour period revealed that its system’s stream conflicts were more significant than originally thought, Johnson County Wastewater (JCW) decided to take a proactive approach to maintaining its sanitary sewer conveyance system. Its efforts have gained national recognition for forward-thinking system management and maintenance that uses asset-management information, multi-tier physical pipeline inspection, and analysis tools such as geomorphology, hydrology and plant taxonomy to develop the most effective and sustainable means of rehabilitation.By systematically approaching infrastructure that crosses streams, the county has reduced its long-term maintenance and operations costs, while creating a more sustainable system
