Fairfield, Ohio, just might be a poster child for the power of thinking ahead — and thinking long-term. The city, a Cincinnati suburb, has a program of manhole inspection and rehabilitation that has been going strong for a quarter-century. It’s a key to the city’s strategy for combating inflow and infiltration.To control I&I, Fairfield uses a variety of tactics: regular televising of sewer lines, a five-year repair cycle, and close cooperation with other city departments. The work has paid off, says Drew Young, public utility sewer superintendent. Since the mid-1980s when the program started, the city’s population has grown by
