As budgets make it necessary to do more with less, many municipalities are seeking ways to increase efficiency and reduce cost in sewer inspections. One solution is to replace some crawler-based inspections by using pole-mounted zoom cameras, which make it possible to look deep inside pipelines from the nearest manhole.These inspections save time and enable assessment of infrastructure condition in a way that helps managers make sound maintenance decisions. While zoom inspection does not replace crawler technology, it helps to identify maintenance priorities and inspect hard-to-reach infrastructure without confined-space entry.A new entry to the zoom inspection camera market is the
