Modern tech used to cut I&IProblem: Ten years ago, Taylors (South Carolina) Fire and Sewer District learned its intergovernmental agreement with Renewable Water Resources required it to eliminate inflow and infiltration into its 130-mile gravity wastewater collections system within 15 years. Taylors serves 10,000 customers in central Greenville County, divided into 10 mini-systems. One of those, Mill Hill, is “our main problem area,” says Samantha Bartow, director of sewer services. With 1920s-era infrastructure, Mill Hill is a likely culprit in the tremendous rise in flows during heavy rain. “Until we do post-work monitoring, we won’t know the total percentage of
