Editorial Articles

Throughout the year NASSCO finds creative means to extend industry knowledge to as many trenchless professionals as possible. We do this to...

Nobody knows for sure how the city of Bell Buckle, Tenn., got it its name. What’s certain is that the Bell Buckle...

Aging infrastructure is one of the primary problems facing the United States today. Across the water lines, sewer systems and other infrastructure...

Spend some time around Tacoma Water, and you might not hear the word “maintenance” very much.It’s not that the utility serving the...

Caught in the Act: “No One” is LookingAre your workers slacking on the job? If so, how would you know? Water utility workers...

The 2014 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo is in the books. It was another great week in Indy, and it was great...

People/AwardsStafford Township’s engineering firm, CME Associates of Howell, received a first-place Municipal Management Projects Award from the New Jersey Society of Municipal...

Designed for fast and efficient fieldwork, the SeeSnake CS6 digital recording monitor from RIDGID captures still images and video clips straight to...

Badger Meter turbine flowmetersVision Series turbine flowmeters from Badger Meter comply with the lead-free provisions of the United States Safe Drinking Water...

RIDGID launches enhanced websiteRIDGID launched www.ridgid.com, a single, global company website with responsive design that enables it to work on any Internet-enabled...

Polypropylene pipe stops unwelcome stormwater infiltrationProblem To prevent stormwater from infiltrating into its sewer system, the City of Moberly, Mo., decided to replace...

Pipe, valves and pipe components make up the backbone of municipal sewer systems. Here are various types of pipe, pipe parts, components,...

Preserving our industry’s history is important, because it reinforces how far we have come and, hopefully, prevents us from slipping back. As...

Odds are that if you’re reading this at work, you’re going to be interrupted before you finish the article. As surely as...

Top Heavy: A Tale of Bridges and High LoadsUnfortunately, bridge strikes are not uncommon. For instance, one downtown bridge in Indianapolis has...

I didn’t take over the editorial reins of this magazine with a vast background in the water and wastewater industry. I took...

In the bad old days around Plainfield, N.J., sewers leaked, moratoriums halted community development, and one particularly odorous location along the system...

Successfully jetting 2,500 to 3,500 linear feet of sewer line day-in and day-out requires focus, attention to detail and sound decision-making on...

In the early 1970s, local lakes in Pierce County, Wash., began experiencing water-quality problems. The area faced a moratorium on building, but...