Editorial Articles

Monitoring catches utility theftProblemPasco County Utilities in New Port Richey, Fla., has numerous electronic flowmeters that customers occasionally turned off before running...

Life is filled with stories of success and failure. For journalists, life is just plain filled with stories. This issue features my...

Carboline’s Reactamine 760 receives FDA approvalReactamine 760, an elastomeric polyurethane hybrid lining from Carboline Co., has received FDA approval for direct dry...

In the April issue of MSW I discussed the importance of planning the evolution of the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) to...

Compact packageThe Cobra portable inspection system from Cobra Technologies has all the functionality of a truck-mounted system in a compact, go-anywhere package....

The PT13-LR long reach valve operation and maintenance trailer from Pacific Tek combines valve exercising and maintenance in a towable trailer. “The trailer...

Reed deburr, chamfer tool The DEB1 deburr and chamfer tool from Reed Manufacturing Co. creates a smooth, chamfered pipe end so solvent spreads...

Nashville, Tenn., is recognized as the country music capital of the world, but the city is working hard to garner another title,...

When Rob Molski moved out of the city Engineering Department in Stevens Point, Wis., and became the collections system manager at the...

"Evolve or Die!”That’s the challenge that drives John Smallis, public works superintendent at Thousand Oaks, Calif. As a result, his city’s wastewater...

Contractors and utilities are constantly on the lookout for alternative technologies that can help them avoid the expense and disruption of open-trench...

Anyone who says they sidestep office politics is essentially a liar — or in denial. “Avoiding office politics is like trying to avoid...

People/Awards The Hopkinsville Surface and Stormwater Utility received the Kentucky League of Cities Enterprise City Award for the construction of the Woodmont Basin...

Maple Ridge, B.C., a district in northeast Vancouver, experienced up to 20 breaks per year in older water pipes, mostly in the...

Insider knowledge at the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, identified the Pleasant Run Central force main as one of the...

Fiberglass-reinforced concrete pipe rehabilitates interceptorProblemAn 84-inch brick-and-mortar interceptor, constructed in 1889, lay in the path of transportation improvements. Fearing vibrations from heavy...

SSPMA welcomes Superior Pump, holds spring meetingThe Sump and Sewage Pump Mfg. Association (SSPMA) welcomed Superior Pump of Minneapolis to its membership....

Two of the feature profiles in this month’s issue of MSW follow similar plot lines: municipalities with aging water and sewer infrastructure...

We have all heard the ongoing joke before: Our industry will soon be expected to do everything with nothing. Only nobody is...