Editorial Articles

Flow monitors are critical tools for overseeing both sewer collection and water distribution systems, and successful interaction requires software that is reliable...

My first clean-water-related job was with a metro agency looking to win public acceptance for its biosolids land application program, which had...

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

A giant showroom of cutting-edge municipal and environmental services equipment and products greeted attendees at the 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo...

Installed in the 1920s, the brick and block manholes in Waupaca, Wis., were failing from age. Some were in danger of collapsing....

Thieves will steal almost anything these days, and that includes storm drain grates. Jerry Taylor believes he has a remedy.Taylor, field supervisor...

Flexible epoxy repairs manhole chimneysProblemInflow and infiltration entering the sewer system through manholes during wet weather caused severe overflows at the three...

Each year the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo is filled with new products and technologies that can help cities and utilities do...

Atlas Copco acquires Houston Service IndustriesAtlas Copco North America LLC acquired Houston Service Industries Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of low-pressure blowers and...

Good leaders don’t carry the load themselves To the Editor: I read your “Lessons in Leadership” column in the February issue of MSW. As...

For many years now, you have heard PACP (the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program) pro-claimed as “the standard” in pipeline inspection. It...

Manhole renewal PERMAFORM from AP/M PERMAFORM is an engineered mortar liner system for manholes. Specially formulated for ultrahigh strength mortar, it is centrifugally...

Growth is generally regarded as a good thing, but few utilities are equipped to take on a nearly instant infrastructure expansion of...

Three years ago, the City of Guelph, Ont., found itself in a unique position. After various levels of government announced funds for...

In July 1996, a millennial storm hit the Village of Montgomery, Ill., unleashing 17 inches of rain in 24 hours — half...

Toolboxes might seem to be the simplest of devices in any shop, but a new toolbox system from Snap-on Industrial helps teams...

Volunteer programs help water and sewer utility employees give back to their communities and generate public good will. The Louisville (Ky.) Water Company...

People/Awards William Battaglin was named the president of the American Water Resources Association for 2012. Warren County (Kentucky) announced the following Stormwater Stewardship Award...

For city leaders in Englewood, Ohio, rehabilitating a deteriorating culvert during an economic downturn could have been a costly proposition.The 347-foot-long, 112-...