Editorial Articles

More than half the sewer lines in Great Neck, N.Y., are nearly a century old. But like a spry senior citizen who...

Gorman-Rupp Names Knudsen Eastern District Manager-Engineered Systems The Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield Division, named Eric Knudsen eastern district manager-engineered systems. He will cover Maine,...

The City of Leominster (pronounced “Leminster”) Department of Public Works has been working for more than a decade on systemwide improvements to...

The Des Plaines River originates in Libertyville, Ill., and eventually reaches the mighty Mississippi. Flooding is common along the corridor, and some...

Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 member...

RIDGID Introduces One-Touch Digital Monitor The one-touch SeeSnake CS-10 digital monitor from RIDGID can record still images and video. It features video and...

The Adapt-a-Valve Inspection Chamber from Mainline Backflow Products can be used as an inspection chamber, as an extendable backwater valve to protect...

Waterjetters and cameras are basic tools for sewer inspection and cleaning. Manufacturers have taken a variety of approaches to combining those capabilities...

Faced with rapid growth in the last 15 years that sometimes strained internal systems and processes, officials at the Utility Services Department...

Trailer-mounted jetters Max Flow trailer-mounted jetters from Amazing Machinery are available with a single jetter hose for large lines or dual jetter hose...

The Chittenden County (Vt.) Regional Stormwater Education Program received the Green Mountain Water Environment Association Stormwater Award for outstanding performance in education...

In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum, and its sewer system, under 60 feet of debris. After a...

The city of Pottsville in Schuylkill County, Pa., faced a serious problem with wastewater overflows, caused in part by the design of...

As the federal and state budgets face deficits, and as those problems make their way down to the municipal level through cuts...

When I began my career as the “map guy” at the Madison County (Ala.) Water Department six years ago, I encountered a...

HOBAS Pipe’s Mele Receives Croft Award John Mele, area manager North Atlantic Region for HOBAS Pipe USA, received the 2011 Harry P. Croft...

In the April issue of MSW we told about NASSCO’s plans to require recertification of the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP)...

Blue-White Offers DIGI-METER F-2000 Series Flowmeter The BW DIGI-METER F-2000 series electronic insertion-style flowmeter from Blue-White Industries is made for monitoring flow in...

The MegaMc PolyHorse pipe-handling system from McElroy is designed for use with a pipe fusion machine and 20- to 48-inch polyethylene pipe....