Editorial Articles

Long established as pipe inspection tools, sewer cameras continue to be refined. In 2001, Aries Industries introduced the ThermaView camera, the first...

Almost every time the City of Los Angeles solves one challenge, it seems to unlock Pandora’s box. For example, converting more than...

The small community of Bay Village, Ohio, was doing everything it should in sewer maintenance: mainline inspection, regular cleaning, root control and...

The Brunswick (Maine) Sewer District needed to upgrade the equipment in its inspection truck. The vehicle was in sound condition, so when...

Roots, inflow and infiltration (I&I) and calcium deposits had caused major backups for the El Toro Water District in Lake Forest, Calif.The...

Linko Releases FOG Tracking SoftwareFOG Tracker software from Linko Data Systems helps ensure grease traps are maintained according to a municipality’s ordinance...

Do you ever get the nagging hunch that your department doesn’t run as efficiently as it should? Tom Baumann has a bit...

The 800-HPR Series 3 truck jet with the Eco Jet System from Sewer Equipment Co. of America has a fully baffled 1,500-gallon...

The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) board of directors has selected Ted DeBoda, P.E., to succeed Irvin Gemora as Executive...

As I write this (just past mid-April), I am sighing with relief at having completed another year’s income tax filing on time.I...

Bench depth is just as valuable to business organizations as it is to sports teams. Just ask the senior management at the...

Heavy rains were over-whelming the Vallejo (Calif.) Sanitation and Flood Control District sewers and bypass systems, sending untreated sewage into San Francisco...

Everyone in Kitsap County, Wash., lives in some watershed that drains to Puget Sound. Because the 393-square-mile area looks pristine, the county’s...

Software that can detect and filter e-mail spam incorporates a library of known spam characteristics, learns from user input and recognizes patterns....

A 1992 consent order from the U.S. EPA to reduce sanitary sewer overflows started the Wastewater Collection Division of the Miami-Dade (Fla.)...

Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are important items in any municipality’s trenchless repair tool kit. Here is a look at some...

To operate efficiently, owners of subsurface utilities and surface infrastructure need to avoid conflicts during construction and repairs. Coordination between water, sewer...

Badger Meter Purchases Cox Instruments, Flow DynamicsBadger Meter Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis., has purchased Cox Instruments LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., and its...

General Pipe Offers Metro-Rooter The Metro-Rooter root-cutting machine from General Pipe Cleaners can clear up to 75 feet with 5/8-inch Flexicore wire...