Editorial Articles

When it rains in St. Petersburg, it pours. But the sewer system no longer overflows the way it used to, and manhole...

The City of Duluth is taking a top-to-bottom approach to eliminating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). In fact, it has to.For one thing,...

General Offers Gen-Eye Spectra Video SystemThe Gen-Eye Spectra video inspection system from General Pipe Cleaners features a 160 GB hard drive, DVD...

With the “silver tsunami” retirement wave sweeping through, utilities and other public sector organizations face a golden opportunity to increase employee diversity....

The WTR III transformer transporter inspection camera from CUES Inc. can quickly change between wheels and optional high-traction tracks, allowing it to...

Anyone in the sewer industry knows that sewer systems are designed to handle three things: water, human waste, and toilet paper. When...

I used to stay in shape by playing basketball, and for years I could run up and down the court like a...

Dresser Supplies Blower Packages for Egyptian Water ProjectDresser Inc., through its Egyptian distributor Tartoussieh Engineering of Cairo, supplied 249 small Roots Universal...

The City of Victoria, B.C., is undertaking the replacement of a 5-mile stretch of 20- to 24-inch steel water main installed in...

Extensive modeling for the Lake Mendota watershed in Dane County, Wis., revealed that 500 to 600 acres per year of urban development...

Leak-detection technology continues to be refined. Various technologies have been used in equipment to detect leaks, each with strengths and weaknesses.ADS Environmental...

Clear water from illegally plumbed sump pumps, underdrains, and other sources posed a major problem for Dave Hofer, P.E., assistant county engineer...

The 24,000-foot-long concrete and cast-iron Lake Oswego (Ore.) interceptor sewer (LOIS) had insufficient capacity to handle development and peak wet-weather flows, resulting...

Where there are people, there is conflict. It affects us all. The failure to communicate effectively, or to communicate at all, is...

While disaster-response teams raced against time in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the time bomb of the outbreak of disease continued to tick. Setting the...

Believer in CertificationTo the editor:I enjoyed reading “Thoughts on Certification” (From the Editor, MSW, February 2010). I am an advocate for certification...

It’s amazing sometimes to think of what used to get buried in the name of water and sewer piping (especially sewer) back...

The 30th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International struck an optimistic note for the environmental service industry. Attendance reached 8,784 persons...

The Jefferson Street Pump Station in Centralia, Wash., handles one-third of the city’s sewage from six other pump stations and a 24-inch...