Editorial Articles

When our vision becomes a reality, we experience that feeling of success, knowing we can reach our goals. This sets us on...

Municipalities and contractors face difficult decisions when purchasing pipe inspection equipment. There is more involved than comparing features and initial purchase price....

"Data is useless if you’re not using it."So says Bill Roseberry, sewer superintendent with the Maintenance Services Department in the City of...

Your Highway Tax Dollars at Work.”I remember seeing those words in bold letters on signs years ago as my family passed through...

Outsourcing may be the rage in private industry and in muni-cipal services, but in Northern California, the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District has found...

Huge numbers of large paper rags flushing into the Johnson County wastewater (JCW) collection system in Olathe, Kan., were playing havoc with...

Trying to meet wastewater conveyance and treatment needs without accurate flow monitoring is a little like trying to find your way in...

Cloverleaf Tool Names Rawlings General Manager Kevin Rawlings has been promoted to general manager for Cloverleaf Tool Co. Rawlings has 12 years...

The Stingray open channel flow logger from Greyline Instruments Inc. enables technicians to monitor wastewater velocity and flow without entering manholes.“A sewer...

In a manner of speaking, employees of Austin Water Utility treatment plants used to work in silos. They operated as independent entities,...

Pipe inspection software continues to get more sophisticated. Features that allow the recording of data while a video inspection proceeds have become...

Facing the problems of sewer lines more than 100 years old, and network maps used to service them just as ancient, the...

Every four years, our country’s infrastructure gets graded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). With its Report Card on America’s...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. ClarkeI am old enough (easily) to remember when home computers were widely...

Shaped by gravity and topography, watersheds rarely conform to political boundaries. And yet, counties, cities and villages need to be aware of...

The Village of North Bay is a picture-perfect enclave of homes, manicured yards, and tree-lined streets tucked into the north side of...

As a suburb of Boston, Mass., the Town of Dedham was all too familiar with the pitfalls, disruption and enormous costs of...

NASSCO Introduces Sewer Grouting Web SiteThe National Association of Sewer Service Companies has launched www.sewergrouting.com, a Web site for the group’s Infiltration...

The 29th Annual Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International drew an optimistic crowd to the Kentucky Exposition Center Feb. 25-28.While the economy...