Editorial Articles

Part way into an ambitious project to end combined sewer overflows (CSOs), the City of Lansing decided to make it even more...

Like many midsized cities, Haines City, Fla. (population 14,000), must struggle to get the most possible out of a limited budget. Meanwhile,...

This issue of Municipal Sewer & Water contains another story about a smaller community with forward-looking infrastructure managers who could be even...

To educate people about stormwater pollution and influence their behaviors, officials in Chittenden County, Vt., took a unified, collaborative approach that includes...

Like many historic districts, Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M., was struggling with its aging infrastructure. Hydrogen sulfide had eroded the reinforced concrete...

PipeHunter Designer John Stoneman Sr. DiesJohn Stoneman Sr., designer of the PipeHunter line of municipal sewer equipment, died Dec. 30, 2008, at...

Changing the culture of an organization can be like trying to turn an aircraft carrier: It takes a long time, and progress...

The K2 Base Station from CUES Inc. approaches CCTV pipe inspection from the perspective of deployment flexibility. The unit is built with...

Focused goals and long-term commitments have helped wastewater departments throughout California experience success. Their achievements relate directly to knowledge and the ability...

The City of Oakland enjoys some of the best weather in the country, but when it does rain, the local geology presents...

Let’s face it. When you’re in the sewer industry for decades you see a lot. One thing I’m tired of is negative...

For more than two decades, the City of Mankato, Minn., has prided itself on taking a proactive approach to maintaining and repairing...

The call comes in at 10:21 a.m. There’s an emergency at South White Avenue and Ninth Street in Pomona. Instantaneously, a team...

Our new president and Congress have inherited a bushel basket of problems, one of the toughest being the federal budget: the deficit,...

Sewer History Exhibit A traveling exhibit on the history of sewage conveyance systems from 3500 B.C. through the 1930s is part of...

The DuPage Water Commission, a wholesale water distributor in DuPage County, Ill., decided to upgrade its information management system of hand-drawn maps,...

Industrial vacuum systems have been part of municipal fleets for decades, used for a host of tasks from cleaning sewers, catch basins...

As a former Boy Scout, Bill Knapp Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., respects nature and loves volunteer work. Thanks to the city’s Adopt-a-Stream...

Pipe inspectors often spend many hours with a camera crawler stationary while they pan, tilt and rotate a camera to create a...