Editorial Articles

Civil engineers give the nation’s underground infrastructure a grade of D-minus. Companies in the trenchless industry must approach repairs with high standards.

Computers have long since come of age as basic household and business tools. Their power is steadily making life more efficient for infrastructure managers.

A Keep It Clean Program helps the City of Boulder (Colo.) and its neighbors reach out to students and citizens and protects against stormwater pollution

CIPP lining helps a small Wisconsin village rehabilitate backyard sanitary sewer lines with little disruption to local landscapes

A small New England community finds the solution to its inflow and infiltration issues through trenchless technology and a no-dig approach

NASSCO Introduces Sewer Grouting Web Site; Pipe Eye International Adds Mobile Inspection Center; Perma-Liner Receives Keeping America Strong Award; Spartan Tool Names Nesky VP of Sales; Flexible Pipe Tool Acquires Shamrock; CWR Report Reveals Industry’s Economic Impact; REHAU, DBI to Produce Municipal PVC Pipe

Optimism pervades the exhibit hall as Pumper & Cleaner Expo attendees discover the latest technologies for municipal pipe cleaning, repair and maintenance

A water utility in metropolitan Portland, Ore., finds that a switch to a merit pay system produces high-performance employees

Software from NASSCO helps users identify the trenchless technology best suited for specific pipe and work site conditions

I’ve been in the sewer industry for decades, and I so often wondered when our industry would make headlines.

A coalition in Monroe County, N.Y., advances water quality initiatives and leverages partnerships to tackle stormwater issues

The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia uses a three-pronged approach to renewing, rehabilitating and protecting a growing water distribution system

Today’s one-way approach to public spending and taxation threatens to strangle critical infrastructure rehabilitation and public services generally

A cured-in-place-pipe spot-liner system saves the City of Tacoma, Wash., substantial time and inconvenience on a challenging sewer main repair

LMK Launches New Web Site; EelCam Offers Pipeline Inspection Brochure; Envirosight Names Adams Operations Manager

Sewer Jet 700 from John Bean Sprayers

A Maryland county public works department shows that the public sector can manage water and wastewater as efficiently as a private firm

Versa Vac trailer-mounted unit from SRECO-Flexible provides an alternative to full-size combination and hydroexcavation trucks

The forced rehabilitation of vital wastewater infrastructure through government mandate helps protect water resources and keeps our industry working