Editorial Articles

Designed to help achieve NASSCO’s mission to set standards for the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure, NASSCO training programs ensure...

The average weight of an excavator is around 35,000 pounds, the average weight of a backhoe is around 25,000 pounds, the average...

Santa Fe had substantial success cutting per-capita water consumption. Now the New Mexico capital city is focusing on a long-term conservation strategy...

Fix one problem and unmask another. That was the sequence by which engineers of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati discovered...

I spent last Sunday out at a friend’s cabin. It’s a place I’ve spent plenty of time going all the way back...

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the Yakima, Washington, sewer rehabilitation project, it’s that planning and communication are just as...

Aging infrastructure and delayed maintenance can be problematic. Leadership in the city of New Britain (Connecticut) can testify from long and rather...

PEOPLE/AWARDS Mikala Lindgren was hired as a stormwater engineering technician by Evergreen StormH2O, based in Spokane, Washington.The DuPage County Stormwater Management Committee (Illinois)...

California’s West Basin Municipal Water District has created a fun and engaging online detective game to teach children how to conserve water...

In the last two issues of this publication, I shared NASSCO’s 2023 accomplishments in working toward strategic goal No. 1, growing NASSCO’s...

I’ve probably never talked about our Case Studies section in this space. But I’ve talked about proactive system maintenance countless times. It’s easy...

Felling Trailers’ Laurie Engle to retire Laurie Engle, Felling Trailers’ Inside trailer sales consultant, is retiring after working with trailers for 32 years....

The more pipe a municipality can inspect in a day, the better. That’s why pipe inspection systems need to be efficient and...

Acoustic Inspection Hermann Sewerin GmbH SeCorrPhon AC 200 The SeCorrPhon AC 200 from Hermann Sewerin GmbH combines the characteristics of a correlator with acoustic...

Motorized valves are typically used to control a single function and offer limited or no capabilities to provide multiple electronic functions with...

Humans are unique in that we can develop tools to help us do our jobs easier, faster and safer. Manufacturers have been...

Assessment tool helps utility fulfill maintenance plan Problem: Gainesville Regional Utilities maintains a 671-mile collections system that serves 67,000 customer connections around the city of...

Why line an entire sewer pipe when grouting the pipe’s joints will stop the inflow and infiltration? That was the question Orange...

The coastal South Carolina region served by the Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority is blessed with abundant sources of drinking water. But...