Editorial Articles

Plugged pipes are a pain. If they can’t be cleared easily, a city can spend six figures digging them up and replacing...

In the spirit of the holiday season, take a moment to reflect on the year that’s nearly over. Think of what you’ve...

City and utility officials know that manhole covers are disappearing from the streets — some 2,050 from Philadelphia alone in just the...

For more than a decade, the Watershed Manage-ment Division of the City of Gresham, Ore., looked for ways to deal with runoff...

I knew the exact day (July 2) when the July issue of this magazine began hitting readers’ desks. That’s because responses to...

A friend of mine calls it the Three-Foot Rule. It means that when he’s at a trade show, if you come within...

Diesel prices have been taxing for municipalities and utilities and anyone else who depends on diesel-powered equipment and trucks. From July 2007...

Birmingham Water Works (BWW) is a big water system in a drought-stricken region. Leaks are an obvious concern, and in 1999 the...

The City of Camas, Wash., couldn’t afford the environmental risk of sewage backing up during an electric power outage.“We had nine older...

High levels of hydrogen sulfide had corroded 1/2 to 1 inch of the concrete-brick and precast concrete manholes in Kalamazoo, Mich., causing...

Logiball Celebrates 25th AnniversaryLogiball, which manufactures trenchless rehabilitation and collection system maintenance equipment, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Roger Bissonnette, P.E.,...

The Alphajet manhole-cleaning nozzle from USB Sewer Equipment Corp. is designed to simplify cleaning with a combination of oscillating and driving nozzles...

A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a staple of quality maintenance departments. Now, CMMS is reaching new levels of performance and...

It’s often said that the main thing employees want is not necessarily more money. To the extent that’s true, it’s good news...

Waterjetters are indispensable tools for cleaning sewer lines. Manufacturers constantly make incremental improvement in this mature technology, and one of them is...

Determined to reduce sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and make its collection system perform at optimal levels, the City of Raleigh Public Utilities...

I don’t need a crystal ball to see the future of NASSCO’s new Inspector Training and Certification Program. The ITCP provides comprehensive...

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”Kurt VonnegutMost of us can...

One look at the topography of Duluth, Minn., and you understand the challenges facing the city’s stormwater management team.Developed as a long,...