A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a staple of quality maintenance departments. Now, CMMS is reaching new levels of performance and...
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What Do Employees Want?
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...
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Persistence Pays
Determined to reduce sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and make its collection system perform at optimal levels, the City of Raleigh Public Utilities...
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Filling A Gap
I don’t need a crystal ball to see the future of NASSCO’s new Inspector Training and Certification Program. The ITCP provides comprehensive...
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Pay Me Now, Or...
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.”Kurt VonnegutMost of us can...
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STORM: A Downhill Battle
One look at the topography of Duluth, Minn., and you understand the challenges facing the city’s stormwater management team.Developed as a long,...
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Oh No! Not Down the Drain!
The Needham (Mass.) Department of Public Works was seeking a way to complete the educational requirement of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination...
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WATER: Right On Target
The municipal water system in Buffalo, N.Y., faces three challenges: aging infrastructure, a declining customer base, and corporate and private customers who...
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Approaches to Sealing
Manhole rehabilitation is an essential weapon against infiltration of clear water to sewer systems. Manufacturers have developed a wide range of approaches...
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SEWER: Period of Discovery
When the U.S. EPA ordered the Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) to develop a plan to assess the adequacy of its collection system...
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Direct Acting Wins RIDGID Design Competition
The direct-acting hydraulic system design by Joseph Recht and Nicholas Tierno took first place in RIDGID’s Case Western Reserve University design competition....
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Manhole Cover Provides a Smoother Ride
Below-grade manholes can be a source of complaints to public works officials. A custom-made manhole cover from I.B. Moore Co. LLC is...
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Always Ingenious
Edwin Burnsed has helped maintain the sanitary sewers for the Orem (Utah) Public Works Department since 1985. “His knowledge of the collection...
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The Shadower Knows
After seven years as a desk-bound secretary in the planning and engineering division of the water department in Tucson, Ariz., Rebecca Carpenter...
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Form Fitting
Deteriorating manholes: to repair, restore or replace? And how? At what cost?These nettlesome questions face many municipal sewer system managers, especially in...
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Top of Mind
The much talked about Penn State Public Broadcasting documentary on America’s underground infrastructure will soon air on PBS stations, setting off what...
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STORM: Volunteer Army
Hillsborough County surrounds Florida’s Tampa Bay and is 84 percent unincorporated. “Everything around here eventually drains to the Bay,” notes David Glicksberg,...
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An Initiative That Pays Twice
This month’s stormwater feature reports on Hillsborough County and the army of volunteers that helps the stormwater management staff with cleanups, monitoring...
