Editorial Articles

Market conditions and other factors drive up the price of fuel for heavy trucks and equipment. Expect prices to remain high in the foreseeable future.

Birmingham Water Works uses sophisticated technology to locate leaks and reduce nonrevenue water despite shortages of qualified people

Custom-built standby generators enable a city in Washington to retrofit lift stations and build new ones to avoid environmental issues

A multilayered poly resin liner system enables a Michigan utility to conquer inflow and infiltration in manholes

Logiball Celebrates 25th Anniversary; Federal Signal Expands Dealership; WJTA Offers Vacuum Safety Seminar; Simple Solutions Adds Distributors; Pump Systems and Hydraulic Institute Offer Guidebook; CRC Press Releases Book on Wetland Treatment System

Rotating Nozzle Simplifies Manhole Cleaning

Web-based CMMS technology offers more flexibility, lower cost, ease-of-use, access from anywhere and other user benefits

It’s an important question for municipal leaders to know as the public sector prepares for a wave of retirements in coming years

A streamlined, sound-attenuated shell and a dual muffler enable the Warrior jetter from Spartan Tool to reduce operating noise

An aggressive and steadily expanding preventive maintenance program in the North Carolina capital reduces SSOs to keep sewer lines in optimal condition

The NASSCO Inspector Training and Certification Program aims to set a standard for the pipe-rehabilitation industry

It’s an axiom that it costs more not to do maintenance than to do it. So why is maintenance so often first to come under the budget knife?

The City of Duluth battles topography and cold winters in a campaign to manage stormwater and comply with national guidelines

A children’s play about storm drains wins a major public educator award from the New England Water Environment Association

With a shrinking customer base and aging infrastructure, the City of Buffalo used a precise, strategic approach to tame costs while improving efficiency

Manufacturers offer a wide variety of systems for stopping clear-water infiltration to manhole chimneys and structures

An EPA mandate forces a Rhode Island community to examine sewer operations and discover hidden weaknesses and valuable strengths

The direct-acting hydraulic system design by Joseph Recht and Nicholas Tierno took first place in RIDGID’s Case Western Reserve University design competition.

A custom-made manhole cover from I.B. Moore Co. LLC is designed to make travel smoother for motorists.