Editorial Articles

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.

Edwin Burnsed has helped maintain the sanitary sewers for the Orem (Utah) Public Works Department since 1985.

The City of Tucson program helps employees walk in others’ shoes and learn skills that can open the way to career advancement

The Monoform manhole rehabilitation system uses poured-in-place concrete to create a brand-new, leak-free structure inside the old

“Liquid Assets” program educates consumers on the importance of underground infrastructure and its proper maintenance

Hillsborough County, Fla., lines up a large force of citizen helpers to support cleanup, monitoring and restoration of waterways

Volunteers help communities and utilities attend to a host of tasks they could never handle otherwise in a time when budgets are tight