Editorial Articles

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

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A small city in Minnesota meets the challenges of an aging infrastructure with a mix of rehabilitation technologies and aggressive public education

PACP becomes the industry standard in Quebec, and the new mandatory guideline helps position the program as the standard for Canada

Resilience is the key to helping team members stay productive and energized even in the face of rapid change and constant pressure

The Spin Doctor valve and hydrant exerciser is designed to simplify the processes of exercising valves and collecting and analyzing data

The VC16 vacuum catch basin cleaner from Vacall Industries Inc. is designed for municipalities that need a single machine able to perform multiple tasks.

A pre-engineered system enables a city in Washington to replace a trouble-prone lift station with minimal disruption and at affordable cost

Public education in the City of Brewer, Maine, makes sure that managing stormwater and reducing water pollution is a shared responsibility

An aggressive program against root intrusion is part of a comprehensive and effective maintenance strategy for Union Sanitary District

Attention to a critical supply pipeline helps the City of Greeley maintain access to high-quality water in a gravity-fed system

It’s not only big cities that innovate with infrastructure upkeep. Midsize and smaller communities and utilities show a great deal of resourcefulness.

The City of Santa Rosa augments its sewer main replacement program with pipe bursting of laterals in a comprehensive attack on inflow and infiltration

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