Editorial Articles

To contend with a potentially large wave of retirements, the City of Fort Worth Water Utility embarked on a painstaking journey in...

Can you make my sister drink tap water?The city of Madison (Wisconsin) has good tap water. I’ve lived there and drank it....

Building a sewer line in an urban area with minimal disruption to residents and businesses is a difficult task. Doing it in...

The Clayton County Water Authority faces a big daily challenge. It serves one of Georgia’s most densely populated counties, but unfortunately sits atop...

McAllen Public Utility believes in second chances. Specifically, the south Texas community is fully committed to the notion that wastewater shouldn’t be...

PEOPLE/AWARDS Mike Reynolds, who led the Buffalo Grove (Illinois) Public Works Department, retired, concluding a 37-year career in public service that included stormwater...

Patterson Manufacturing davit cranesNew davit cranes are available from corrosive environment and safety experts, Patterson Manufacturing. Give your operations a lift with models in 1/2-...

Pipe failures can lead to significant water loss and customer service disruptions, often bringing emergency crews out in the middle of the...

ITpipes welcomes new business development managerMark Grabowski has joined ITpipes as business development manager. As business development manager, he will oversee enhancing the...

While COVID has disrupted the way we do business, in some cases it has provided new and unexpected opportunities. NASSCO’s nimble development...

American Highway Products is a family business that was born by chance in a Cleveland traffic jam. Raymond Fier, P.E., started AHP in...

Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, the city of Maryville, a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee, is going through a...

Faced with the prospect of hundreds of employees becoming eligible for retirement in a relatively short time frame, the city of Fort...

Downtown Madison, Wisconsin, is surrounded by water. It’s an isthmus with Lake Mendota on one side and Lake Monona on the other....

With intricate links to distant primary sources of potable water and the ever-present threat of drought, the Moulton Niguel Water District takes...

The water system in Birmingham, Alabama, includes more than 4,000 miles of water main, some of which dates back nearly a century....

Electrode leak location helps Florida utility identify infiltrationProblem:After spending decades and millions of dollars rehabilitating sewer pipes across its service area, a large...

Crawler Cameras1. Aries Industries Mobile Pathfinder System The Mobile Pathfinder System from Aries Industries is a lightweight, portable system for accurately inspecting mainlines that are 6 inches or...

Pipe Parts/FittingsCherne I-Series Test-Ball PlugsI-Series Test-Ball Plugs from Cherne Industries are lightweight, short and flexible, delivering solutions for a variety of applications, including blocking and bypassing flow,...