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Lining and Learning
Downtown Madison, Wisconsin, is surrounded by water. It’s an isthmus with Lake Mendota on one side and Lake Monona on the other....
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Utility Becomes a Valuable Partner in Community
With intricate links to distant primary sources of potable water and the ever-present threat of drought, the Moulton Niguel Water District takes...
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Tackling Water System Upgrades
The water system in Birmingham, Alabama, includes more than 4,000 miles of water main, some of which dates back nearly a century....
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Case Studies - March 2021
Electrode leak location helps Florida utility identify infiltrationProblem:After spending decades and millions of dollars rehabilitating sewer pipes across its service area, a large...
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Product Focus - March 2021
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...
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Product Focus - February 2021
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,...
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Creating New Sewer Service Guidelines
Developing guidelines is an important part of NASSCO’s mission: To set standards for the assessment, maintenance, and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure and...
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Optimizing Cleaning Efficiency
In municipal sewer, storm and sanitary line cleaning, hose nozzles are essential tools that direct pressurized water to clear obstructions and clean lines...
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Small Tools Still Present Danger
Discussions of safety in confined spaces and other dangerous environments often center on protecting employees from toxic gases, falls or other big health...
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Multitasking Machine
There was a time when excavating buried valve boxes and exercising main and water hydrant valves in the city of Anamosa, Iowa,...
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Establish Your Utility's Core Values
After nearly two decades of working in the municipal water and wastewater industry, Joone Lopez knows full well that job seekers generally don’t view...
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Models of Efficiency
If you could be more efficient at any one thing, what would it be?For me, it would be scheduling. I’m often not...
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Smart City Infrastructure Solutions
Udaipur, one of India’s oldest and most densely built urban areas, was suffering the aftermath of annual monsoon seasons. Sanitary sewer overflows...
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Agreeing on System Improvements
Everything seems to be flowing together in Columbia, South Carolina, where two rivers merge into a third and a transition to a smarter...
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Worth Noting/Calendar - February 2021
PEOPLE/AWARDS
Cody Gratny was promoted to civil principal and Boulder (Colorado) civil department manager for JVA Inc. Among his duties is devising innovative approaches...
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Product News - February 2021
Infinite Informatics AERINOS ProfiSens wireless IoT systemCAS DataLoggers’ new AERINOS ProfiSens wireless IoT system from Infinite Informatics includes a family of wireless...
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Product Spotlight - February 2021
Couplings are a fit for difficult repairs
Connecting to existing pipes that have been sheared off isn’t an impossible repair, but still one...
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Industry News - February 2021
Mark McNeff joins subeca as IoT managerSubeca announced the addition of Mark McNeff, EIT, as executive manager of IoT business development. McNeff...






















