Editorial Articles

Leaking manholes are a problem for every wastewater utility. Cretex Specialty Products has been providing solutions to that problem for 40 years. General...

From rerouting old water pipes to connect with newly laid lines or replacing things like underground water meters and valves, it’s a...

There’s a lot of emphasis these days on building a great workplace culture. Unfortunately, doing so is a lot like following through...

Forty-seven years ago next month I was born, the third (and last) child of Marilyn and John Laggis.I have an older brother...

Everyone knows that rainwater runoff impacts water quality. Hydrology technicians at the San Antonio River Authority want to know more than that....

There are an estimated 6.1 million lead water service lines still in use in the United States. But none of them are in...

PEOPLE/AWARDSAllword Project Management, a professional and technical engineering, geospatial and consulting solution provider, received a $19 million, four-year contract to lead the stormwater program...

CAS DataLoggers OdaLog gas data loggers CAS DataLoggers introduces OdaLog portable gas data loggers, from Thermo Fisher Scientific, for wastewater odor and hydrogen sulfide...

Data collection on critical assets like valves and hydrants can be a time-consuming task when field crews are recording by hand, but...

Mary Joyce Ivers assumes presidency  of APWAThe American Public Works Association announced Mary Joyce Ivers, deputy public works director for Ventura, California, has been...

High-build epoxy coating a solution for lift stationProblem:A Florida utility needed to coat a concrete lift station/wet well. The structure measured 21...

Catch Basin Hoods/Traps/FiltersCretex Specialty Products PRO-RINGPRO-RING from Cretex Specialty Products is a concrete-alternative manhole and catch basin grade-adjustment system that is available in round, square...

NASSCO’s Pipeline Assessment Certification Program continues to grow in a variety of ways. To date, NASSCO trainers have certified nearly 40,000 individuals...

There are many workplace safety mantras, such as “safety is a habit” and “safety is everyone’s business.” While there is truth in the...

If you operate a collections system, you’re more than familiar with inflow and infiltration, roots, joint misalignment, collapsed pipe, corrosion, cross bores...

The next time your organization decides to launch an initiative — improve diversity and inclusion, for instance — you could use facts...

It’s Oct. 6. I’m finishing up this column, the last piece of the last issue of Municipal Sewer & Water for 2020. And what...

First Utility District was ready when a series of heavy downpours drenched Knoxville, Tennessee, in February 2019. Unprecedented flooding inflicted $2 million...

Years ago, fats, oils and grease blockages in sanitary sewers in the city of London, Ontario, posed a fairly significant problem. But those issues...