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Stop the Brain Drain in Your Utility
With all the negatives associated with high employee turnover, it would be great if companies had a crystal ball that would show...
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One Accident Is Too Many
The new year is upon us, and here’s hoping all of you make it through 2019 safely.
One of the stories in this...
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Water Systems Need Their iPhone Moment
Your customers expect flawless service and don’t hesitate to complain when problems arise. Yet they understand little of the work you do.
Leaks...
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Make the Call to Keep Your Crew Safe
Utility lines for electricity, phone, cable TV and many others are increasingly being buried underground, making repairs to water pipelines more and...
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Addressing Cross-Bore Safety Issues
One of the most important responsibilities of the NASSCO committees is developing specification guidelines for a variety of underground infrastructure assessment, maintenance...
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Worth Noting - January 2019
PEOPLE/AWARDSSeveral municipalities were recognized at the National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards, developed by the Water Environment Federation in cooperation with the U.S....
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Rehabilitation and Relining
Centrifugally cast pipe used to rehabilitate interceptor
Problem: A routine five-year inspection of a 36-inch reinforced concrete sewer interceptor in Rockland County (New York)...
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Water recycling innovations come stateside
While combination sewer cleaners that recycle water are common in Europe, the concept is relatively new in the U.S. However, with increased...
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Utility Climbs Back After Hurricane Harvey
How many wastewater utilities can handle 51 inches of rain in 72 hours?
Probably none. But that’s what challenged the Houston Wastewater Operations...
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Rowland Water District Focusing on Supply
You can’t make more water. But the Rowland Water District makes the most of what it has.
The Rowland district is comprised of...
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New Lessons in Flood Mitigation
Austin, Texas, is blessed — and sometimes cursed
— by the water that runs through it,
under it and, unfortunately,...
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On-the-Job Training
Whoever coined the phrase “experience is the best teacher” surely had George Kathios in mind.
Kathios, who is retiring as superintendent of the...
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A Simple Plan
Possibly the only thing worse than a failed stormwater system is a failed plan to fix it. This is what Glenn Balliew...
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The Storm Is Coming
I’ve used this space to talk about stormwater for the past two months. Let’s make it three.
Two months ago, I whined about...
