Editorial Articles

Too many organizations try to curtail sexual harassment by just offering compliance training and establishing policies aimed at prohibiting such abusive use...

Leaks from drinking water systems cost money. So do leak detection and repair programs. The trick to dealing with leaks is to find...

Some jobs may seem too small to sweat over the idea of public safety. There are a hundred little things on a job...

When I was appointed executive director of NASSCO this past April, one of the first things I did was set three main...

PEOPLE/AWARDSMaser Consulting PA in Red Bank, New Jersey, announced John M. Mele joined its Municipal Service Division in the role of project...

After finding success in the oil spill response with their trailer-mounted compact vacuum system, Elastec has entered the municipal pumping and hydroexcavation...

When a manhole cover is broken, you don’t even have to climb out of your service truck to see it. A suspected...

Technology can be daunting, but the city of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is learning to let it work for them, simplifying day-to-day...

Some stormwater projects protect assets. Pima County, Arizona, used its stormwater to create assets. A couple of decades ago, the county, with help...

All utilities face challenges. Some challenges are a lot bigger. Imagine for a moment being a 29-year-old professional engineer overseeing an ill-equipped and...

For more than 100 years, communities in the arid, sun-drenched Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles have drawn their drinking water...

The water and wastewater industry is a constant challenge, whether it’s securing water supplies, rehabilitating aging collections systems or securing the funding...

It used to be that prospective employees had to convince companies why they should be hired. But in today’s job market, with...

Think about the time it takes to put together a crew for emergency work — supervisors poring through pages of employee lists,...

Hydroexcavation is often promoted as a safer method of excavation — and in almost all ways, it is. But that doesn’t mean...

Getting your Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program  recertification is about to get easier. NASSCO’s mission is to set standards for the assessment,...