Infrastructure

Queen Anne’s County is using a different approach to wastewater collections to better serve rural residents and protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Durango builds a proactive maintenance program and uses trenchless rehabilitation to keep its customers happy.

New ECO Series machines provide a more efficient platform for vacuum excavation in tight spaces.

National Association of City Transportation Officials develops a guide to help cities better implement green infrastructure alongside street components

In this week’s news briefs, the Water Environment Federation is working with other utilities groups toward a 2018 debut on a green infrastructure certification program, and a Rhode Island town teams with its utility to take on private-side lead pipe replacements

Can waterjet cutting nozzles clear roots as effectively as rotating steel blades?

Grundfos teams with an international humanitarian organization in a five-year effort to increase clean water access for people across three continents

In this week’s news briefs, D.C. Water awards the contract for a 5-mile, $580 million tunnel project that will reduce overflows into the Anacostia River, and a Michigan city is adding defendants to its lawsuit over who should pay for the repairs of a collapsed sewer and large sinkhole that appeared this past Christmas Eve

Texas utility takes a proactive approach — even going door to door — to educate customers on the problems caused by grease and flushable wipes

A Wisconsin utility uses a pump station upgrade as an opportunity to accomplish additional community and conservation goals

A regional compact among four Southeast Florida counties allows for ample sharing of resources to tackle shared problems

Rachel Chang and Ryan Thorpe will represent the nation at the international competition in Stockholm, Sweden, in August