Infrastructure

Two force mains with strong waste loads delivered 300,000 gpd to the Mars Hill lift station in Watkinsville, Ga. The station lies...

Radiodetection Sponsors Locate RodeoRadiodetection is a Diamond Sponsor of the 10th Annual International Locate Rodeo. The event recognizes the competitive skills of...

Sitting in his office, Roy Coley can see the amount of electrical power being used by the pumps in the vast Florida...

Akey challenge in sanitary sewer flow monitoring has been turning flow information from multiple field devices in scattered locations into readily actionable...

A road maintenance crew in northern Ontario has found that a stream of well-aimed high-pressure water from a fire department pumper may...

The Arlington (Texas) Water Utilities Department has always been an early adopter of technology. In the mid-1990s, the department launched a project...

Sixteen years ago, the wastewater collection system in Longview, Texas, was aging badly. The city had been financing maintenance and line replacement...

Last May the City of Tacoma (Wash.) Public Works began an ambitious project to inspect the condition and sediment load in every...

Where there’s a pump, operators need some means of control and monitoring. Digital technology makes it possible to create smaller yet more...

Years of drought interrupted by occasional cloudbursts dropping up to 12 inches in one day caused problems in the older sections of...

Stops sulfuric acid corrosionProblemCorrosion on manholes in the Lafayette (La.) Utilities System sanitary sewers required constant maintenance. The utility, looking for ways...

Water Cannon Launches WebsiteWater Cannon Inc. launched its user-friendly website, www.water cannon.com, enabling customers to search, view and find products in seconds....

Gas detectorThe Jerome J605 hydrogen sulfide analyzer from Arizona Instrument can read 3 parts per billion with a resolution of 20 parts...

Infrastructure software is a powerful tool for municipal managers and engineers, but what about field crews? Software tools can make their work...

Even a two-year storm surcharged the stormwater system in Winchester, Mass., flooding the main athletic field and its neighborhood. The system drains...

The KURB T.O.P. curb box from E-Z Innovations allows ground-level operation without removing the top cap or plug. A quarter-turn of the...

The Collection Facilities Operation and Maintenance Division of the Orange County Sanitation District in Fountain Valley, Calif., holds the enviable position of...