Infrastructure

Pumper & Cleaner Expo Heads to Indianapolis in 2012The 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International will be held in Indianapolis, Feb....

How will we know that your projections and expected benefits will play out?”That’s the question Brett Richards faced from the Ross Valley...

Located on the slopes of Montana’s Beartooth Mountains, Billings is a pioneer city in more ways than one. It is the only...

While other areas are struggling in a down economy, the City of Killeen, Texas, has seen record economic growth, border expansion and...

ISCO Launches Pipe Products Web SiteISCO Industries launched a new pipe products Web site, www.isco-pipe.com. The interactive site features a technical...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) can be an efficient and environmentally friendly way to install underground utilities.However, the process becomes more difficult in...

Sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) in Jacksonville, Fla., were a problem for JEA, the municipal utilities provider.The authority had invested in a SCADA...

AWWA, ASME-ITI Issue ANSI StandardThe American Water Works Association and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovative Technologies Institute have developed a...

Almost every time the City of Los Angeles solves one challenge, it seems to unlock Pandora’s box. For example, converting more than...

The small community of Bay Village, Ohio, was doing everything it should in sewer maintenance: mainline inspection, regular cleaning, root control and...

Software that can detect and filter e-mail spam incorporates a library of known spam characteristics, learns from user input and recognizes patterns....

Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are important items in any municipality’s trenchless repair tool kit. Here is a look at some...

To operate efficiently, owners of subsurface utilities and surface infrastructure need to avoid conflicts during construction and repairs. Coordination between water, sewer...

The city of Ames, Iowa, is moving steadily toward a DIY approach in sewer line cleaning and inspection. As in: Do it...

SPIR STAR Opens Mexico Repair Center, Launches Web SiteSPIR STAR has named Comuniv S.A. de C.V., Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, as an authorized...

McElroy Adds Build and Price Internet FeatureMcElroy has added a build and price feature to its Web site, www.mcelroy.com. The feature...

Digital information greatly simplifies and streamlines management of municipal and utility infrastructure. But sometimes the challenge is to integrate all the different...