A 1992 consent order from the U.S. EPA to reduce sanitary sewer overflows started the Wastewater Collection Division of the Miami-Dade (Fla.)...
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Plugging the Gaps
Pipeline Inspection, Surveying and Mapping
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Pulling and Drilling
Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are important items in any municipality’s trenchless repair tool kit. Here is a look at some...
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Conflict Avoidance
To operate efficiently, owners of subsurface utilities and surface infrastructure need to avoid conflicts during construction and repairs. Coordination between water, sewer...
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Industry News - July 2010
Badger Meter Purchases Cox Instruments, Flow DynamicsBadger Meter Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis., has purchased Cox Instruments LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., and its...
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Getting Control
An ambitious pilot project using green solutions in Kansas City, Mo., is believed to be the largest of its kind for combined...
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Inside Information
It’s relatively easy to assess the condition of gravity sewer pipes — just run a crawler camera through the line and record...
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Follow the Bouncing Ball
Finding leaks in water transmission mains before they become safety hazards is an ongoing challenge for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in...
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Home Cooking
The city of Ames, Iowa, is moving steadily toward a DIY approach in sewer line cleaning and inspection. As in: Do it...
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Made to Order
Dublin, Ohio, and Lee’s Summit, Mo., are two very different cities — the latter more than twice as large. Yet both apply...
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Filling the Pipeline
Filling a CCTV inspection operator’s position can be a real challenge. It’s not as if you can call the local labor pool...
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End to End
Digital information greatly simplifies and streamlines management of municipal and utility infrastructure. But sometimes the challenge is to integrate all the different...
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Badge of the Professional
When is a wastewater collections department a school? When it’s the Pure Waters Division of the Monroe County (N.Y.) Department of Environmental...
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Race to Zero
When it rains in St. Petersburg, it pours. But the sewer system no longer overflows the way it used to, and manhole...
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The Bottom Line
The City of Duluth is taking a top-to-bottom approach to eliminating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). In fact, it has to.For one thing,...
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Industry News - April 2010
Dresser Supplies Blower Packages for Egyptian Water ProjectDresser Inc., through its Egyptian distributor Tartoussieh Engineering of Cairo, supplied 249 small Roots Universal...
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Intelligent Listening
Leak-detection technology continues to be refined. Various technologies have been used in equipment to detect leaks, each with strengths and weaknesses.ADS Environmental...
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Inspection By Robot
Contractors and municipalities are constantly alert for ways to make the process of inspecting underground pipes less time- and labor-intensive, especially in...