Location and Leak Detection

SureFIT close fit liner from Agru America is designed for rehabilitating damaged pipelines with minimal environmental impact. Applications include sewage...

Closed-circuit television cameras and smoke and dye testing have been used to detect sewer leaks for years, but new technology is making...

Lexington, Ky., is the thoroughbred equestrian capital of the U.S. — possibly the world. The Division of Water Quality of the Lexington-Fayette...

The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, introduced two new compact tool carriers to its popular SK line. The Ditch...

Though only 20 percent complete, Project H2O, Madison (Wis.) Water Utility’s initiative to upgrade outdated water meters and transition to monthly billing,...

Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in the country but the Philadelphia Water Department's (PWD) approach to stormwater management, sewer overflow...

From the moment Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Ralls County, Mo., turned on the pumps in 1971, the new distribution...

Repairing the joints in larger diameter iron or steel pipes of a potable water supply system has never been an easy process....

Digital logging systemThe Enigma from ADS Environmental Services is a digital correlation logging system used to locate leaks in buried water pipes....

No one cries when thousands of gallons of treated water leak out of a transmission main several feet below their daily...

Unit smokes out leaksProblemThe strong smell of sewer gas forced management to close a golf clubhouse in Chicago, Ill. Unless the situation...

"Eliminating Loss": Award-winning water district targets leaking lines and inaccurate metering in bid for greater efficiency.From the moment Public Water Supply District...

A few city blocks in the Old City region of Philadelphia are closed after a 36-inch water main burst, spilling six million...

About 50 years ago, the first pipeline inspection systems were used to look inside sewer utilities. These early systems were large, heavy,...

Spartan hybrid hydrojetter The Model 740 hybrid fuel hydrojetter from Spartan Tool LLC delivers 4,000 psi at 12 gpm. Available in either...

The phrase ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ is usually an overstatement, but that’s not the case in Pittsburg, Kan. “Now we have...

The CUES semi-autonomous Digital Universal Camera (DUC) overcomes the limitations of analog CCTV by capturing high-definition images with eight times...