Location and Leak Detection

The Flat Trap debris cleaner from Southland Tool Mfg. has a flat bottom for scraping debris from the bottoms of manholes and...

At about $300,000, the Wisconsin village of Belgium’s entire public works budget is less than the salary of the President of the...

The Lowell (Mass.) Regional Wastewater Utility sewer separation program and remote gate control system upgrades had significantly reduced combined sewer overflows (CSOs)...

Organic particulate removal The BIOACTIFLO process from Kruger Inc. removes soluble and particulate organic material (more than 85 percent total BOD removal) while...

Up before dawn, Mark Court climbs into his Kia Optima sedan and heads west on I-25. His destination: Jackson, Wyo., nearly 400...

The water system in the City of Decatur serves a population of 79,000, but even more noteworthy is its thirsty base of...

Coxreels Introduces Multi-Position Guide ArmThe Side Mount Series of reels from Coxreels feature a multi-position guide arm for maximum hose control....

The City of Kingsport, Tenn., estimated it was losing more than 1.2 million gallons of water, and associated revenue, to leaking pipes...

Inflow and infiltration, a sequencing batch reactor unable to handle peak flows, and high BOD levels from two schools and a bakery...

Louisiana FS Solutions Center Adds Guzzler PartsFederal Signal Environmental Solutions Group’s FS Solutions center in Gonzales, La., now stocks parts for Federal...

Long established as pipe inspection tools, sewer cameras continue to be refined. In 2001, Aries Industries introduced the ThermaView camera, the first...

An ambitious pilot project using green solutions in Kansas City, Mo., is believed to be the largest of its kind for combined...

It’s relatively easy to assess the condition of gravity sewer pipes — just run a crawler camera through the line and record...

Finding leaks in water transmission mains before they become safety hazards is an ongoing challenge for the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in...

Dublin, Ohio, and Lee’s Summit, Mo., are two very different cities — the latter more than twice as large. Yet both apply...

Leak-detection technology continues to be refined. Various technologies have been used in equipment to detect leaks, each with strengths and weaknesses.ADS Environmental...

Contractors and municipalities are constantly alert for ways to make the process of inspecting underground pipes less time- and labor-intensive, especially in...