Manholes and Catch Basins

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

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

About four years ago, the city of Dover, Del., stepped up efforts to control sewer system inflow and infiltration and keep its...

Water loss controlWater loss control products from ADS include leak locators, flow measurement systems and data logging systems. The Enigma digital logging...

More than half the sewer lines in Great Neck, N.Y., are nearly a century old. But like a spry senior citizen who...

In most places, I&I is a seasonal problem or is driven by rain events. For the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Water and Sewer Department,...

The City of Aberdeen lies about half an hour north of Baltimore. Founded in 1892, the wastewater system is a patchwork of...

Phase II of the Clean Water Act hit the small rural community of Sierra Vista, Ariz., squarely be-tween the eyes. With no...

When it comes to the NASSCO Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program (PACP), we often say, “It’s all about the data.” Consistent and reliable...

Map-based project coordinationProblemThe City of Baltimore managed its water and sewer projects by poring over spreadsheets at long meetings, then followed up...

Inspection controllersNew control units from RapidView IBAK North America communicate with the company’s pipeline inspection equipment and present users with relevant diagnostic...

The resort community of Girdwood, Alaska, receives more than 200 inches of snow annually. That’s good news for tourists who enjoy skiing...

CSA, NASSCO Offer Certification ProgramCSA Standards and the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) will offer the Pipeline Assessment Certification Program...

Expandable rings raise manholesto gradeProblemThe City of Winston-Salem, N.C., annually raises about 100 manholes to grade. “The risers were somewhat difficult to...

Fairfield, Ohio, just might be a poster child for the power of thinking ahead — and thinking long-term. The city, a Cincinnati...

In the campaign against I&I, there are lots of enemies you can’t readily see. Broken mains and laterals. Illegally connected sump pumps,...

In 2004, multiple storms in Milwaukee caused a series of overflows that sent untreated sewage into waterways that empty into Lake Michigan....