July 2011 Issue of Municipal Sewer & Water

Long after Hurricane Katrina, the city struggles to locate leaks that total millions of gallons per day. Sophisticated acoustic monitoring tools are key weapons.

A California agency gets a handle on its collection system flows using meters mounted in manholes over the wastewater stream

This trip down a water slide could have cost a sewer contractor employee his life. The safety lesson is clear: Follow procedures and never take shortcuts.

A northern tourist community steps up collection system performance with a CMOM program, GIS, and in-house inspection and cleaning

Horizontal directional drilling gains momentum for sewer and water installation as municipal managers learn the technology and begin to appreciate the advantages

Grote Names Draper Marketing Manager; Pure Technologies Names McDonald Regional Manager; KROHNE Posts Leak Detection Vodcast; Workers Return at General Wire; RIDGID Promotion Raises $8,000 for PHCC; McElroy Adds International Distributors; Godwin Presents Check to Boys, Girls Clubs; Wachs Opens Canada Office, Adds Managers

An Oklahoma city is achieving success and saving big dollars by conducting a multi-year, $90 million sewer rehabilitation program with in-house workers

The IPBA division of NASSCO works to promote pipe bursting through education and development of specifications

Featured New Products.

Prospan pneumatic shoring from Prospan Manufacturing Co.

The QuickView pole-mounted inspection camera with Haloptic technology from Envirosight enables fast inspections while yielding high-quality images

Here are four techniques to help you say what needs to be said, with integrity, when it’s hard for you to say it and the other person doesn’t want to hear it

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