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Know Your Inspection Software
If you are using the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program for the condition assessment of your pipelines, it’s important to be familiar...
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Utility Saves Time and Water
Giving residents access to safe, clean drinking water can be one of the most capital-intensive and operationally significant services that a water...
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Managing the Chain of Command
Most managers face a daily gauntlet of brush fires. But the tightrope walk tentatively trod by newly promoted managers, who suddenly find...
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Developing the Water Industry Workforce
Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., met with...
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Utility Strives for Sustainable Management
You won’t find a treatment plant at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. You will find a highly dedicated operations team that...
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Investing in Water System Improvements
The City of Big Shoulders is also the City of Big Water.
Chicago’s Department of Water Manage-ment is capable of producing 2.1 billion...
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Worth Noting - June 2019
PEOPLE/AWARDSErik Michelsen, administrator of the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Watershed Protection and Restoration Program, received the inaugural Ron Bowen Environmental Legacy Award...
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News Briefs: Utility Worker Trapped for 6 Hours in Trench Collapse
Entry 339294A 27-year-old worker in Harris County, Texas, says being trapped for six hours in a collapsed trench was the scariest event...
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Portable Water Jet Solves Challenging Dam Blockage
Blockage of a critical 5-inch overflow pipe beneath a large artificial lake at Dospat Dam, Bulgaria, posed extreme danger to dam wall...
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First-Ever Stormwater Needs Survey Shows $7.5 Billion Annual Funding Gap
The first-ever analysis of needs of the U.S. stormwater sector shows an estimated $7.5 billion annual funding gap and revealed top priorities...
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New Study Confirms 'Flushable' Wipes Don't Disperse in Sewer Systems
Thinking twice about what consumers flush away may help them save money, and the environment. Ryerson University recently released a new report...
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Powerful Water Jet Drain Machine Increases Cleaning Power
General Pipe Cleaners’ powerful JM-3080 Jet-Set water jet drain cleaning machine clears stubborn grease stoppages as well as lines clogged with sand,...
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News Briefs: Report Finds 43 States Affected by PFAS
Entry 339300A recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds that 610 locations in 43 states are contaminated with...
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Increases in Water, Wastewater Rates Outpacing Rise in Consumer Price Index
The American Water Works Association’s most recent Water and Wastewater Rate Survey is now available. The survey reveals that average increases in drinking water...
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Brawny Jetter Packs a Punch to Break Up Tough Blockages
A two-building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, office complex suffered constant sewer line backups.
Local topography forced the facility’s new 300-foot sewer line into an...
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Product News: May 2019
Entry 339303SmartCover Systems UnderCover 2UnderCover 2 from SmartCover Systems makes use of advanced microelectromechanical systems technology for intrusion detection and unauthorized opening...
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Students Design On-Campus Green Infrastructure Solutions to Manage Stormwater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the winners of its seventh annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students...
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Mini Jetter Makes Clogged Lines Look Like Brand-New Pipe
As much as 80 to 90 percent of the grease that is clogging plumbing systems is located within 20 feet of a...

















