The small community of Bay Village, Ohio, was doing everything it should in sewer maintenance: mainline inspection, regular cleaning, root control and...
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The Old Made New
The Brunswick (Maine) Sewer District needed to upgrade the equipment in its inspection truck. The vehicle was in sound condition, so when...
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No More Overflows
Roots, inflow and infiltration (I&I) and calcium deposits had caused major backups for the El Toro Water District in Lake Forest, Calif.The...
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Just Like Tax Day?
As I write this (just past mid-April), I am sighing with relief at having completed another year’s income tax filing on time.I...
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Ted DeBoda Named NASSCO Executive Director
The National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) board of directors has selected Ted DeBoda, P.E., to succeed Irvin Gemora as Executive...
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Eco Jet System Leaves Smaller Carbon Footprint
The 800-HPR Series 3 truck jet with the Eco Jet System from Sewer Equipment Co. of America has a fully baffled 1,500-gallon...
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Running a Lean Machine
Do you ever get the nagging hunch that your department doesn’t run as efficiently as it should? Tom Baumann has a bit...
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Product News - August 2010
Linko Releases FOG Tracking SoftwareFOG Tracker software from Linko Data Systems helps ensure grease traps are maintained according to a municipality’s ordinance...
Blogs
WEFTEC includes collection system seminars
WEFTEC 2010, the Water Environment Federation’s annual trade show and conference, includes several seminars in its technical program dealing with collection system...
Blogs
US Chamber boosts infrastructure care
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) have launched the “Water is Your Business” series to...
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New approach to drinking water quality
On July 28-29, the U.S. EPA will hold an online dialogue focused on the agency's new strategy for regulating drinking water contaminants...
Editorial
Building First-Stringers
Bench depth is just as valuable to business organizations as it is to sports teams. Just ask the senior management at the...
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Getting Tough on I&I
Heavy rains were over-whelming the Vallejo (Calif.) Sanitation and Flood Control District sewers and bypass systems, sending untreated sewage into San Francisco...
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Making it Visible
Everyone in Kitsap County, Wash., lives in some watershed that drains to Puget Sound. Because the 393-square-mile area looks pristine, the county’s...
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Intelligent Planning
Software that can detect and filter e-mail spam incorporates a library of known spam characteristics, learns from user input and recognizes patterns....
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Plugging the Gaps
A 1992 consent order from the U.S. EPA to reduce sanitary sewer overflows started the Wastewater Collection Division of the Miami-Dade (Fla.)...
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Pulling and Drilling
Pipe bursting and horizontal directional drilling are important items in any municipality’s trenchless repair tool kit. Here is a look at some...
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Conflict Avoidance
To operate efficiently, owners of subsurface utilities and surface infrastructure need to avoid conflicts during construction and repairs. Coordination between water, sewer...








