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While President Obama last week ordered a freeze for all discretionary spending from 2011 through 2013, the White House budget proposal for...

Many wastewater collection system technicians have had this experience: You need to inspect a line, or set up a skid for waterjet...

Private sewer laterals are a major source of infiltration in many communities. Inspecting those pipes can be a chore, because in many...

Trenchless technology has opened up a world of opportunities for cost-effective wastewater infrastructure rehabilitation and life extension for the City of Nampa,...

FOG can be a big problem in San Francisco — not the misty kind that famously blankets the City by the Bay,...

A combined storm and sanitary sewer system in the District of Columbia serves 12,955 acres, or 33 percent of the city. Stormwater...

Instead of telling homeowners to use fewer pounds of fertilizer because it is good for water quality, Fran Geissler and her staff...

A few months ago in this space I invited readers to share thoughts on certification for wastewater collection system operators. The topic...

During an unprecedented wave of retirements, leadership is a hot issue for water and wastewater utilities. To develop effective leaders to fill...

Often when I speak about NASSCO, I talk about the organization as a whole, a leader for more than 30 years in...

Familiar and fun are words that come to mind when talking about two acts set to headline the special Saturday Evening Jam...

A great deal changed after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 – including the presumption that our water and sewer systems...

If you’ve been to the Pumper & Cleaner Expo, you know how hard it can be to ferret out the truly new...

Organizers of the WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, the world’s largest conference dedicated to urban water efficiency, have slated their third event...

Stormwater NPDES permits require post-construction runoff controls for new developments. Getting those Best Management Practices (BMPs) in place can be a challenge,...

Heavy rains were causing infiltration at the Factory Street Pump Station in Ypsilanti, Mich., which receives all the city’s sewage flows.The Ypsilanti...

McLaughlin Unveils Steering Head for Auger BoresThe ON Target auger boring system from McLaughlin enables contractors to control horizontal on-grade (up and...