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Walking through ankle-deep sewage backed up in a restaurant convinced Jim Faulkner, who was spending his first week as supervisor of the...

State governments are running huge deficits. The federal budget includes enormous spending increases and deficits of unprecedented size. Social Security and Medicare...

Manholes are vital components of the wastewater infrastructure. In recent years, inventive manufacturers have developed accessories that improve on the basic structure...

It seems every time I pick up a newspaper in the past few months, the word I see is “stimulus,” or some...

Data gathering and record keeping are critical components of an infrastructure maintenance program. Work crews must keep accurate and consistent records of...

In today’s workplace, employee performance follows the the Pareto Principle: 80 percent of employees fizzle, 20 percent sizzle. The 80 percent who...

The new camera inspection control system from Cobra Technologies is designed to combine portability with the full functionality of a truck-mounted system....

Settlement, circumferential and radial cracking, holes, and asphalt separating from around poorly adjusted manhole frames were a way of life in Kelowna,...

The Blair Township Water and Sewer Authority sends wastewater to three area municipal treatment plants and is under a mandate from all...

What does a city wastewater department do when there are no crises to address? “The city council is focused on quality of...

This month’s issue of Municipal Sewer & Water contains yet another example of a public information program that “moved the needle” on...

With a water system that dates back more than a century, the city of Monroe, Mich., has always had to pay attention...

The city of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., has a verdant landscape of tree-lined streets. But lush growth on top means deep root growth...

No program has done more to help our industry improve consistency and com-munication in rehabilitations than NASSCO’s Pipeline Assessment and Certification Pro-gram...

Manual valve exercising is a time-consuming process, and one that poses risks of injury to employees and damage to valves. Valve-exercising technology...

Every drop counts. That’s the message behind Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Utilities’ proactive, keep-it-simple community outreach program that is helping its 220,000 households get...

The GasAlertMax XT from BW Technologies/Honeywell International Inc. offers municipal workers a compact, lightweight, hand-held monitor with one-button operation for monitoring the...

The 9,000-square-foot Pipe and Valve Technology Institute training center opened in Lake Zurich, Ill. The center is offering programs in pipe cutting...